Dont be too good just because it. Take her take her. To go. To John Nolan Meyer at work that fast. And internationally renowned choreographer depicts worlds of emotion in the language of dance thank you its been done and im a grateful person and that might be why im a happy person quickly 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. My name and if 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 seek to is stick soon to the narrative is the Creative Process itself is in and theres Nothing Better than entering a space without feeling extremely nervous and uncertain. 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 attends zent di di 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. Even go fired because it gives them joy and 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 whose 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 bungees between one and another it requires these unity to be able to create something really from deep inside to join has. An amazing way off transforming dancers into different drills 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 hollow. How to hes as he sees you and that theyre 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 in my own on his artistic quest down a long and winding road. Ringback side for him at fs i know i know i always have doubts tate nothing has any worth from less you question it and question yourself and father stared at this being im forever at a crossroads conflicted wondering if im going in the right direction or not confuse you one up there fake it if we take what any why do you do it here self i ask myself back too much man. Hes never taken the easy route when he was 62 he danced the part of the lion man in his ballet production a friends schuberts into highs a more winter journey. The characters that interest him are the downers the losers and dreamers. One that as long intrigued 10 is bats legends live the russian ballet dancer and choreographer often referred to as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century new 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 handels 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 sean hannity. I am the leader of that for you 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 easy for stiff i dont understand it deeply from a very specific angle my own possible angle in that 1st year. Johno 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 a cinema. And he started taking tap dancing classes then in the Milwaukee City Library he stumbled across a biography of thats left 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 too. 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. She 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 im not sure hes but im not sure that its task. I should help people understand themselves better it was he said a fresh d n. A our candidate on the. Ballot was on. The majestic pal a guy name is located in the heart of the congo do that in paris its the home of the famous ballet denote patti and associated ballet school. It is created created a lot yet what i create is not complete so this 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 the building of a district is he in on chicken i should know order so i have to go and meet them with standard and see who these people are wanting to bring new life to my work in despair noir leave. It in payment is akin 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 that. In poppys that is especially true of the paris opera which has a very long ballet tradition and then nominate 32 not 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. To get. These a company. Is i love this company very much its big the 3rd not too big because it will often have 2 Big Productions going on in its 2 different venues mind i really do interest my. Ive got to have lots of time to work with my group these are groups who are by survey 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 in mosaic fun emo tune is there. Together with ballet masters kevin hagen and. Both former dancers with the hamburg ballet john knowing meyer is on his way to rehearsals his adaptation of la damo coming out yeah the 19th century novel by Alexandre Dumas is being staged in the city in which it was set. With. The retailer no one with the other side i dont know where they were bought it things that i dont think so. With its many stairwells corridors and rooms the Historic Building is something of a labyrinth you know if an accident. I mean if the reversals 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 distinction 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 lockdown. Set to music by friendly 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 showed one man out and beard when you consider some aspect or other and have an early a dancer in mind. And are looking to reproduce what she or he did and it doesnt work. Then man it only works when you love and respect this incredibly Precious Resource youre working with namely people fobbed not colors not words not computers or typewriters countrified machine leap and perfect yet. Each rehearsal and each role takes on a life of its own. If a deep to man see im always falling in love again with the dancers i work with who is trying to create something fresh to trying to awaken something new both in the dancers and in myself but i say it is in ideas erica ok. Were. A little bit more 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 for the con dom of opera houses makes no exceptions. The venues sumptuous velvet upholstery and lavish gold detail is dance like making the carnegie 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. I spoke m. T. M. I think the problem is that there are 6 different costs 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 stinks the story of the ill fated lovers many times but always manage to reinterpret it and find a new way of telling their tragic tale. Theres interest and it is this month in movida a snowiest whats interesting is that you can always discover something new because humans are such a tunnel and making us into a is always an adventure said some as like this is the gadget or the ascent emitted a row might be the same but its always performed by someone different to talk but the qt is too tired to make this fun friend who is driven by faith in new ways of being an i know an i know under mukesh kite suzanne for one of us better for humankind. On a different angle on emotionality him or to 98 on and does this test for us thats what makes a story endlessly fascinating for me as a choreographer i was spot from mission as quick god. The terminally ill magazine will ultimately. Leave her lover and forfeit her happiness. After the rehearsal johnno meyer gives all of the dancers in depth individual feedback to. Change our spatial shift of a percentage to push into center which is. The 1st time. He never tires of explaining his ideas and demonstrating what hes looking for. 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 fraud and so you know he 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 but yet it. 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 and 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 now to 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 freedom but if we didnt we wouldnt be together i missed calls home was once revealed his arms are. That. Has come to i meant think there comes a moment when my vice 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 short of would exist home and kinda sorta at a. Point dan is this all this money that you want together with this person is this man say it was you talk about everything man is a 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 them than you off well solve a human under so how does a save 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 15 months eat at us 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 an issue in the elite this outfit was. The 1st ballet workshop took place in 1973 and was an instant hit with the audience tickets are always snapped up immediately. I think its now time to i thank you getting back thank you and good morning ladies and gentlemen thats right about it that im delighted to welcome you to our 224th ballet what shops that say begin now to tighten the course and sort out thank you gifts for ballet workshops per year and the event is always sold out. Today and im now today and edwina show the audience what theyve been trying out in rehearsals for a live dam to 