Interviu Gianpiero Tiranzoni
Eu: Buna ziua, domnule Gianpiero!
GT:Salut!
Eu: Pentru inceput as dori sa va intreb cum este sa lucrati cu niste vedete ca Prince si Madonna?
GT: Defapt eu am lucrat pentru Prince, nu cu el.Prince e un om misterios. Eu am lucrat cu un coregraf renumit pe nume Gene Anthony Ray, un mare nume in lumea cinematografiei.
Prince este o persoana foarte excentrica! Il iubesc pe Prince si rock-ul in general…
Eram surprins si emotionat cand l-am vazut, chiar daca l-am intalnit pentru doar 20 de minute. Cat despre Madonna, ce pot spune? Madonna e un nume foarte mare in musica pop. Mi-a placut sa lucrez cu ea, a fost un timp productiv si important pentru mine.
Eu: Dintre toate genurile de muzica de pe lumea asta, de ce ati ales fix Jazz-ul?
GT: Eu vad in Jazz miscare, atunci cand vine vorba de arta. Genul acesta iti ofera mai multe posibilitati de a lucre (Broadway, Televiziune…). Jazz-ul este un balet mai liber. Ca artist te poti afirma si transmite mai mult cu corpul dansand Jazz. In balet trebuie pastrata o anumita atitudine, reguli… esti limitat.
Eu: Am citit ca in trecut ati studiat in America si ca acum predati lectii elevilor europeni, lectii ce le-ati invatat acolo. De ce?
GT: De fapt, am inceput in Italia, dupa aceea m-am mutat in America, unde cunostiintele mele au fost consolidate si imbunatatite.
Eu: De ce v-ati mutat in State?
GT: In perioada in care m-am apucat eu de dans, in Europa nu aveai atatea optiuni ca si dansator . America promitea! Singura cale de a deveni un dansator celebru era sa ai ceva bani si sa te duci cu ei in State.
Eu: Deci sa inteleg ca mutarea in America este obligatorie si promite 100%?
GT: Nu stiu…. O vad mai mult ca pe o sansa. Ai o sansa sa inveti lucruri noi, stiluri noi. In ziua de azi nu mai e neaparat necesar sa te muti pentru ca Europa e acum la acelasi nivel.
Eu: Ce credeti despre baletul din ziua de azi? Cum il vedeti fata de cel mai vechi?
GT: Intotdeauna e cu cantec cand e vorba de balet. Nici nu as putea sa compar…in ziua de azi, ca si dansator, esti liber, poti aborda o gramada de stiluri. Baletul a evoluat mult, la fel si dansurile.
Interview Gianpiero Tiranzoni
Me: Hello, Mr.Gianpiero!
Mr.GT: Hello!
Me: My name is Mihnea Ciceu and I’d like to ask you how is to work with stars such as Madonna and Prince?
Mr.GT: Actually, I’ve worked for Prince , not with him, because he’s a very strange man . He didn’t showed up until the last moment. Actually, I’ve worked with a choreographer named Gene Anthony Ray, who was a famous person in cinematography.
Prince it’s a very eccentric person! I love Prince! I really love him.
I was surprised and excited when I saw him, even if that was for only 20 minutes. And what can I say about working with Madonna…..It was a good work, an important work. She’s a very big name in Pop Music.
Me: Why did you prefer Jazz, when in this world there are plenty of another music genres?
Mr.GT: I like to say that Jazz is similar with “movement”, when talking about arts. It offers you more possibilities to work (Broadway musicals, Television…). I’d say Jazz it’s like Ballet, but more free. You can express more with the body in Jazz. In Ballet you have to be in a shape, to follow a pattern.
Me: I’ve read that, in the past, you’ve studied in the US, and that you now apply the American Style of Ballet, here, in Europe. Why?
Mr.GT: Actually, I’ve started in Italy, but after that I’ve moved in the US, and my education was consolidated in America.
Me: Why did you move?
Mr.GT: In the years when I started to dance , Europe didn’t have so many facilities as America. In the past, the only way to become a professional dancer was to have some money and to spend them on a ticket to the USA.
Me: So, moving in the US to become a dancer is the best choice and you have 100% chances to become a professional?
Mr.GT: I think that moving in the US it’s more like a chance. You have the chance to learn new things, new styles…Now, it’s not necessary anymore to move to America, because, in these days, Europe is at the same level from this point of view.
In America it’s very difficult to find a job.
Me: What’s your opinion about ballet? (present vs past)
Mr.GT: There’s always a problem when it comes to play ballet. In these days you, as a dancer, have more options, more styles, it’s completely different. Now, ballet it’s more free, and not only ballet…all dance styles opened a lot..
Intrerview Jed O'Grady Weiss
Q: When was the first time you started dancing more seriously?
A: I think I started Irish dancing when I was 4 or 5 and gymnastics at the same time. My mother didn't know anything about classical dance, she wasn't a dancer herself, other than she enjoyed watching it. She had moved from Ireland some years previous and she asked a friend who told her classical ballet is the best place to start – as a base for everything. I was told that I wasn't going to be a ballerina due to the physique. There is a physique that people want to see, but it's so much more to the ballet.
Q: If you could give a piece of advice to the young Jed who just started dancing in her teenage years, what would you tell her?
A: Exactly what I've just spoken about. I always tell students that the monkey on their shoulders who's telling “You're not good enough” is not right. Whatever it is, knock it off, or put a monkey on the other shoulder to balance it off. I often see perfectionists dancing so... robotic, not wanting to take any chances, not wanting to take any chances, not wanting to be exposed. The more I could tell the young Jed that it's human, and that's what art is about, to explore ugly and beautiful. That's what I would tell to her: Taste the lemons, taste the salt, and then have the sugar as well.
Q: Was it difficult for you to go from Australia to Austria?
A: I was with the love of my life, so no. I met my husband in Melbourne and he asked me to come back. It was difficult to sell the school. I had a school for 7 years (which was for classical ballet and contemporary), that was very difficult, but it was what I needed to do. I wanted to come to Europe because my parents were Irish and the heritage made me curious.
Q: Was it difficult to adapt to all these differences?
A: Yes, I think I was super luck to have a job before I arrived in Vienna. Without that, I would have been miserable, because mu husband is working all the time and so the dance studio was my home, no matter where I was. Outside of the dance studio it was not so easy, my language skills are still coming slowly. While we lived in Oslo, I didn't have a job before I got there, so that was different. I was taking a train 2 hours to a rural dance school for the deaf.
Q: Do you still dance in your free time, or you just stick to teaching?
A: I am a mother of a 5 year old, so I don't have any free time at all. My son doesn't do an official dancing class, I'm letting him find his way, as he has the same body type as I do. He tells me what I should put in choreographies.
Q: What was your first impression when you heard you were going to teach in Romania?
A: Oh, I was very excited because of knowing Simona and another good friend who comes from Romania. I don't usually like choreographing in front of strangers, but I decided to see their roots. Also, Romania is not one of my holiday destinations, as I'm always chasing the sun. My husband loves it here, he's pleasantly surprised by what a beautiful city he's been invited to. I also love the food.