Choreographer who depicts worlds of emotion in the language of dance thank you its been done im a grateful person and that might be why im a happy person quickly and privileged to get to do what i love most. For johnno i mire the artistic journey has always been more important than a destination. And i live and i define my life is a painting is 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 after. A microcosm that includes the underworld johnno meyer is staging orpheus and you read a scene. Where cliche you see is stick to the narrative is the Creative Process itself is in and theres Nothing Better than entering a space and feeling extremely nervous and uncertain. Your dancers looking to you with huge expectations on to the sound of music that moves you here. 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 zent di di my kind of dances are ones who give it their all even agree hustle. But not i believe because im a slave driver and theyre afraid theyll be fired if they dont. Even go. Because it gives them joy. And this joy infects 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 that 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 engine has. 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 its just incredible its incredible experience to be with him in the studio and. To see how how. How hes as he sees you and that theyre all you do and that piece he creates so its really special there was was. The. Am. The world famous Dance Company as a many headed entity accompanying johnno in my own on his artistic quest down a long and winding road. Ringback survivor emma f i thought no and i always have doubts tate nothing has any worth from this you question it and question yourself and father stared at this being im forever as a crossroads conflicted wondering if i am going in the right direction or not confuse you one of the fake. Its late to court and here why do you do it here self i ask myself after much money. Hes never taken the easy route when he was 62 danced the part of the lion man in his ballet production a friends schuberts the time highs and our winter journey. The characters that interest him are the doubters the losers and dreamers. One that as long intrigued 10 is thats legend city 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 power to do it in a choreographic exploration of George Frederick candles messiah broken heroes in classic new my 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 answer manatee. I am the leader of a faction yet a court of law is a bit of myself and every piece of mine every choreography and every production and growing up she and i cant choreograph a stage something with complete honesty if i dont understand it the for stiff i dont understand it deeply from a very specific angle my own personal angle that for city. Johnno i meyer was born in milwaukee on Lake Michigan in 1939 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 a walkie city library he stumbled across a biography of thats left nijinsky 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. Johnno i my out was a talented dancer and was soon making a name for himself as a choreographer too. In 1969 he was appointed director of the frankfurt ballet because 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. He reinterpreted swan lake as a vision dreamed up by luke the 2nd during his imprisonment. I am. Was 2. But not meyer doesnt seek to revolutionize ballet so much as to bring new it gently and thoughtfully. Up the constant us for can make a difference im not sure hes but im not sure thats its task. I should help people understand themselves better he said a fresh teen. Coming out of the camp that hamas. Captured 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 due to passing and associated ballet school. It is clear that clive created a lot of it yet what i create is not complete so this very far 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 get me 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 faire noir leave. In mind is akin shied it as money interests even when you decide to work in different places or what then you learn that each place has its own set of rules that theyre in part he says that is especially true of the paris opera which has a very long ballet tradition and in ahmedabad 321 how much shit about 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. To. Ease a company. Is i love this company very much its big but not too big because it will often have 2 Big Productions going on in its 2 different venues mine i can only do inched my. Im not to have lots of time to work with my group these are groups who are by so they cross but each row through its movements is an important color in this mosaic of emotions at 1st and then switch to follow east indies a mosaic fun image to one is there. Together with ballet masters kevin hagen and. Both former dancers with a hammer ballet johnno meyer is on his way to rehearsals his adaptation of blood. The 1900 centuries novel by Alexandre Dumas is being staged in the city in which it was set. With. Radio no really i want the other side i think when you figure out if things are fixable. With its many stairwells corridors and rooms the Historic Building is something of a labyrinth you know case and nice area. I mean if the rehearsals are taking place in one of 5 studios whats interesting with our job and john makes that very very clear is that 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 just a ship its about the journey and that john is always made very clear. And thats why he will continue to create. John no i mire originally created like damo coming set to music by fred actual power for the stuttgart ballet in 1978 it was internationally acclaimed the production in paris is now the 6th version he has staged in the city and shot in my head and beard when you consider some aspect or other and have an earlier dancer in mind. And are looking to reproduce what she or he did and it doesnt work. Then money only works when you love and respect this incredibly Precious Resource youre working with a many people fog not colors not words not computers or typewriters countrified machine bleep and perspective here at. Each rehearsal and each role takes on a life of its own. Its a deep one see im always falling in love in you with the dances i work with is trying to create something fresh trying to awaken something new both in the dancers and in myself but that it is and i knew ok but were. A little bit very good for what a very good are you know. The gun 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. 