Made for mines. Dont be too good just because it. Take her take her to go to. John no i mire at work that fast. And internationally renowned choreographer depicts worlds of emotion with a 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. In my living and 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 after its. A microcosm that includes the underworld johnno meyer is staging orpheus and you read a scene. Where cliche is still christians and 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 hear it and creating something that hadnt existed before us thats not meet our. And. So. One of his main focuses has always been melding dance with music. Mine attend zent 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 understand me. Because it gives them joy this is huge to go and destroy in fact me to my camera 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 this unity to be able to create something really from deep inside khinjan has. An amazing way off 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 hes as he sees evil and that all you do and that piece he creates so its really special there was the. Death. Am. The world famous Dance Company as a many headed entity accompanying johnno on my own on his artistic quest down a long and winding road. Ringback side for him at fs i know and i always have doubts tate nothing has any worth unless you question it and question yourself and father stared at this being im forever as a crossroads conflicted wondering if im going in the right direction or not confuse you one up there fake if its late to court and here why do you do it here self i ask myself that too much money. Hes never taken the easy route when he was 62 danced the part of the lion man in his ballet production affronts schuberts into highs and our winter journey. The characters that interest him are the doubters the losers and dreamers. One that as long intrigued 10 is vats luggage inskeep the russian ballet dancer and choreographer often referred to as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century you know i meyers ballet explores his descent into madness. John the baptist and jesus and a part of doing in a choreographic exploration of George Frederick candles messiah broken heroes in classic noir 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 and she managed to. I am the leader that can be a you to call it a few 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 just if i dont understand it deeply from a very specific angle my own personal angle that ticket for stevia. 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. And 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. Johnno and my aunt 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. Was. But not meyer doesnt seek to revolutionize ballet so much as to renew it gently and thoughtfully. Up theyve considered 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 fresh d n. A coming out of canada economic. Analysis on. The majestic pal a gun is located in the heart of the congo do that in paris its the home of the famous ballet did patty and associated ballet school. It is a creative type created a lot of it yet what i create is not a complete sort us very different 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 belt to shoot the skin on chicken i should know or thats all i have to go and meet them with stand out and see who these people are wanting to bring new life to my work even this is fair noir leave. In money see him chided this man interested in when you decide to work in different places or what then you learn that each place has its own set of rules it. In part he said is especially true of the paris opera which has a very long ballet tradition and then nominate woody to not ship but it. The pentagon 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 a d. C. 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. 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 you follow east indies in was a fun immature woman is there. Together with ballet masters kevin hagen and young. 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. Were. Waiting to know where i want to sell i dont know where they were fucking things up in phoenix and. With its many stairwells corridors and rooms the Historic Building is something of a labyrinth you know if an i. C. B. M. I mean if there were her cells are taking place in one of 5 studios whats interesting with our job and john makes that very very clear is 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 has always made very clear. And thats why he can will continue to create. John no i mire originally created lot damo coming idea set to music by frederick 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 in Mount Everest and show it 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 is good vin man it only works when you love and respect this incredibly Precious Resource youre working with which they make people fobbed not colors not words not computers or typewriters countrified machine leaped in perspective at. The tree her soul and each role takes on a life of its own. Its a deep to mend im always falling in love a new with a dance as i work with are trying to create something fresh trying to awaken something new both in the dancers and in myself but i think its an idea serger ok but were. A little bit very good for what a very good are all. The other 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. Good or youre going. To rehearsals for productions are tightly scheduled here in the condom of opera houses makes no exceptions. The venues sumptuous velvet upholstery and lavish gold detail is dance like making the pentagon the 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. I spoke of energy and i think the problem is that there are 6 different causes and theres also a major production of the op ed by steve and these ego stroke in investing. 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 one in movida thats nice and whats interesting is that you can always discover something new because humans are such eternal enigmas in toy its 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 turn toward the victa is to tired to beat this fun friend who is driven by faith in new ways of being an i know an i know under that mukesh kite to xining for one of us better for humankind i managed to kite out on a different angle on emotionality in what to 98 on and justice for thats what makes a story endlessly fascinating for me as a choreographer ill spot from mission as quick off. The terminally ill magazine it will ultimately. Leave her lover and forfeit her happiness. After the rehearsal johnno meyer gives all of the dancers in depth individual feedback. That change or spatial the company has set it up to push him to senator but if. 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 fate with. Perfect its good to have all this in the kitchen for god and so you know he gives you so much image of circa recta 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 wide. 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 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 3 professionally hes a genius but hes always remained unbelievably grounded as a down to earth as the americans say and he has a great sense of humor but if he didnt we wouldnt be together i missed calls home was censored villagers on the side. Cabbage has come to i mean man think that comes a moment from advice when you just nailed us that you made someone at their. Best still better than anyone youve ever imagined thats money thats the same one who could short of would exist home and kinda sorta at. Poynton is this all this money that you want together with this person is that man say he give a shit talk about everything money. See he. See half 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 them then you are feel self or human under so how does a set up. 