we must for g.p.s. . the germans for everybody to go. are we want to welcome to another edition of your own max i'm your host megan lee from milestone moments to happiness seminars we've got lots of ground to cover here's a look at what's coming up. two hundred fifty years and counting that london's royal academy of arts gets a birthday make over. say it with flowers of belgian floral artist add

color temp monument. and smooth moves wayne mcgregor is a leading choreographer pro britain has. london's royal academy of arts is turning two hundred fifty and ahead of this special anniversary it received a facelift star architect david chipperfield was called in to redesign and expand this artistic institution bringing it up to date with modern features all at the same time preserving its traditional elements while we caught up with chipperfield in london to talk more about the project. for its upcoming two hundred fiftieth birthday london's royal academy of arts will be getting a new second entrance and new rooms and a partly new interior. david chipperfield has succeeded in merging the two existing historical buildings into one for. actioning modern institution.

basically is a sort of understanding organizational requirements and the challenge here was really to understand how we could best use this building and how we could best connect it so we wrote academy itself. there were really cademy of arts was founded in seven hundred sixty eight. it's been given classes and holding exhibitions ever since now with the remodelling and expansion it can put our treasures on display that it previously didn't have space for and show off its finest pieces. like michelangelo's tie daytona to their best advantage these new interventions allow us as it were took to brings them not to feel constrained by having too much in a small building i mean we've grown by seventy percent of. the new passage may be

small but its effect is enormous it connects the two historical buildings making the entire institution readily accessible. this isn't the first time david chipperfield has given hallowed old halls a new lease on life. when you're building a new building. you are your day or so and so everything you have to defend your ideas. when you are working with an existing building you are defending the building you're defending your you're working on behalf of the building the work and normally. the other people are also interested in building so you have a common you are your more united. the newest museum on berlin's museum island it's reconstruction completed in two thousand and nine sit unused. manders. david

shipler field integrated what remained of the original building with modern architecture in a way that had never been seen before. we've made a small contribution on the museum and we've been very. honored to us. self description. david chipperfield firm is close to completing work on the james cmon gallery which will give the museum island a new central reception area the british architect has left his mark on berlin in many other spots as well. if you work in somebody else's city you have no enticement. you are you have to justify everything you do you shouldn't be there. it's not your place so you have to. this privilege very carefully

and to prove that you could bring something. to it that's. the someone from that might not be able to. other chipperfield creations include the help with wakefield gallery in england completed in two thousand and eleven. who makes museum in mexico city finished in two thousand and thirteen and a recently dedicated cemetery chapel in in a go a japan david chipperfield has projects the world over. my career has been built. at the in the courtesy of others. other cultures and therefore i've been i think very self-conscious that my position is that is has a very. high level of responsibility towards other cultures. back at the

royal academy of arts in london david chipperfield has brought new light clarity and structure to this venerable institution and provided space for it to thrive for the next two hundred fifty years. and staying in london the duke and duchess of sussex have made their first official appearance as a married couple since their wedding last saturday prince harry and his wife megan attended a garden party at buckingham palace to celebrate prince charles's seventieth birthday. and in other stories making headlines on the culture saying the berlin after how monica hosted dozens of amateur musicians at the famous concert hall more on that's at the top of today's express. one hundred one amateur musicians from thirty three countries gave a concert in the butt in a film or need on the british conductor simon rattle. the occasion was there for the money's open house on monday. several thousand visitors took the opportunity to

attend rehearsals and concerts go on tours and participate in workshops and discussion panels. last weekend some twenty one thousand fans converged on life say for the twenty seventh believe festival said to be among the largest of its kind in europe. it kicked off on friday with among other things a public victorian picnic in a city park. packed into this unique four day event were over one hundred concerts and a wide array of fringe events. the queen visited the chelsea flower show on monday traditionally members of the royal family attend the event one day before the official opening. over six hundred fifty

exhibitors all presenting their latest promise from god next x. rays the spotlight is on the show gardens around one hundred sixty five thousand international guests are expected for the five day event. staying on the subject of flowers a belgian flora's and geoffrey moore todd made sure that sculpture has become i countered with his it for. floral decorations some colorful caps hats or beards he even put his mark on the famous mannequin piece that shoo in for the next part of our series and flow for blue and take a look now at how more tired spruces up sculptures around the belgian capital.