00 dancers with the paris opera ballet. And good youre going. To rehearsals for productions are tightly scheduled here the condo opera houses makes no exceptions. The venues sumptuous velvet upholstery and lavish gold detail is dance like making the pentagon a premier tourist attraction. It still looks much the same as it did in the late 19th century when it was the beating heart a fashionable paris. Les paul then again i think the problem is that there are 6 different causes and theres also a major production at the opera busty and the easiest took him in the us. Its an unfamiliar situation for John Neumeier 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. Theres interest and it is this man emerge into a snow its whats interesting is that you can always discover something new because humans are such a tunnel and making us into ai is always an adventure said some as like this is the graduate or the ascent emitted a row might be the same but its always performed by someone different to toward the day qt is too tired to beat this fun always driven by faith in new ways of being an i know an i know and that mukesh kite suzanne for one perspective on humankind. Had a different angle on emotionality the more tonight 88 or and does this test for thats what makes a story endlessly fascinating for me as a choreographer spock from Mission School in the god of. The terminally ill magazine it will ultimately. Leave her lover and forfeit her happiness. After the rehearsal johnno meyer gives other dancers in depth individual feedback. That change our spatial shift of the set up to push him to center which is. The 1st time. He never tires of explaining his ideas and demonstrating what hes looking for look. He throws himself into his work with body and soul you. Have the same thing with. The perfect its good to have all this in the kitchen for the father and so you know he gives you so much image of soccer ekta 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 but yet. 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 i 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. Is here the 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 we didnt we wouldnt be together and his girls name was censored villagers on the side. Is complete i meant think there comes a moment. Of calm and vice when you just know that youve made someone at their. Best better than anyone youve ever imagined thats man thats the same one who could show it all would exist tom and kinda sorta. Have been done this is all this man you know together with this person and hes as man say it was he talk about everything to us man. See half a human understand to see you find your deeply interested in the other person and. I suspect ojt it and you learn what its like to be more concern for them than you off well sell for human under 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 seat fs so get the feeling of seeing who these people are in private is this to 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 and i was shown at least this was. The 1st ballet workshop took place in 1973 and was an instant hit with the audience tickets are always snapped up immediately. I didnt get enough time to i thank you. Thank you and good morning ladies and gentlemen excited about it that im delighted to welcome you to our 224th ballet went shopping site begin audits seitan course and sit out thank you gifts for ballet workshops per year and the event is always sold out. Today and out loud and edwina the show the audience what theyve been trying out in rehearsals for a lot damn come yet. 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. I could design this by lettice and it isnt 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 chair is that im not problems getting good stuff and that hes depressed at the moment and cant cook and what it is fair its a help to cough and 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. Its the same with ballet if you watch a performance and you dont like it then you might be interested in finding out anything more about it and nothing i can say oh we can show you will change that deficit psych did only come out of your john norma in 1978 no myra one a german t. V. A white for the 4 part john mill in my respond that matched at which he developed and hosted off the just for const i knew myra 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 spirit of latter bernstein. Was that. It. Was in c. Defense out these abilities once youve seen the dancers on stage then youll know that dancing isnt just a job for them job dancing for all dancers is a vocation i can clinch for other tenser and a vocal form. Is the most intensive part of their lives and thats wonderful. But as a stall it. Can come a time when its no longer possible and to me whats most important is not a moment when dancers a dancing or tense or dance encourage the moment when they no longer cans and the moment was is that scott we need to focus on a ha thats where we need to help the city concert thats your get down. Head from. Proceeds from the event to go to the Dance Foundation which helps professional dancers make the transition to other jobs. John no meyer dedicated his. Choreography to manas leeds 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. Thats it. Im going home and have a i think that was my approach when i became a ballet director nearly 50 years ago. That i missed by that direct us on going home and hava 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 says who of glad to be part of something for those who are a bit sad because thats part of it but on dressing enough these and i doubt if one of them havent kind of those that are completely unhappy because theyre not a part of it at all and thus i need to have answers for all of them and i need to be able to give direction as consequent myself as a director. So its come on say he needs to get picked on and it. Exactly because its hard to get his job also includes this sort of thing for today he selecting images for the programme for orpheus and your idiocy together with photographer kieron west a former dancer. John you know i meier tends to keep a professional distance from his dancers but nothing escapes wests all seeing photographers gaze. So as tense of us as when i was a dancer we had a completely different relationship. And its Something Else now. For being in front of me hes not afraid but you have to kind of. Call it. Ken as well as i havent drawn under so i know the best sides of john just 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 do your thing so youve got a special move and he was like fine what move and your move John Neumeier so he does it. So i just have to photograph this and show the world or give it side and as a drama. 