10 Facts About John Neumeier

John Neumeier was born on February 24,1939 and is an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director.

John Neumeier has been the director and chief choreographer of Hamburg Ballet since 1973.

John Neumeier was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he received his first ballet training.

John Neumeier continued his dance training in Chicago at the Stone-Camyrn School of Ballet and performed with Sybil Shearer and Ruth Page.

In 1969 John Neumeier became director of the Frankfurt Ballet, before becoming director and chief choreographer at the Hamburg Ballet in 1973.

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From 1971 through 1974 John Neumeier was guest choreographer for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, where he provided repertoire and staged his version of The Nutcracker.

John Neumeier has reinterpreted and rechoreographed the seminal classics of the 19th century: The Nutcracker, set in the world of 19th-century ballet, Illusions, like Swan Lake, based loosely on the life of Ludwig II of Bavaria, The Sleeping Beauty and Giselle.

John Neumeier has choreographed works on Biblical subjects, including The Legend of Joseph, Saint Matthew Passion, Magnificat, Requiem, Messiah and Christmas Oratorio, as well as ballets inspired by mythological subjects: Daphnis et Chloe, Sylvia, Orpheus, Tristan, The Saga of King Arthur and Parzival - Episodes and Echo.

John Neumeier is particularly inspired by the life and work of Vaslav Nijinsky and has produced several ballets about him: Vaslav, the full-length Nijinsky and Le Pavillon d'Armide.

John Neumeier has choreographed a number of ballets to the music of Gustav Mahler, including the biographical Purgatorio, set to Deryck Cooke's reconstruction of Mahler's Tenth Symphony.