Dont be too good just because it. Takes her to take her. To. John nolan meyer at work that fast. And internationally renowned choreographer depicts worlds of emotion with a language of dance. Thats been done in time of the grateful person and that might be why im a happy person pretty and privileged to get to do what i love most people. For john know i mire. The artistic journey has always been more important than a destination. In my living if my life is a painting dance is the frame. His creative home is the Ballet Center hamburg. Sight is she ever since ive been a choreographer my aim has been to create a sort of microcosm of the world on stage of the elites of the. A microcosm that includes the underworld johnno meyer is staging orpheus and your idiocy. In a very cliched u. C. That is stick soon says the narrative is the Creative Process itself is in and theres Nothing Better than entering a space and feeling extremely nervous and uncertain. You know dancers looking to you with huge expectations going to the sound of music that moves you hear it and creating something that hadnt existed before us thats not meet. And greet. One of his main focuses has always been melding dance with music. Mine attend st d. My kind of dances are ones who give it their all even in rehearsal a nice little knot i believe because im a slave driver and theyre afraid theyll be fired if they dont to me. Because it gives them joy. And this joy in fact me to him its a great source of inspiration for me which is for me and of course in spirit. Is a choreographer whos loved and appreciated by character dancers. That the magic that happens in the studio that its nothing that i can tell but i guess as a choreographer and dancer you create. Really a fine line when youre in the studio working where that is not really boundaries between one and another it requires these unity to be able to create something really from deep inside. An amazing way or transforming dancers into different rules that sometimes you dont. Expect to become the person that or to find that person in you and i think you have an amazing way of finding that in you to project it on stage. Yeah its incredible experience to be with him in the studio and. To see how how. How to hes as he sees evil and that theyre all you till and that peace he creates so its really special theres was the. Death. Am. The world famous Dance Company as a many headed entity accompanying john knowing my own on his artistic quest down a long and winding road. Ringback is 5 for him at fs i know and i always have doubts tate nothing has any word from les you question it and question yourself and father stared at a string im forever as a crossroads conflicted wondering if i am going in the right direction or not confuse you one up there fake. To court and he why do you do it here self i ask myself back too much my. Hes never taken the easy route when he was 62 dance the parts of the lion in his ballet production affronts schuberts into highs and or winter journey. The characters that interest him are the doubters the losers and dreamers. One that as long intrigued 10 is vats luggage in sleep the russian ballet dancer and choreographer often referred to as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century noir meyers ballet explores his descent into madness. John the baptist and jesus and a path to do it in a choreographic exploration of George Frederick handels messiah broken heroes in classic noir my own style. Symbiotic for better and for worse john the baptist makes jesus a teacher finding him disciples. Noting the expectations of the crowds and doubting his mission. A ballet steeped in soul and humanity. I am the leader that can be a good accord of theres a bit of myself in every piece of mine every choreography and every production and nish growing up she and i cant choreograph a stage something with complete honesty if i dont understand it the the her stuff i dont understand it deeply from a very specific angle my own personal angle in that 1st year. Johno i meyer was born in milwaukee on Lake Michigan in 1039 his father was a ships captain. His mother loved arts and culture. Supported his ambition to dance and ambition born when the family went together to see a musical in the cinema. He started taking tap dancing classes then in the Milwaukee City Library he stumbled across a biography of. And fell in love with ballet. He studied in london and copenhagen and in 1963 went to germany to join the stuttgart ballet led by choreographer john crank oh. John knowing my aunt was a talented dancer and was soon making a name for himself as a choreographer to. In 1969 he was appointed director of the frankfurt ballet his adaptation of romeo and juliet in 1984 was a milestone his juliet was no hottie prima donna but an irrepressible young girl who learns to dance only when she falls in love she breathed new life into the classics. The reinterpreted swan lake as a vision dreamed up by luke the 2nd during his imprisonment. Was 2. But not meyer doesnt seek to revolutionize ballet so much as to renew it gently and thoughtfully. Theyve continued us for art can make a difference here im not sure hes but im not sure thats its task. I should help people understand themselves better it was he said a freshly an. Alabama. Galaxy on. The majestic pal a guy named is located in the heart of the congo do that in paris its the home of the famous ballet do passing and associated