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 lettice and it isnt there i dont respect ballet as a Consumer Product compared to a restaurant i 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 got problems getting good stuff and that hes depressed at the moment and cant cook and what it is fair its a box of coffee it doesnt bring in i might feel sorry for him on a personal level but i still wont enjoy my steak and i still wont come back its not right its the same with ballet if you watch a performance and you dont like it then why be interested in finding out anything more about it and nothing i can say oh we can show you will change that what it has to say its like the dharma come out of your john norma in 1978 1000000 myra one a german t. V. A white for the 4 part john mill in my response at lax that 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. First time dances pays homage to the music and spirits of letter bernstein. Now that. N. C. Defense out these if it is once youve seen the dancers on stage then you lead a dancing isnt just a job for them job dancing for all dancers is a vocation i can clinch for either tenser. Is the most intensive part of our lives and thats wonderful. And this is taller but 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 at dance and kind of the moment when they no longer can sit at all meant was if thats what we need to focus on a ha thats where we need to help missing a concert thats your get down because heaven. Proceeds from the event to go to the Dance Foundation which helps professional dancers make the transition to other jobs. Genuine liar 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. Im going home and i think that was my approach when i became a ballet director nearly 50 years ago. That i missed by the. 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 dancers who are glad to be part of something for those who are a bit sad because that part of it but our dressing enough and i doubt if one of a kind poor fellows that are completely unhappy because theyre not a part of it at all thus i need to have answers for all of them i need to be able to give direction or i cant call myself a director. So its come on say he reached direct on any. Exactly because he started his job also includes this sort of thing today he selecting images for the program for orpheus and your idiocy together with photographer kieron west a former dancer. Johnno and meyer tends to keep a professional distance from his dancers but nothing escapes wests all seeing photographers gaze. So as tense of it as. When i was a dancer we had a completely different relationship. And its Something Else now. In front of me hes not afraid and you have to kind of. Sit there and she can decide from drawn on does i know the best sides of john when 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 what do you think youve got the special mood 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 or give it side can you draw myra. To. 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 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 i think matthew passion was johnno meyers 1st choreographic exploration of a sacred oratorial it premiered at the santa miss aliased church and 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 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 a set aces and even i always say its a welcome but as ive decided to carry this burden for another 4 years it 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 baton baton Festival Hall 20 years ago. Now this is fi ein and its a place where you can experiment so you can track it i want to open up the packard fiat is here escape because theres always time here to reconsider the works its ready 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 and 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 as 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 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 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. Then who 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 put over to me this profession means constantly learning and experiencing new things down after. When does it get dunk my love of assad and learning about him he 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 there would concentrate here very well its a good country and. An entire floor is given over to need drawings and sketches. Vicinity and we dont know exactly how many of the rock but we have the largest existing collection 98 of the sketches skits 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 which its important for my work via it is for my heart might be stickies mine. Is it one pieces together mosaic. On the place that one will keep Going Forward to get this man used but one cant go back escaped and i know and its a way to build on the past and on fun def a common night. Paris. Is premiering in the pan a gallon ye. 30 dancers are getting ready for the performance. The company has purchased the entire production an 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. Ballet he steered the a there is a paris opera as one of the main centers of ballet and says that history and tradition of 20 targets soon 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 and 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 galba to power. The performance isnt just taking place onstage the audience is engaged in its own performance while the dancers wait in the wings. Damo come here is a study of high society and fast morality but the production draws its emotional intensity from the power to do between amara 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. Because for the paris after a ballet and john i am. Backstage he can graduates the company. Newman. Have this ballet it is your reality so please. Take care let it grow that it grow in move 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 its a big 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 care if you fall down but eat because you have a fantastic technique so its not all blame little or no its not equipment cares about them is to is to project this this incredible pains inside it that you have this is a good ok yeah about this here. Thank you thank you very much thank you it was a great. New myers life is a whirlwind of premieres revivals and rehearsals his calendar is packed with engagements. Today hes presenting his latest piece Oldfield Billy deeds 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. But a satin escape in every stick of the site 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 russells. Often for that set and how l. A. After 3 weeks of rehearsals and all that side by now 5 weeks here one gets meaty that was fun for one here though id say its coming along. In hamburg a new mayor premier is always an event especially when the ballet director is trying his hand that 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. Nor myers 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 era to see isnt left in the underworld but gets to live. For a month and a provision langham when you. A profession for a long time and people ask as a journalist when youre going to stop and hit out how so they expect you to deliver one last masterpiece fox and ours after all youre a master of your craft and meister there by my niece and my stuff but i dont feel thats what i am at all mr skinner and meister to say when i start choreographing i dont know how ill do what i do. 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 meyer has his vision and hes confident and has pursued 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 teachers get my sound melodramatic but i believe im doing what im destined to do its each i think thats whats called a vocation. Discount thats the total. You can enter the European Union leader thats what the turkish government told the refugees before the coronavirus gundam. The us in the family from afghanistan and many others took it at its was. The start of a painful journey that is still not over. This on their own. And 30 minutes on d w. Given what do they dream of it night. As cleaners they see the face of horror. Their job censoring for the social media industry. In the uk there are thousands of socalled content monitors day for day they scrub terrifying images from Online Platforms are a few jobs for starvation wage the strain is enormous. The cleaners are sworn to secrecy they are not allowed to talk about their work. 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