Be too good just because it. Take her take her to go to. John nolan meyer at work that fast. And internationally renowned choreographer who depicts worlds of emotion and 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 is need. 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 you see is stick soon to the narrative is the Creative Process itself guys 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 our. And. One of his main focuses has always been melding dance with music. Mine attends st di da my kind of dances are ones who give it their all even at rehearsal a nice little knot i believe because im a slave driver and theyre afraid theyll be fired if they dont. Because it gives them joy and this is huge to go 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 there is not really boundaries between one and another it requires these unity to be able to create something really from deep inside tension 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 he has 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 through his eyes he sees evil 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 john knowing my own on his artistic quest down a long and winding road. Side for him at fs i know and i always have doubts crotty tate nothing has any words from les 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. For you one of their fake issues if they take what any. Why do you do it here self i ask myself back too much but. Hes never taken the easy route when he was 62 dance the parts of the lion man 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 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 power to do it 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 song and sean hannity i am the leader in fact for me i get a court of a bit of myself and every piece of mine every choreography and every production and Mission Growing up she and i cant choreograph for stage something with complete honesty if i dont understand it to the trust if i dont understand it deeply from a very specific angle my own personal angle in that 1st year. John no 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 minimal walky 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. John no i 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 has adaptation of romeo and juliet in 1974 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 lewdly 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 n e l o l a m i. Was up 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 dilbert add to patty and associated ballet school. It is clear that clive created a lot of it yet what i create is not a complete sort as very often 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 national 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 disses faire noir lead. Candidate in muncie in chided this man interested in when you decide to work in different places or then you learn that each place has its own set of rules that. In part he said is especially true of the paris opera which has a very long ballet tradition and an honor that would be to not ship by that. The pentagon yet 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 accompany a decent leave it 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 play here and do interest my. Id like 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 and thoughts and. In the symbols a fun immature woman 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. With. Radio no one with the other side. Where they were fucking things up and fix it. With its many stairwells corridors and rooms the Historic Building is something of a labyrinth. You know if an accident. I mean its the rehearsals are taking place in one of 5 studios its interesting with our job and john makes that very very clear because 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 has always made very clear hes and thats why he will continue to create. John no i my are originally created like damo coming set to music by fredricka for the stood guard ballet in 1978 it was internationally acclaimed the production in paris is now the 6th version he has staged in the city at 1st and show up and beard when you consider some aspect or i would have an earlier dancer in mind. And are looking to reproduce what she or he did and it doesnt work. Then money it 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 type rises by machine leap and. Each rehearsal and each role takes on a life of its own. Steady if it deep to men see im always falling in love a new with the dancers i work with is trying to create something fresh trying to awaken something new both in the dancers and in myself but i think is in ideas erda ok but were. A lot of it very good for what a very good. The author 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. Youre going. To get for rehearsals for productions are tightly scheduled for the goddamn of 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 of fashionable paris. I suppose the energy on the theory 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. Theres interest and it is this moment 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 guy here or the ascent emitted a row might be the same but its always performed by someone different to tack toward the day qt is tad bit weak this fund is driven by faith in new ways of being an i know an i know under that mukesh kite to zion for one of us better for humankind. And a different angle on emotionality him up to 988 or and does this just for us thats what makes a story endlessly fascinating for me as a choreographer spock from mitch i scored a graph. The terminally ill magazine it will ultimately. Leave her lover and forfeit her happiness. After the rehearsal johnno meyer gives all the dancers indepth individual feedback. That change our spatial looked up with a set of photos to show in the senate which is. The 1st that. He never tires of explaining his ideas and demonstrating what hes looking for. Triptych he throws himself into his work with body and soul. At the same flea. Markets its good to have all this in the cation for god and so you know it gives you so much image of. The it tells you why you have to do it like that why its more. Credible for the audience wait 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 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 but if you didnt we wouldnt be together and his gruesome home was censored villagers on the side. Discovered is complete imo many think there comes a moment moment 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 what exist tom and kinda sorta. Want done is this all this money that your together with this person is thats man say it was he talk about everything money. 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 vam than you awful sell for human under so how does he say. 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. This 15 month seat after 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 end if 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 think its now time to i thank you get back to my fan queue and good morning ladies and gentlemen to get started but it that im delighted to welcome you to our 224th ballet what shops that site begin audits citee course and sit out thank you gifts for ballet workshops per year and the event is always sold out. Today and out loud and edin even show the audience what theyve been trying out in rehearsals for allowed 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 let us and give us and in one respect ballet is 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 that share is that i problems getting good stuff and that hes depressed at the moment and cant cook and what if they 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 its not right 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 and nothing i can say all we can show you will change that but what a deficit site to go to come up your john noah in 1978 1000000 myra won a german t. V. Award for the 4 part john on my respond that he actually at which he developed and hosted off to the 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 on dances pays homage to the music and spirits of latter darren stein. Actor. And the defense of these abilities once youve seen the dancers on stage then you lead the dancing isnt just a job for them job dancing for all dancers is a vocation i can clinch for either tense or for. The most intensive part of their 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 the moment when dancers a dancing or tense a dance and kind of a moment when they no longer can sit at all meant was is that scott we need to focus on a ha thats where we need to help miss the concert thats your get down there because heaven. Proceeds from the event to go to the Dance Foundation which helps professional dancers make the transition to other jobs. Genuine 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. 