classical statues are getting a modern update a crown of colorful flowers to decorate a normally bastogne head. for around brussels stone and bronze figures are sporting bouquets of beautiful blooms around their heads. belgium's former king leopold the second even got a bright new bed. the project is the brainchild of belgian floral artist. some find it funny that i put flowers on someone else's work others downright disrespectful but my interest stems from a romantic inclination to hide the statue and allow it to be rediscovered at the same time. even brussels most famous statue the mannequin pierce has been given a flowery. figure was created by sculptor who can walk in sixteen nineteen. tourists seem to like

the new look. the feel they something the first time i came here i found the statue a bit small i expected it to be bigger so i was a bit disappointed. but now that i'm seeing it for the second time it's very cute. with these new decorations made by the artist i have to say it's very pretty. by finding an appropriate statue before he begins any work he needs permission from the local authorities. he uses wire mesh to create a mold which he will then attach the flowers to. in his studio a packet helps a mash to hold it shape and it's time to get really creative juices chosen flowers to create made to measure for each statue. it's a slow process each flower work takes ten hours to complete. hopes his

works will breathe new life into the serious often forgotten statues in the city's parks and make people smile when they see them. because every day even some friends came to visit me from abroad from france and vietnam and they wanted to know who the statues were of and i didn't know what to say. that's when i started to take an interest in them and eventually to engage with them and make them more colorful through my flowers which produced a more thoughtful and you have a different path it's not only for the tourists locals appreciate the change and begin to see these familiar monuments in a new light. everything. very much appreciate this initiative mainly because it draws attention to statues that have been a bit forgotten in the parks of brussels to give them a new color that we've never seen. they remind people of their presence. i find that sculpture over there particularly lively is going to have to create

more of it on each of our work is unique and stands in place on a statue until the blossoms went. time now will it when it comes to dance some people might shy away from it because they think it will be boring but then i would recommend going to see something by choreographer wayne mcgregor how he likes to experiment with music poetry and movement he recently collaborated with a very unstable l.a. for a special production called portrait wayne mcgregor as a closer look. here. when the reddish choreographer wayne mcgregor rehearses at the very end state opera concentration is intense. he scrutinizes the dancers every move.

part of the job of a corrupt affair is to work with the material that's in front of them so it's part of the pleasure of making advances is working with these extraordinary individuals they become part of the creation process. mcgregor's dancers put a great deal of themselves and their own ideas into they were persons. i think is because i have a fixed position of what the thing should be i have a kind of an idea and i want to see how the bodies are responding in real time and i want to use that as an opportunity rather than a cost so you would go a long long haul the phrase. driving his latest piece is the rhythm of poetry in particular thirteenth century persian spiritual for. those poems is

a very minimal and very simple in their idea but the more you revisit them and the more you watch them and think about them all the spaces open up with potential other meanings so what first seems very simple becomes and leslie complex. gregor is a perfectionist who builds on an endlessly conflicts foundation recently he even had his own genome sequenced in order to transpose the patterns into dance he's long been inspired by science and technology now the inspiration is spiritual verse . one of things i've really learned from science and experience you through. science is understanding either my cognitive pathways better or i've recently done a very big genetics project which is about my genetic code and how these relate to how you are as an individual how you choose to live your lives. when mcgregor compliments the poetry with the music of finnish composer sorry

a whole. pervert exposed richly organic orchestral textures and paint compelling sonic images. it's not easy music for the dancers to interpret. i when i listen to music for example it puts me in different physical states and for me is is i guess bodies in states of change and so that's what is the most important thing for me looking at how music inspires or infects or shapes physical states of change. gregory spent one night alone in the national gallery in london he describes an experience similar to the effect of listening to his music. he couldn't help but get the feeling that the old masters for speaking to him.

for me the work catches you you don't catch the work it kind of tells you the moment you need to make this thing. and in a way that's why i don't really wanna so far out of ideas because i always feel the the calling comes from. it's not that i'm ok now i'm going to do this it's speaks to me and i feel compelled to make that work. rigorous studies the moves the bavarian state ballet dancers come up with. to do this. he pieces them together one by one to form a complete ballet. there's always a honeymoon period the first week is so exciting and then they realize they go on the forward. there's always a way you realize it takes a lot of invested energy to get to the level that we want to get and we're just

exploring and mean it's it's only a. change it's only a dance just like life itself as when mcgregor sees it a philosopher who uses body language to convey his message. or. if you are feeling chronically tired or burned out then perhaps the school of life has what you need and this is a global educational center which teaches individuals how to become happier and more relaxed while the philosopher and bestselling author of. founded his school of life in two thousand and eight and today it has thirteen centers worldwide so we take a look now at the day in the life of the school of life. students at the student life are learning how to be lucky in five easy lessons going to one of the nationals when you feel lucky you often take risks but people who take risks sometimes fail to most go for one more look holy shit. so how do you strike it

