The swedish choreographer has been digging into pain and violence for 40 years.
Mats ek choreography.
Arthaus presents the ballet appartement of the legendary swedish choreographer mats ek which he created for the soloist dancers of the opéra national de paris the ballet is set to the music of the swedish rock band fleshquartet performing live on stage.
Mats ek notable choreographic theater works include don giovanni 1999 and andromaque 2001 at the royal dramatic theatre.
Ek was born in malmö in 1945 the son of the royal dramatic theatre actor anders ek and famous choreographer birgit cullberg.
The original version on a libretto by théophile gautier and music by adolphe adam tells the story of how giselle a poor girl seduced by a deceitful nobleman dies when.
The ensuing original works he created for the company helped establish him as one of the most interesting artists in contemporary dance.
This work is to romantic ballet what don juan is to classical theatre or carmen to french opera.
His earliest ballets including soweto and the house of bernarda alba based on the novel by federico garcía lorca brought him international recognition.
Mats ek in a nutshell.
Fleshquartet have recently garnered acclaim as the instrumentalists behind the wallander theme tune.
With his latest choreography fluke premiered in november 2002 at dansens hus in stockholm mats ek has once again created a work for the cullberg ballet this time in cooperation with the pork quartet.
Mats ek one could say is drawn to blood.
In 1973 mats ek joined the cullberg ballet as a dancer before turning to choreography in 1976.
As a young man ek initially trained in dance with lilian karina and donya feuer but shifted to drama which he studied at the marieborg folks college.
Mats ek is the son of anders ek one of sweden s most celebrated actors and birgit cullberg the choreographer and artistic director for the cullberg ballet company he was born in malmö in 1945 and began a short period of dance studies in 1962 with donya feuer in stockholm.
Princess aurora vanessa de lignière carabousse gamal gouda prince sigfried eytan sivak the gold fairy torunn robstad the silver fairy talia paz the.
Ek was born in mälmo sweden on the 18 th of april 1945 to birgit cullberg dancer choreographer and founder of cullberg ballet and anders ek one of ingmar bergman s favourite actors.
1982 ballet cullberg in stockholm.
He set his version of giselle that tender romantic era love.
On criticism interview with choreographer and director mats ek by margareta sörenson 1 today mats ek is one of the most appreciated choreographers in the world and since returning to theatre in the 1990s he has been praised for his reinterpretations of classical dramatic plays with the addition of dance.