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 after us so get the feeling of seeing who these people are in private this is to me the 3 dimensionality of the characters is always very important and for the audience to see the performers without the costumes is Something Special and an issue in the end if this outfit is. The 1st ballet workshop took place in 1973 and was an instant hit with the audience tickets are always snapped up immediately. I didnt miss it now i thank you getting back to my fan queue and good morning ladies and gentlemen its right about it that im delighted to welcome you to our 224th ballet web shops that say begin audits seitan courses are down thank you for ballet workshops per year and the event is always sold out. Today and out loud and ednas even show the audience what theyve been trying out in rehearsals for la dam 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 as agnes by let is and give us and then i respect ballet as a Consumer Product compared to a restaurant i have sit down and i order a steak and steak and a stiff 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 their share is that ive got problems getting good stuff that hes depressed at the moment and cant cook and what did he say its a box 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 is that 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 that would have asked us to go to come up your john norma in 1978 1000000 myra one a german t. V. A white for the 4 part john on my respond at action at which he developed and hosted off to just for 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 latter bernstein. Now that. At was in see defense of these abilities once youve seen the dancers on stage then you leather dancing isnt just a job for them job dancing for all dancers is a vocation i can clean for other tenser. Our very work 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 when dancers a dancing or tense or dance encourage the moment when they no longer cans and theyre all meant was is that what we need to focus on a ha thats where we need to help missing a concert thats your own gain. 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. 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 haba the size has been 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 thats part of it but on dressing enough and i doubt if one of how im kind of those that are completely unhappy because theyre not a part of it at all thus i need to have answers for all of them and i and i need to be able to give direction or i cant call myself a director. Come on say he needs to defect on any. Exactly because its hard to get his job also includes this sort of thing today hes selecting images for the program for orpheus and your idiocy together with photographer kieron west a former dancer. John nolan meyer 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 for them its Something Else now. For being in front of me hes not afraid you have to kind of clear. That you called. Ken davis aside from dr no one doesnt know the best sides of john well just and thats what i always want to show and he knows that. So he trusts me completely here. We did this a portrait together and i just said john do you think youve got the special move and he was like fine what move and your move John Neumeier so he does it. So i just have to photograph him and show the world mild or give it side and little drama. 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 noir meyer and the hamburg ballet is simply number 3 by good stuff mama which premiered in 1975 in music itself is the theme of the choreography. Is a recurring inspiration. Many of 9 miners choreographies have a dream like moored merging 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. St matthew passion was John I Meyers 1st choreographic exploration of a sacred oratorial it premiered at the santa miss aliased church in hamburg in 1980. Neumeier 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 how manya in 2018 at hamburg city hall he renewed his contract as ballet director. In 2023 he will have held the position for 50 years they sat aces and i think that i always say its a welcome but as ive decided to carry this burden for another 4 years its does it. 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. Its the same piece that launched the cooperation between the hamburg ballet and the bottom batton Festival Hall 20 years ago. Now this is fi ein and its a place where you can experiment where you can figure out what i want to open up the packard fiat is here escape because theres always time here to reconsider the works city and see them in a completely different space not mine in and finish and somehow i find that very inspiring and spur the machine. 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 that a ballet is truly good when it doesnt just tell an old story but my story. Is so and that 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 and thats mustnt happen thats the dance ballet is a living art form that 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 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. The hoof from the door to me this profession means constantly learning and experiencing new things and then after. When decent get dunk my love of assad and learning about it has never gone away then is. Not. A love thats plain to see and his home. Is this is a place of tranquility i thought they would concentrate here very well its a great country and. An entire floor is given over to new drawings and sketches. Vicinity you know we dont know exactly how many the rock but we have the largest existing collection 98 of the 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 no east for me the collection isnt about value rather its important for my work via it is for mine are vitally stickies mine. Is it was one pieces together mosaic stones. Owns the place that one will keep Going Forward to get this money needs to but one cant go back escaped i thought i know and its a way to build on the past and on fun definite height. Paris. Is premiering in the pan a gown. 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 at myers. Back east did it there is the 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 id have 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 mission faster meissen gobshite power. The performance isnt just taking place on stage the audience is engaged in its own performance while the dancers wait in the wings. Damo coming is a study of high society and fast morality but the production draws its emotional intensity from the power to do between omma and maglite 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 acrobalance bank and john i am. Backstage he can graduates the company. You. Have this badly elease your salary so please. Take care let it grow that 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 its purpose above all is to convey a feeling. I dont care if you miss one step dont get to fall down but eat because you have a fantastic technique so its not all blame no no no its not a good many years of all of them is to is to project this is incredible pain inside it that you have this is a gift at the create hearing about this year. Thank you michel thank you very much think youre also a great. New meyers life is a whirlwind of premieres revivals and rehearsals his calendar is packed with engagements. Today hes presenting his latest piece ofi early days to the press ahead of its premiere in hamburg its a coproduction with us operas for neumeier 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 send a submission chicago bear in mind i did this in chicago after 8 weeks of rehearsals. Often before but set down her ballet after 3 weeks of rehearsals and out 5 weeks here and get snooty that was fun for her here so id say its coming along. In hamburg a new myer 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. The norm 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 he read to see isnt left in the underworld but gets to live. Feynman and a professor in 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 hours 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 see. What he does is interweave dance and music so that the respective art forms merge together organically. 2 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 and has pursued it thats. When the snow in the premier is only the start of something where if i wasnt enjoying what i do my career wouldnt have lasted 50 years in that patty to shoot my 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. O. T. Robotics. Keep learning merged reality wait a 2nd we want the whole picture our facts instead of make ideas shifts to live us. From a mental reality to cryptocurrency your topics for live in an ever changing Digital World lets start going to the lies ations parachute. In 15 minutes doubling. Their few weeks into the coronavirus trying to make now and the situation across the continent is difficult and frightening to say the least. How it is not doesnt cut it is affecting young people economically. 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