then john neumeier talks the audience through the company's work. a successful documentary series was made about the ballet workshops. i go to sadness by lettice and it isn't in one respect ballet is a consumer product compared to a restaurant i sit down and i order a steak and steak and asked if the steaks good i'll come back then if it's not good it won't 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's what kind of problems getting good stuff and that he's depressed at the moment and can't cook and what do they say it's a box of coffee that's sitting in i might feel sorry for him on a personal level but i still won't enjoy my steak and i still won't come back home is that it's the same with ballet if you watch a performance and you don't like it and they don't want be interested in finding out anything more about it and nothing i can say oh we can show you will change that that would have asked us to get psyched to go to come up your john norma in 1

neumeier 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 non liars 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 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 p

well up next we have our documentary series doc film and that meets with john neumeier his longtime head of the hamburg ballet and don't forget there's more on these and other stories that are website e w dot com for now though for me brian thomas and the entire news team thanks for being here. let us we were. when we were. 80 percent of americans or something in our lives really experience hardship listening. to. people for d.w.i. on facebook and twitter update and in touch. don't 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 in the language of dance thank you it's been done i'm a grateful person and that might be why i'm 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. and i live and i know if my life is a painting dance is the frame. his creative home is the ballet center hamburg. sight is she ever since i've been a choreographer my aim has been to c

well up next we have our documentary series doc film and that meets with john neumeier his longtime head of the hamburg ballet and don't forget there's more on these and other stories that are website e w dot com for now though for me brian thomas and the entire news team thanks for being here. let us we were. when we were. 80 percent of americans or something and i live really experience hardship. that people are feasible.