ballet school. It is a creative type created a lot of it yet what i create is not complete sort as verified Ballet Company wants to stage one of my works i dont see it as a picture hanging on a wall that i can take down and send over along with a bill to shoot the skin on chicken i should know or thats all i have to go and meet them with standard and see who these people are wanting to bring new life to my work even disses fair noir leave. It in when mine is akin chided this man interested in when you decide to work in different places what then you learn that each place has its own set of rules it. In poppys that is especially true of the paris opera which has a very long ballet tradition and nominate are the children hatch sure but it. The pentagon year opened its doors in 875 for years it was the biggest theater in the world a Meeting Place for high society. John nolan meyer loves the venue and frequently works here as a guest choreographer. Hes a company. Is i love this company very much its big its not too big because it will often have 2 Big Productions going on in its 2 different venues mine i really do interest my. Id like to have lots of time to work with my group these groups who are by so they cross but each row through its movements is an important color in this mosaic of emotions it has and. Is in the same was a fun one is there. Together with ballet masters kevin hagen and. Both former dancers with the hammer ballet John Nolan Meyer is on his way to rehearsals his adaptation of la demo coming out yeah the 19th century novel by Alexandre Dumas is being staged in the city in which it was set. Where. We are no real on the other side if you know where to get up and things up and fix and. With its many stairwells corridors and rooms the Historic Building is something of a labyrinth. You know if an ice area. I mean if there were souls are taking place in one of 5 studios its interesting with our job and john makes that very very clear because it is the journey the process of always learning and always searching because everything doesnt have to be successful but everything has to go for it its not about success its about its not about the distinction its about the journey and that john is always made very clear. Thats why he will continue to create. John no i mire originally created love damo coming idea set to music by frederick shall pass for the stuck god ballet in 1978 it was internationally acclaimed the production in paris is now the 6th version he has staged in the city in mind at 1st and showed up and beard when you consider some aspect or opera and have an early a dancer in mind. And are looking to reproduce what she or he did and it doesnt work is good when mom it only works when you love and respect this incredibly Precious Resource your working with a many people fog not colors not words not computers or typewriters countrified machine bleep and. Each rehearsal and each role takes on a life of its own. If a deep to man see im always falling in love anew with the dancers i work with who is trying to create something fresh trying to awaken something new both in the dancers and in myself but i say it is in i miss erica ok but were. A lot of it very good for what a very good are all. The high ground is a legendary institution to perform on its stage is a unique privilege and when a world famous choreographer is staging a production of his own work its a special thrill for the 154 dancers with the paris opera ballet. And good you are going. To rehearsals for productions are tightly scheduled for the con dum of opera houses makes no exceptions. The venues sumptuous velvet upholstery and lavish gold detail is dance like making the pentagon need a premier tourist attraction. It still looks much the same as it did in the late 19th century when it was the beating heart of fashionable paris. This is from india i think the problem is that there are 6 different costs and theres also a major production of the op ed by steve using a stroke in investor. Its an unfamiliar situation for john i my are the hamburg ballet is a much Smaller Company and the dancers are entirely at his disposal. He staged the story of the ill fated lovers many times but always managed to reinterpret it and find a new way of telling their tragic tale. As into sound it is this moment in movida as noise and whats interesting is that you can always discover something new because humans are such eternal in the cameras and toy is always an adventure perception is like this is the guy you have or the ascent emitted a row might be the same but its always performed by someone different to toward the dicta is a tad bit weak this fund is driven by faith in new ways of being an i know and i know under mukesh kite to xining for one perspective on humankind. On a different angle on emotionality him or to 98 or and does this test for us thats what makes a story endlessly fascinating for me as a choreographer. Spot for me as quick god. The terminally ill magazine will ultimately. Leave her lover and for fed her happiness. After the rehearsal johnno meyer gives all of the dancers indepth individual feedback. Because that change our spatial logic of Television Sets to push him to sit waiting for. The 1st time. He never tires of explaining his ideas and demonstrating what hes looking for she looks. Triptych he throws himself into his work with body and soul. At the same place would. Prefer its good to have all this