lucky my own math it's one of twenty two people who are here to find out she discovered the night school a couple of years ago. it's not about giving lectures which tell you what you should think like they do in french schools on the contrary the schools approach is about open mindedness. it's about opening up new perspectives and arousing curiosity. but mainly it's about getting you to try something new to test your limits explore new visions be curious and open to others who were caught. by a male has lived in paris for over fifteen years. she first heard about the school when she was going through a mid-life crisis she just separated from her partner and father of her children so the timing was perfect. mix took several courses at the school of life which

confirmed what she'd always suspected life goes on. so soon. for me it's also a philosophy of life it's about trying even in tough times to see problems as an opportunity and a challenge and then proceed. to do things differently and better if. there are schools of like in thirteen cities worldwide the franchise in paris open four years ago. run by friday o'shea it's modeled on the first school to fly founded in london in two thousand and eight i don't value your chosen head it's because you know we talk about culture as a whole we talk about for. us a fee psychology painting fine art photography. and picture things out of the wisdom of the ages after all for two thousand years great thinkers have been reflecting on the same problems we face today vessels so let's be inspired by them

and take a holistic approach to. the school of life for school says called love two point zero or how do i find my dream job they offer little nuggets of wordly wisdom classes started twenty one year olds and found you she decides what's on the curriculum she chooses the instructors avoiding academics in favor of people with plenty of life experience like carolyn desolate me. she. needs this but i want to give people hope many think they're just unlucky that it's fate and they just accept it. accept but i don't agree i think everyone has luck it's just a matter of bringing it into your life. not a. couple in their suv on a explains how through personal anecdotes from the worlds of science and culture. one of the haunts is this that luck is what you make of it. people who follow the

intuition are daring and go through life with their eyes open can produce their own luck. but couldn't the participants have figured that out on their own. for what it is you mean you cross the street when i talk away from the courses don't be afraid to do things whether they work out or not something will come of it and that's what brings luck it doesn't come knocking at your. thought of it meditate live in the moment and say yes more often ticks participants came away with at the end of. whether or not they'll bring them luck is however anyone's guess. and finally last weekend we saw prince harry and his new wife megan declare their love and front of millions of people in the form of an elaborate wedding while other couples celebrate love over dinner or with gifts but we put together some alternative ways to woo your lover here are. five

european romantic customs that you've probably never heard of. romeo and juliet shakespeare's star crossed young lovers but it's likely they never lived here in verona and juliet certainly never lived in this house or stood on this balcony which was built in the twentieth century but some sharp marketing people came up with the idea of selling this location to tourists and hundreds of thousands every year. many leave letters and other items at the foot of juliet statue number five on our list of romantic european customs despite the fact that the story of romeo and juliet ended in tragedy. when people in germany carry trees through the streets and then set them up in public places it's either christmas or the end of april for centuries germans have been putting up large

trees to mark the first of may sometimes outside the homes of people they love. number four on the list of romantic european customs this tradition is particularly popular in the rhineland region but the trees can only stay in place for one month the celebrations include beer cake and kisses. wales the home of rugged landscapes and medieval castles centuries ago during the long winter nights the local residents had to come up with new ways to keep themselves occupied some took up wood carving. they often gave these items as gifts of their special someone. number three on the list of romantic european customs loves food. they're much too ornate to be used at the dinner table but these booms are popular presence in wales even today.

winter nights in scandinavia are long but so are summer nights lots of extra time to party for centuries people in nordic countries have celebrated the festival of midsummer some of the age old fertility rituals associated with the festival are still practiced today. number two on our list of romantic customs an early morning walk through the countryside is said to bring luck in love or just pick some plowers and tuck them under your pillow at night a vision of your future love should appear in your dreams. dancing is always brought men and women closer together and that's still true today . but it's no longer fashionable to place a piece of locally grown fruits under your arm in this tradition imported from austria young women placed a slice of apple in an underarm levenson later they offer it to the young man of

their choice. so our number one apple slice dance it does make sense from a biological point of view underarm sweat is chock full of pheromones chemical signals to tell us right away whether we're attracted to someone. who would make my partner do that with me and with that we wrap up the show as always thanks for tuning in was big and tomorrow. next time on huron maks playing polo on segues instead of horses is the latest trend from the us now a hit here in europe players need to have quickly flexes on a good overview of the field sounds just the ticket for a host michel. but can she learn to play it in a day. say great polo next time on euro max.

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