Biography
John Neumeier (born February 24, 1939) is an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director. He has been the director and chief choreographer of Hamburg Ballet since 1973. Five years later he founded the Hamburg Ballet School, which also includes a boarding school for students. In 1996, Neumeier was made ballet director of Hamburg State Opera. Neumeier was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he received his first ballet training. He continued his dance training in Chicago at the Stone-Camyrn School of Ballet and performed with Sybil Shearer and Ruth Page. After completing a B.A. in English literature and theater studies at Marquette University in 1961, he continued his training in Copenhagen with Vera Volkova and at the Royal Ballet School in London. In 1963 he joined the Stuttgart Ballet under John Cranko, rising to the rank of soloist. In 1969 Neumeier became director of the Frankfurt Ballet, before becoming director and chief choreographer at the Hamburg Ballet in 1973. From 1971 through 1974 Neumeier was also guest choreographer for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, where he provided repertoire and staged his version of The Nutcracker.
Filmography
all 19
Movies 15
Director 8
self 6
TV Shows 4
Ghost Light by John Neumeier (2021)
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (2019)
Nijinsky (2018)
Anna Karenina (2017)
Bolshoi Ballet: The Lady of the Camellias (2015)
J.S. Bach - Christmas Oratorio - A Ballet by John Neumeier (2015)
Agnès Letestu: A Shining Star (2014)
La Troisième Symphonie de Gustav Mahler (2013)
The Little Mermaid (2011)
The Little Mermaid - San Francisco Ballet (2011)
Tietjen und Hirschhausen (2009)
Chopin: La Dame Aux Camélias (2009)
Richard Strauss - Josephs Legende (2007)
Die Kameliendame (2007)
Illusions like “Swan Lake” (2001)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
Lebensläufe (1978)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
John Neumeier - Ein Leben für den Tanz
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GenderMale
Birthday1939-02-24 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceMilwaukee, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsGustaf Gründgens Prize, Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg), Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, honorary citizen of Hamburg, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, Ingenio et arti, Honorary Lock keeper, Deutscher Tanzpreis, Order of Friendship, Erich Fromm Prize, Herbert von Karajan Music Prize, H.C. Andersen Award
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