in the kitchen for the father and so you know it gives you so much image of soccer actor it tells you why you have to do it like that why its more. Credible for the audience why what is the sense of doing it is just like i want you to do it its always there is a little. Stretch have to cut it up even after a career spanning 50 years hes only satisfied when he can get to grips with every last detail of his productions with. Johnno in meyer has been director of the hamburg ballet since 1973 and put the city on the map of International Dance he also made it his home and it was here that he found his longtime partner. Of 2 professionally hes a genius but hes always remained unbelievably grounded down to earth as the americans say and he has a great sense of humor but if you didnt we wouldnt be together and his calls home was censored beneath his arms. Discover has come to imo many think that comes a moment from advice when you just know that youve made someone at their. Best better than anyone youve ever imagined thats money thats the same one who could show it all would exist tom and kinda sorta. Want done is this all this man you know together with this person is this man say it was he talk about everything man. Z. He. C. F. A. Human understand to see you find your deeply interested in the other person and. I suspect or at it and you learn what its like to be more concern for vam than you off well sell for human under so how im a physician. Its 10 oclock on a sunday morning in an hour at the ballet workshop will begin on the stage of the hamburg state opera no meyer will expand on how the roles developed and offer unique insights into the Creative Process. Just a few months eat after us so get the feeling of seeing who these people are in private this is me the 3 dimensionality of the characters is always very important and for the audience to see the performers without their costumes is Something Special that i did show in the edit this is. The 1st ballet workshop took place in 1973 and was an instant hit with the audience tickets are always snapped up immediately. And it is now i thank you the mortgage thank you and good morning ladies and gentlemen its right about it that im delighted to welcome you to our 224th ballet when shops that site begin not to tighten the courses are down thank you gifts for ballet workshops per year and the event is always sold out. Today unallowed and edin show the audience what theyve been trying out in rehearsals for like damn. They concentrate on pure dance. Then John Neumeier talks the audience through the companys work. A successful documentary series was made about the ballet workshops. And coaches agnes by lettice and give us is in one respect ballet is a Consumer Product compared to a restaurant i have sit down and i order a steak and steak and asked if the steaks good ill come back then if its not good it wont make it any better if the Restaurant Owner takes me into the kitchen and shows me how cramped it is and how hard it is to work that share is that ive been problems getting good stuff and that hes depressed at the moment and cant cook and what it is fair its even hopes of coffee thats it doing it i might feel sorry for him on a personal level but i still wont enjoy my steak and i still wont come back. Says that its the same with ballet if you watch a performance and you dont like it then you wont be interested in finding out anything more about it they are nothing i can say oh we can show you will change that deficit psych the godly come out of your john norma in 1978 1000000 myra won a german t. V. Award for the 4 part john miller my respond at action at which he developed and hosted an oft religious folk const neumeier sees ballet as an art form by people for people he was 1st inspired by classic american musicals and their influence often shines through his work. Bernstein dances pays homage to the music and spirits of leonard bernstein. Actor. Inzy defense out these opinion is once youve seen the dancers on stage then your level dancing isnt just a job for them job dancing for all dancers is a vocation i can clinch for either tense or hopeful. Is the most intensive part of our lives and thats wonderful. Thats a story. That can come a time when its no longer possible and to me whats most important is not a moment where dancers a dancing or tense at on some kind of a moment when they no longer cannes and that moment was if thats what we need to focus on a ha thats where we need to help missing a concert thats your own get down there because headphones. Proceeds from the event to go to the Dance Foundation which helps professional dancers make the transition to other jobs. John nolan meyer dedicated his choreography to manas leads where the beautiful trumpets blow to soloist Geoffrey Kirk who died of aids. The ballet workshop benefits traditionally end with a performance. For neumeier compassion and commemoration are intertwined with the ephemeral nature of dance. A little. Bit. Im going home and i think that was my approach when i became a ballet director nearly 50 years ago. That i missed by lit. Direct us on going home and harbor the size its been nice to not only responsible for mahlers 5th symphony or the boys magic horn im responsible for everything or not for this was done so who are glad to be part of something for those who are a bit sad because theyre part of it but arent resting enough and i doubt if one of them havent