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 theyre part of it but are dressing enough and i doubt if one of a kind of those that are completely unhappy because theyre not a part of it at all thus must 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 direct 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. 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. Thank you all 6 and that is as ken as will decide from drama one doesnt know the best sides of john one just and thats what i always want to show and he knows that in the us so he trusts me completely. We did this portrait together and i just said john do your thing to us and youve got the special move and he was like fine what move at the end to end your movie john noir milan unlocked and so he does it so i just have to photograph him and show the world john no a mile or give it sag and. As a john maya. I need. A group photo to mark the companys 40th anniversary in 2013 including a few dancers from the very early days. With his 988 piece hamburger impromptu french choreographer m o he spat paid tribute to his friend john nolan my r. And his company. I am the masterpieces created by 9 minor and the hamburg ballet is simply number 3 by gustaf mana which premiered in 1975 the music itself is the theme of the choreography. Is a recurring inspiration. I. And many of my meyers choreographies have a dream like mood merging elements that make for strange and unsettling bedfellows. In a midst. Ammonites dream he just opposes the romantic strains of felix mentors on with georgi legatees mechanical music. Same patty passion was johnno meyers 1st choreographic exploration of a sacred oratorial it premiered at the santa miss a list 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 era 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 he that i always say its a welcome button as ive decided to carry this burden for another 4 years and does it. Every autumn the hamburg ballet gives the guest performance in baton bodden even after all these years he still feels nervous i 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. This is fi i know its a place where you can experiment and i want to open up the packard violated here escape because theres always time here to reconsider the works thats what i see them in a completely different space model in one feature and somehow i find that very inspiring and spectate mistaking. The serene setting helps focus the body and mind here in boston bodden 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 and it is and by that victor i feel was a ballet is truly good when it doesnt just tell an old story but my story and. Its a sin that is. That 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 class 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 the mark. Thats 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. I mean then who has a capacity of 2500 seats and every single one has 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. When does it get duncan my love of his art and learning about it has never gone away and is. Not. A love thats plain to see and his home. Is this is a place of tranquility i thought there would i should concentrate here very well secretly. An entire floor is given over to need drawings and sketches. Vicinity you know we dont know exactly how many of the rock we have the largest existing collection 98 of the gym scale 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 rather its important for my work via it is from my heart might be stickies mine. Is it was one pieces together mosaic stones. On the face that one will keep Going Forward ticket this man next person cant go back is skipped i thought i know and its a way to build on the past and on fun african and night. Paris. Is premiering in the pan a gown. 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 at myers. Ballet he steered the a theyre all is it the paris opera as one of the main centers of ballet in terms of history and tradition of 20 times its 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 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. The. 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. Up cars for the paris after a ballet and john i am. Backstage he can graduates the company. You. Have this badly it is your reality so please. Take care let it grow that it go 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 just simply care for 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 plan i dont kick you fall down but eat because you have a fantastic technique so its not bob name moment is the equivalent of all of them is to is to project this this incredible pain inside it that you have listened to the create young about this year. Thank you neal 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 all feel billy ds 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 a its heading in the right direction for sent as a vision chicago bear in mind i did this in chicago after 8 weeks of rehearsals. For them for that set and how l. A. After 3 weeks of rehearsals and all that side out 5 weeks here one gets maty that was fun for one here so 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. Was 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 ereka see isnt left in the underworld but gets to live. Feynman and a professor in langham when you. 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 botton dollars 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 tonight when i start choreographing i dont know how ill do what i do i see this much. 2 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 meyer has his vision hes confident and has pursued us. From yes no i think in the premiere is only the start of something where 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 its got thats the total. Conflicts. Despite the coronavirus time them expose government pushed hard for a president ial election in may in the expectation that it would wait my guess this week from parliament is dominic touching footage and me pete from the movie law and Justice Potter was used government guilty of trying to put politics ahead of peoples lives conflicts. Yes and 30 minutes on doubling. Literature invites us to see people in particular. I like to see myself as kids find the strength grown up around. My. Work and. He does are you books on youtube. Then beethovens Pastoral Symphony is the foundation of an International Art project. To mark the 50th anniversary of the composers 1st beethoven world wide. Stroke project starts june 4th on t. W. This is day w. News live from another night of chaos in the u. S. As protesters demand justice for george floyd who was killed in place custody in the city of minneapolis earlier this week the on the rest following his death has given rise to a full night of demonstrations but across the cities across the country also coming up. Marching out to freedom the Afghan Government releases taliban prisoners as part of a peace deal