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 meyer and his company. Among the masterpieces created by 9 meyer and the hamburg ballet is symphony number 3 by Gustav Mahler which premiered in 1975 the music itself is the theme of the choreography. Is a recurring inspiration. To many of new myras choreographies have a dreamlike moored merging elements that make for strange and unsettling bedfellows. In a midsummer nights dream he just opposes the romantic strains of felix matters on with georgi legatees mechanical music. St matthew passion was johnno meyers 1st choreographic exploration of a sacred oratorial it premiered at the santa anas 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 the 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 how manya in 2018 at hamburg city hall he renewed his contract as a ballet director. In 2023 he will have held the position for 50 years the saudis and he that i always say its a welcome. And i decided to carry this burden for another 4 years its just that. Every autumn the hamburg ballet gives the guest performance in baton bodden even after all these years he still feels nervous and had a premiere. This is production is bernstein dances. It is. Its the same piece that launched the cooperation between the hamburg ballet and the bottom batton Festival Hall 20 years ago. This is free and its a place where you can experiment and. No i want to open up the packard fiat is here to keep 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 shooting. The serene setting helps focus the body in mind here in baton baton 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. Is so and it 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 this dance ballet is a living art form but 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 always the choreographer attends the performance accompanied by his ballet master. I think for the last 2 decades the company has built up a loyal 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 and then after. On the 6 get dunk my love of assad and learning about it has never gone away. Is. It. A love thats plain to see in his home. Is this is a place of tranquility i thought they would concentrate here very well its a good country and. An entire floor is given over to need drawings and sketches. Vicinity you know we dont know exactly how many the rock we have the largest existing collection 98 of the sketches skits and phoenicians keep. Election 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 rather its important for my work via it is from my heart might wish to case mine. Is it one pieces together mosaic. Owns the place that one will keep Going Forward to get this man used but one cant go back escaped i thought i know and its a way to build on the past and on fun difficult night. Paris. Is premiering in the pentagon the. 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. Patty spirity a theyre all is it the paris opera is one of the main centers of ballet concerts of history and tradition of any type its your own hands on and. I feel very honored to be in such a place i want to contribute to visit venerable company as was i at 1st to a decent touchstones i could one of the companies ive worked with most often the dame is i need the company in me to me ship fast and bison galba 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. Madame. Is a study of high society and fast morality but the production draws its emotional intensity from the powder did between alma and maggie heat 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. Up cars for the paris after a ballet and john i am. Backstage he congratulates the company. You. Have this badly it is your reality so please. Take care let it grow that it grow in move let yourself grow as an artist 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 its purpose above all is to convey a feeling. I dont care if you miss one step and i dont kick you fall down but eat because you have a fantastic technique so its not of name no no no its not equipment cares about what the aim is to is to project this is incredible pains decided that you have this incident at the gate young about this year. Thank you neal thank you very much thank you it was a good day in. 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 shot say its heading in the right direction for scent as a vision chicago bear in mind i did this in chicago after a 2 weeks of russells. After often 4 but set down the l. A. After 3 weeks of rehearsals for that site and now 5 weeks here one gets maty that was fun for here though id say its coming along. In hamburg a new meyer 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 youre a to see a prima ballerina the production demonstrates the power of art to render even death meaningless iritis he isnt left in the underworld but gets to live. A man and a profession langham when you. A profession for a long time and people ask as the germans do when youre going to stop trying to hit out how so they expect you to deliver one last masterpiece and hours after all youre a master of your craft and i stood there by my niece and my sister 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 see this much. What he does is interweave dance and music so that the respective art forms 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 my has his vision and hes confident in his pursuit of us. And yes no kin present there is only the start of something where if i wasnt enjoying what i do my career wouldnt have lasted 50 years and teachers get my sound melodramatic but i believe im doing what im destined to do its each i think thats whats called a vocation. 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