kind of those that are completely unhappy because theyre not a part of it at all thus most i need to have answers for all of them and i need to be able to give direction or i cant call myself a director. So its come on say he needs to defect on any. Exactly because he started his job also includes this sort of thing today he selecting images for the programme for orpheus and your idiocy together with photographer kieron west a former dancer john no i meyer tends to keep a professional distance from his dancers but nothing escapes wests all seeing photographers gaze. So as tense of that as. When i was a dancer we had a completely different relationship. And its Something Else now. In front of me hes not afraid when you have to kind of. Call it. Can depress aside from drama and doesnt know the best sides of john and thats what i always want to show and he knows that. So he trusts me completely. We did this portrait together and i just said john what do you think youve got the special move and he was like fine what move in your movie John Neumeier so he does it. So i just have to photograph it and show the world or give it side and then on my last. I. Hit. A group photo to mark the companys 40th anniversary in 2013 including a few dancers from the very early days. With his 1988 piece hamburger impromptu french choreographer a movie space paid tribute to his friend John Neumeier and his company. Among the masterpieces created by noir meyer and the hamburg ballet is simply number 3 by good stuff mama which premiered in 1985 the music itself is the theme of the choreography. Is a recurring inspiration. To. Many as 9 miners choreographies have a dream like mood emerging elements that make for strange and unsettling bedfellows. In a midsummer nights dream he juxtaposes the romantic strains of felix matters on with georgi mechanical music i think matthew passion was johnno meyers 1st choreographic exploration of a sacred oratorial it premiered at the santa miss aliased church in hamburg in 1980. 9 meyer has devised 160 choreographies. In the course of his career his Young Students marked his 60th birthday with a celebration of his. Working with Young Students in the school of the hamburg ballet is a cornerstone of norm myers mission. The majority of the dancers in his company are graduates of the school he also founded the National Youth ballet which has become a pillar of the german dance world his works are classics with Cross Generational appeal as illustrated by this short version of la damo coming performed on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Under the watchful eye of the citys patron goddess imo nia in 2018 at hamburg city hall he renewed his contract as ballet director. In 2023 he will have held the position for 50 years the saudis and even i always say its a welcome. And i decided to carry this burden for another 4 years its. Every autumn the hamburg ballet gives a guest performance in baton baton even after all these years he still feels nervous ahead of a premiere. This is production is bernstein dances. It is. Its the same piece that launched the cooperation between the hamburg ballet and the baton baton Festival Hall 20 years ago. This is fear and its a place where you can experiment and. No i want to open up the packard fiat is here escape because theres always time here to reconsider the works today and see them in a completely different space not mine in one finish and somehow i find that very inspiring and spectate me. The serene setting helps focus the body and mind here in bad and bad and theres a deep appreciation for the Dance Company from hamburg at the press conference its obvious that the local media is familiar with his work here and it is and by that victory i feel was a ballet is truly good when it doesnt just tell an old story but my story in the us senate is if it saved my negotiator thats the most important thing is that its still alive the worst thing that could happen would be to have works of mine staged in a way thats all fine and good but like a Museum Object behind glass into vats mustnt happen dance ballet is a living art form it is its to do with the here and now and if it has nothing to do with now then it shouldnt be done at all it needs to not so much as need. As always the choreographer attends the performance accompanied by his ballet master. I for the last 2 decades the company has gone top of the no fan base here in the south many members of the audience have come from france and switzerland. The venue has a capacity of 2500. 00 seats and every single one is taken the anniversary guest performances are sold out. A standing ovation for bernstein dances the company and the choreography of. The hoof from the door to me this profession means constantly learning and experiencing new things down after. When does it get duncan my love of his art and learning about it has never gone away then is. It. A love thats plain to see and his home. Is this is a place of tranquility and ought to work i should concentrate here very well its a good country and. An entire floor is given over to need drawings and sketches. Vicinity can he tell you know exactly how many the raw but we have the largest existing collection and 98 of the gen ski sketches gets in. The collection belongs to the foundation John Neumeier which brings together his collections that portray the history of ballet through art and words. Design known east for me the collection isnt about value its important for my work via it is for mine are vitally stickies mine. Is it was one pieces together mosaic stones. On the face that one will keep Going Forward ticket this man needs to for one cant go back escaped i thought i know and its a way to build on the past and on fun death accounting right. Paris. Is premiering in the pony gallon. 