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Robert Robinson dances to the point of pain \u2013 knowing that a single misstep could end everything he has worked for over the years.
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\u2018Yeah, beautiful!\u2019 Robert Robinson calls out<\/strong> as he watches two dancers in the rehearsal studio of the Staatsballett Hannover. They spin, stretch their arms, let themselves fall. The 31-year-old has danced with the company since 2019 and for the past two years has also been choreographing. His new piece, \u2018Nobody knows\u2019, will soon be performed \u2013 and even in rehearsal it\u2019s clear that what looks so effortless on stage is hard physical and mental work.

Three and a half hours of training on Saturday morning are followed by another three. A dancer earns around 3,500 euros gross a month, according to calculations by ZEIT ONLINE<\/a> based on data from the Federal Employment Agency. Robinson has devoted his life to dance: his passion for classical ballet began when he was five. After graduating from the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, he joined the Stuttgart Ballet. But the path is rocky. \u2018Classical ballet in particular revolves a great deal around a particular body aesthetic,\u2019 he says. When he was young, he doubted whether he could live up to that ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n

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Rehearsal<\/strong> at the Staatsoper Hannover.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div> \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n

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Rehearsal for \u2018Nobody Knows\u2019.<\/strong> Robinson himself also dances in the piece.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div> \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n

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Robinson is a ballet dancer<\/strong> and has also been working as a choreographer for two years. He creates his own pieces.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div> \n\n\n \n\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Classical ballet<\/strong> revolves a great deal around a particular body aesthetic.<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

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Dorothy Meyer<\/a>, a nutritionist <\/strong>at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, stresses: \u2018Ballet dancers have three times the risk of eating disorders compared with the general population. One important reason is the pressure to be thin.\u2019 At the same time, ballet is also gruelling physical labour, says her colleague Marc Geifes<\/a>: \u2018The constant strain builds powerful muscles in the calves, legs and core \u2013 and, in male dancers, the upper body too.\u2019 One key to performance, according to Geifes, is the principle of supercompensation: \u2018If you train and then recover, you increase your capacity in the long term.\u2019

Robinson has so far avoided serious injuries, although his knees sometimes give him trouble. A career-ending injury is a constant worry for many dancers. But they don\u2019t give up easily: \u2018I know lots of people who were told they\u2019d never dance again after an injury \u2013 and they proved everyone wrong,\u2019 says Robinson. He doesn\u2019t follow a fixed diet, and he estimates that about half the company smoke and drink: \u2018Many of us are a bit rebellious.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, Robinson can feel his flexibility waning. In three months he will leave the Staatsballett Hannover to work as a freelance dancer and choreographer. It\u2019s no coincidence that his piece is called \u2018Nobody knows\u2019: it revolves around the feeling of not being able to control the unknown. \u2018Choreographing is a kind of therapy for me,\u2019 he says. So he has no intention of giving up dancing any time soon. \u2018I wouldn\u2019t go so far as to say that dancing is my life, but it\u2019s definitely a big part of it.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n

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A dancer\u2019s body<\/strong> is put under heavy strain every day \u2013 for hours at a time.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div> \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n

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Restorative breaks<\/strong> make the body more resilient and able to perform better than before.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div> \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n

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Premiere<\/strong> of Robinson\u2019s piece \u2018Nobody Knows\u2019<\/strong> in the barn at Gut Bennigsen.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div> \n\n\n \n\n \n<\/div>\n\n

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Premiere of Robinson\u2019s piece \u2018Nobody Knows\u2019<\/strong> in the barn at Gut Bennigsen. The performance and final rehearsals could not take place at the Staatsoper because Robinson had resigned. The Bennigsen estate stepped in as a venue at the last minute.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n

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I wouldn\u2019t go so far as to say<\/strong> that dancing is my life, but it\u2019s definitely a big part of it.<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

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Robert Robinson<\/strong> shortly before resigning from the Staatsoper Hannover.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div> \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n

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Intensive dance training<\/b> at the Staatsoper Hannover.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div> \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n

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In the piece,<\/strong> Robinson explores the feeling of being unable to control the unknown. Choreography, he says, has become a kind of therapy for him.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div> \n\n\n \n\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s note: this article was written in spring 2024<\/sub><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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