History project starts june 4th. Dont be too good just because it. Takes her take. John newman meyer at work with act fast. And internationally renowned choreographer to pick some grooves of emotion in the language of dance. Its been done in time of the grateful person and that might be why im a happy person 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 dance is the frame. His creative home is the Ballet Center hamburg. Site is she ever since ive been a choreographer my aim has been to create a sort of microcosm of the world on stage after the its. A microcosm that includes the underworld johnno meyer is staging orpheus and euro to see. Where cliche you see it is stick soon says the narrative is the Creative Process itself is in and theres Nothing Better than entering a space 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. One of his main focuses has always been melding dance with music. Mine attends st d. My kind of dances are ones who give it their all even a gracile nice little 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 is huge to go and destroy 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 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 this unity to be able to create something really from deep inside to join has. An amazing way off transforming dancers into different roles that sometimes you dont. Expect to become the person that or to find that person in you and i think you have an amazing way of finding that in you to project it on stage. Yeah its incredible experience to be with him in the studio and. To see how how. How to hes as he sees evil and that theyre all you do and that piece he creates so its really special there was the. Devil. Am. The world famous Dance Company as a many headed entity accompanying johnno and my own on his artistic quest down a long and winding road. Cypher ima. Know and i always have doubts tate nothing has any worth a mess you question it and question yourself and father stared at a string im forever at a crossroads conflicted wondering if im going in the right direction or not confuse you one of their fake. If they take what any why do you do it here self i ask myself i have too much money. Hes never taken the easy route when he was 62 he danced the part of the lion in his ballet production affronts schuberts into highs and our winter journey. The characters that interest him are the downers the losers and dreamers. One that as long intrigued 10 is bats love agency the russian ballet dancer and choreographer often referred to as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century no 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 handels 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. About i steeped in so much and sure nancy i am the leader that can be a huge accord of a bit of myself and every piece of mine every choreography and every production and Mission Growing up she and i cant choreograph the stage something with complete honesty if i dont understand it the trust of i dont understand it deeply from a very specific angle my own personal angle in that 1st year. John and i my aunt was born in milwaukee on Lake Michigan in 1039 his father was a ships captain. His mother loved arts and culture. Supported his ambition to dance and ambition born when the family went together to see a musical in the cinema. He started taking tap dancing classes then in the Milwaukee City Library he stumbled across a biography of 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. Was. But no my my are doesnt seek to revolutionize ballet so much as to renew it gently and thoughtfully. Up there constant us for art can make a difference im not sure hes but im not sure thats its task. I should help people understand themselves better it was he said a freshly an. Alabama of them are not. Valid 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 do not add to passing an associated ballet school. It is clearly a type created a lot of it yet what i create is not complete sort as 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 as he in on chicken i should know what us all i have to go and meet them with standard and see who these people are wanting to bring new life to my work and visas for noir live. In muncie and chided this man interceded when you decide to work in different places or what then you learn that each place has its own set of rules that the in part he said is especially true of the paris opera which has a very long ballet tradition and in ahmedabad 30 children had 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. Via. These accompany a decent leave it is i love this company very much for it its not too big because it will often have 2 Big Productions going on in its 2 different venues mind i only do inched my. Id like 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. East indies and was a fun one is there. Together with ballet masters kevin hagen and. Both former dancers with a hammer ballet john no i meyer is on his way to rehearsals his adaptation of la demo coming out yeah the 19th century novel by Alexandre Dumas is being staged in the city in which it was set. Where. We fail to know where i want the other side i dont know where they were if things are fixed and. With its many stairwells corridors and rooms the Historic Building is something of a labyrinth you know if an accident. I mean if the reversal is are taking place in one of 5 studios its interesting with our job and john makes that very very clear because it is the journey the process of always learning and always searching because everything doesnt have to be successful but everything has to go for it its not about success its about its not about the distinction its about the journey and that john has always made very clear. And thats why he will continue to create. John no i my are originally created lockdown will come in ya set to music by frederick shall pass 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 mn at 1st and show it in manhattan and when you consider some aspect or opera and have an earlier 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 they meet people fobbed not colors not words not computers or typewriters answered by machine bleep and. Each rehearsal and each role takes on a life of its own. If a deep one 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 that it is in the news aired ok yes but were. A little bit more 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. Good or youre going. To