30 dancers are getting ready for the performance. The company has purchased the entire production and important source of income for the 9 story building. Its marble staircases and lavish decor demand a costly upkeep. Legendary dancers of days gone by look down from the ceiling it was here that day god painted his famous ballet dancers and here that dancers would rendezvous with their well heeled admires. That he steered it there is a paris opera as one of the main centers of ballet contests of history and tradition of any type its your own have owned me c. F. S. I feel very honored to be in such a place i want to contribute to this venerable company as was i at 1st to a decent touchstones i could see one of the companies ive worked with most often is that the aim is i need the company in me to me ship faster meissen guide to power. The performance isnt just taking place on stage the audience is engaged in its own performance while the dancers wait in the wings. Damn all come here is a study of high society and fast morality but the production draws its emotional intensity from the power to do between alma and maggie leet it captures the very essence of their relationship. 40 years after it 1st premiered the tragedy has lost none of its power to move the audience. Of cars for the paris after a ballet and john i am. Backstage he can graduates the company. Newman. Have this ballet in d. C. Or gallery so please. Take care let it grow let it grow in new let yourself grow as artists when you do it ok i will be thinking of you and it can be any moment i may come back and see what youre doing this survey careful ok i could be there any moment. If he sees dance as a form of human expression and its purpose above all is to convey a feeling. I dont care if you miss one step and i dont get you fall down but because you have fantastic technique so its not over name nominet it is the equivalent of all of them is to is to project this is incredible pains inside it that you have this is a good at ok hearing about here. Thank you thank you very much thank you it was. A. New myers life is a whirlwind of premieres revivals and rehearsals his calendar is packed with engagements. Today hes presenting his latest piece all feel really decent to the press ahead of its premiere in hamburg its a coproduction with us operas for no mire the challenge was to put the ballet and the opera on an equal footing. Hes in charge not only of the choreography but also the staging sets the costumes and the lighting concept. That is sagging escape in every stick of the shites say its heading in the right direction for sent a submission chicago bear in mind i did this in chicago after a 2 weeks of rehearsals. For 4 but set down her l. A. After 3 weeks of rehearsals and put psychoanalysed 5 weeks here and get snooty that was fun for her here so id say its coming along. In hamburg a new mayor premier is always an event especially when the ballet director is trying his hand at an opera this isnt the 1st time hes tackled the myth of orpheus the audience has High Expectations of his latest treatment of looks opera. I. Was nor meyers concept this time is that orpheus is a choreographer and you already see a prima ballerina the production demonstrates the power of art to render even death meaningless erectus he isnt left in the underworld but gets to live. In man and provision langham when youve been pursuing. A profession for a long time and people ask as the germans do when youre going to stop and hit out how so they expect you to deliver one last masterpiece bought ours after all youre a master of your craft and i stood there by my niece and my stuff but i dont feel thats what i am at all he says sure and meister to say when i start choreographing i dont know how ill do what i do i say heat a small. Merge together organically. As usual hes in the audience interested to see how his work comes across. When he takes to the stage a few boos mingled with the applause hes used to let john know im ira has his vision and hes confident in his pursuit of us. And yet i still think in the premiere is only the start of something. If i wasnt enjoying what i do my career wouldnt have lasted 50 years and that teacher shit might sound melodramatic but i believe im doing what im destined to do its each i think thats whats called a vocation its down to us to go to the. East africa. I knew my 1st craft electronic gear cameron has just one collection side of materials are recycled there and resold on a fair price but you can do to reduce a can of this one of our objectives is to promote state decision of more than technology that is to keep people offended by any new device focusing new tricks to get that 50 cents per cent from us wonderful africa. On d w. This state of emergency is the normal people around the world are documenting these dramatic times. Theyre keeping the coronas diary and welcoming us into their lives they let us get as a close and personal as the pandemic will allow. The diary starts may change on t. W. Frank food. 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