{"id":17,"date":"2019-08-24T11:56:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T09:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2020-10-05T14:54:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T12:54:21","slug":"about-martin-meng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/en\/about-martin-meng\/","title":{"rendered":"About Martin Meng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lac-86-DOB-2-213x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lac-86-DOB-2-213x300.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lac-86-DOB-2-768x1081.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lac-86-DOB-2-727x1024.jpeg 727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Martin-Summer-09-013-alleen-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Martin-Summer-09-013-alleen-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Martin-Summer-09-013-alleen.jpg 523w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"page_title\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Martin Meng was educated at the High School of the Arts in his native town Amsterdam, by among others, professor Heinz Manniegel.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">He danced with the <span lang=\"de-DE\">Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam, the National Ballet of Canada and the ballet of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, took part in numerous courses, like taking classes with the Kirov Ballet.<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">He w<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">orked with some of ballet\u2018s finest master-teachers such as Vladilen Semionov, Irina Kolpakova, Yevgeny Neff, Gennady Selyutski (Kirov Ballet), Mikhail Lavrovsky (Bolshoi Ballet), John Clifford, Susan Hendl (New York City Ballet), <\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">Erik Bruhn (National Ballet of Canada),<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\"> Brigitte Thom (Deutsche Oper Berlin).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Martin <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">danced the whole classical repertory from Bournonville to B\u00e9jart, performed solo parts in ballets from Balanchine, Petipa, <\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">Fokine, Petit, <\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">van Dantzig, Panov and Limon.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Later <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">Martin Meng <\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">continued<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\"> his career as a ballet master at the \u201cGrand Theatre\u201d (Teatr Wielki), Warsaw, where besides teaching daily company classes, he was coaching all leading roles in the classical repertoire (ballets like, for example, Konstantin Sergeyevs production of \u201cSwan Lake\u201d, or Sir Frederick Ashtons \u201cLa Fille mal Gard\u00e9e\u201d). After<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">wards<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\"> he continued work<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">ing<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\"> as a guest-teacher with companies such as the Royal Swedish Ballet, the Finnish National Ballet as well as modern companies like the Choreographic Theatre of Johann Kresnik at the Berliner Volksb\u00fchne or the ballet of the Opera na Zamku Szczecin.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">In recent years, Martin focused more on teaching at academic schools and was thus invited as a guest-pedagogue by i.a. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">the European School of Ballet, <\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">the National Ballet Academy Amsterdam, the Royal Conservatory The Hague, (where he also prepared the exam of the graduation class), the Tai Pei National University of the Arts <\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">or<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\"> the Netherlands Dance Theatre (Educational Department). Besides, he specializes on single-classes at any level. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Since 2018 Martin also works as a talentscout for the European School of Ballet in Amsterdam <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolofballet.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/schoolofballet.eu\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Students prepared for audition by Martin Meng were accepted into the following schools:<br \/>\nVaganova School St. Petersburg; Bolshoi Academy Moscow; Hungarian State Ballet School Budapest; Kirov Academy Washington; Koninklijke Balletschool Antwerpen (Royal Balletschool Antwerpen); Netherlands Dance Theatre Summercourse; Academy of Dance at the State High School of the Arts Mannheim; Conservatory Vienna; Escuela Victor Ullate Madrid; Ellison Ballet New York; Centre of Contemporary Dance Highschool Cologne.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><br \/>\nMartin&#8217;s students received numerous international scholarships, a.o. European School of Ballet in Amsterdam; Alvin Ailey, Ellison Ballet New York; Lines San Francisco.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Martin has taught every level of classical ballet, from beginners &#8211; professional students up to international stars like Irma Nioradze, Andrei Jakovlev (Mariinsky Ballet), Maria Bylova, Yuri Vasuchenko (Bolshoi Ballet), Irek Mukhamedov (Royal Ballet), Anneli Alhanko, Anders Nordstr\u00f6m (Royal Swedish Ballet), Mats and Niklas Ek, Ana Laguna (Cullberg Ballet).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Apart from<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"> teaching classical ballet, Martin is highly est<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">ee<\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">med as a Personal Trainer<a href=\"http:\/\/mobiltraining.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> http:\/\/mobiltraining.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-237\" src=\"https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sleeping-Beauty-with-Katalene-Borsboom-DOB--261x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sleeping-Beauty-with-Katalene-Borsboom-DOB--261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sleeping-Beauty-with-Katalene-Borsboom-DOB--768x883.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ballet-mjm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sleeping-Beauty-with-Katalene-Borsboom-DOB-.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sleeping Beauty with Katalene Borsboom Deutsche Oper Berlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Martin Meng was educated at the High School of the Arts in his native town Amsterdam, by among others, professor Heinz Manniegel. 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