rehearsals for productions are tightly scheduled here the condom 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. But as for the energy on the other problem is that there are 6 different causes and theres also a major production at the upper busty and the easier stroke in investing. Its an unfamiliar situation for johnno mire 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 month in movida thats noise and 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 great you have all the ascent emitted a row might be the same but its always performed by someone different to todd victa is to tad bit weak this fund is driven by faith in new ways of being an i know an i know under mukesh kite 2 sang for one perspective on humankind. And a different angle on emotionality him or 298 on and thats the stuff for us thats what makes a story endlessly fascinating for me as a choreographer spock from mission i scored the god of. The terminally ill maggie it will ultimately. Leave her lover and forfeit her happiness. After the rehearsal johnno meyer gives all of the dancers indepth individual feedback. That. Change our spatial the fitness of it set up a jewish in the center but its. 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 faith with. The 1st its good to have all this in the kitchen for god 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 bit. Stretch but yes i think. 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. Is here the 2 professionally hes a genius but hes always remained unbelievably grounded up down to earth as the american say and he has a great sense of humor freedom but if you didnt we wouldnt be together i mean girls while songs with villagers on the side. Discovered his company imo many think there comes a moment. From advice when you just nailed us that you 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 can to sort of. When done is this all this money that you want together with this person is that man say he talk about everything money. C. F. A human on the scene 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 sell for human under so how does he said. Its 10 oclock on a sunday morning in an hour at the ballet workshop will begin on the stage of the hamburg state opera no meyer will expand on how the roles developed and offer unique insights into the Creative Process. Just a few months eat at us so get the feeling of seeing who these people are in private this is me the 3 dimensionality of the characters is always very important and for the audience to see the performers without their costumes is Something Special and an issue and at least 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 thank you thank you and good morning ladies and gentlemen its right about it that im delighted to welcome you to our 224th ballet what shops at sight begin audits seitan course and sit out thank you for ballet workshops per year and the event is always sold out. Today and im loud and edin show the audience what theyve been trying out in rehearsals for like damn 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 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 stay 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 its that im back problems getting good stuff and that hes depressed at the moment and cant cook and what it is fair its a box of coffee thats in thing and 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 and then you wont be interested in finding out anything more about it and nothing i can say oh we can show you will change that thats the spirit site to go to come up here john norma in 1978 1000000 myra won a german t. V. Award for the 4 part john on 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. Bernstein dances pays homage to the music and spirits of leonard bernstein. Now that. N. C. Defense of these abilities once youve seen the dancers on stage the new leather dancing isnt just a job for them job dancing for all dancers is a vocation i can for either tents or. Is the most intensive part of our lives and thats wonderful. Well thats a story. That can come a time when its no longer possible let me whats most important is not a moment when dancers a dancing or tense a dance and collect a moment when they no longer can see that moment was is thats what we need to focus on a ha thats where we need to help this is a concert thats your own get down because headphones. Proceeds from the events go to the Dance Foundation which helps professional dancers make the transition to other jobs. Johnno 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. Im going home and i think that was my approach when i became a ballet director nearly 50 years ago. That i missed by that direct us im going home and hobbit the size its been nice to not only responsible for mahlers 5th symphony or the boys magic horn im responsible for everything or not for this was done so who are glad to be part of something for those who are a bit sad because thats part of it but on dressing enough and i doubt if one of them havent kind of those that are completely unhappy because theyre not a part of it at all and thus i need to have answers for all of them and i need to be able to give direction or i count myself as a director. So its come on say he needs to defect on any. Exactly because its hard to get 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 John Nolan Meyer tends to keep a professional distance from his dancers but nothing escapes wests all seeing photographers gaze. So as tense of lettuce as when i was a dancer we had a completely different relationship yet some here and us and its Something Else now. In front of me hes not afraid you have to kind of clear. That you call it. Can as well diversified from drano one doesnt know the best sides of john one 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 youve got the special move and he was like fine what move on your movie john noir my and in my act and so he does it. So i just have to photograph this and show the world mild or give it side and you and john mara. I. Hit. A group photo to mark the companys 40th anniversary in 2013 including a few dancers from the very early days. With his 1988 piece hamburger impromptu french choreographer a movie space paid tribute to his friend John Neumeier and his company. I am of the masterpieces created by noir meyer and the hamburg ballet is simply number 3 by good stuff mama which premiered in 1985 the music itself is the theme of the choreography. Is a recurring inspiration. To. Many of new myras choreographies have a dreamlike moored merging elements that make for strange and unsettling bedfellows. In a midsummer nights dream he juxtaposes the romantic strains of felix mentors on with georgi legatees mechanical music. St matthew passion was John I Meyers 1st choreographic exploration of a sacred oratorial it premiered at design to me saying this church in hamburg in 1980. 