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 city's 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 saturday says and it i always say it's a welcome but these i've decided to carry this burden for another 4 years it's going to set. every autumn to hamburg ballet gives a guest performance in baton bodden even after all these years he still feels nervous i had a premiere. this year's production is bernstein dances. it's the same piece that launched the cooperation between the hamburg ballet and the baton baton festival hall 20 years ago. now this is free and it's a place where you can experiment and try to go and i want to open up the packard fi is here escape because there's always time here t