9 meyer has devised 160 choreographies. In the course of his career his Young Students marked his 60th birthday with a celebration of his. Working with Young Students in the school of the hamburg ballet is a cornerstone of norm myers mission. The majority of the dancers in his company are graduates of the school he also founded the National Youth ballet which has become a pillar of the german dance world his works are classics with Cross Generational appeal as illustrated by this short version of la dam. 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 a saturday says and he that i always say its a welcome but as i decided to carry this burden for another 4 years its going to set. Every autumn the hamburg ballet gives the guest performance in baton bodden even after all these years he still feels nervous ahead of the premiere. This years 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 with interactive art and i want to open up the packard violated here escape because theres always time here to reconsider the works its ready and see them in a completely different space not mine in one finish and somehow i find that very inspiring and with a machine. The serene setting helps focus the body in mind here in baghdad and theres a deep appreciation for the Dance Company from hamburg at the press conference its obvious that the local media is familiar with his work here and it is and by that victory i feel that a ballet is truly good when it doesnt just tell an old story but my story. Is some that is if it had 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 it 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 has 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 does it get duncan my love of his art and learning about it has never gone away. Is. It. A love thats plain to see and his home. Is this is a place of tranquility and ought to work i should concentrate here very well its a good country and. An entire floor is given over to needs drawings and sketches. Goodison if you know we dont know exactly how many there are good we have the largest existing collection and 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 known east for me the collection isnt about value rather its important for my work via it is for my heart might be stickies mine. Is it one pieces together mosaic stones. On the lies that one will keep Going Forward ticket this man used for one cant go back escaped i thought i know and its a way to build on the past and on fun f. A common fight. Paris. Is premiering in the pan a gallon e. 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. Ballet yes did it at all is it the paris opera is one of the main centers of ballet contests of history and tradition of any type its your own have owned me see if 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 one of the companies ive worked with most often the damn this is i need the company in me to me ship fast im bison galba to top. The performance isnt just taking place on stage the audience is engaged in its own performance while the dancers wait in the wings. Damn coming is a study of high society and fast morality but the production draws its emotional intensity from the power to do between alma and maggie 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. Applause for the paris after a ballet and john i ask. Backstage he congratulates the company. You. Have this badly it is your reality so please. Take care let it roll 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 all blame is the equivalent of all of them is to is to project this is incredible pain inside it that you have this is a good but create hearing about this year. Thank you michel thank you very much to thank you also at a. New myers life is a whirlwind of premieres revivals and rehearsals his calendar is packed with engagements. Today hes presenting his latest piece all feel really decent to the press ahead of its premiere in hamburg its a coproduction with us operas for no mire the challenge was to put the ballet and the opera on an equal footing. Hes in charge not only of the choreography but also the staging sets the costumes and the lighting concept. That is sagging escape in every stick of the 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. After often before but set down her l. A. After 3 weeks of rehearsals and put psychoanalysed 5 weeks here and get smitty that was fun for her here so id say its coming along. Which. I am in hamburg a noir 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 the norm meyers concept this time is that orpheus is a choreographer and you read a see a prima ballerina the production demonstrates the power of arts to render even death meaningless iritis he isnt left in the underworld but gets to live. For a month and a profession laying a man when you. A profession for a long time and people ask as a journalist to know when youre going to stop and hit out how so they expect you to deliver one last masterpiece and hours 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 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. As usual hes in the audience interested to see how his work comes across. When he takes to the stage a few boos mingled with the applause hes used to let john know im ira has his vision and hes confident in his pursuit of us. And yet i still think in the present there 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 the show i think thats whats called a vocation discount thats the total. You can enter the European Union today thats what the turkish government the refugees before the coronavirus on their own. The us in the family from afghanistan and many others took it at its what. The stance of a painful journey that is still not over. On europe. In 30 minutes on t w. A point on the battle to find decent accommodation. Number of africans for a flash often enough on. The ranch up to 100 euros just miami. The last one of a chanst 100 years ago to secure an Affordable Housing is becoming a scarce commodity was. 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