Mats Ek Carmen

Mats ek in a nutshell.

Mats ek carmen. A man of the theatre mats ek views society and the world with a sharp gaze resulting in writing that is precise uncompromising and sometimes disturbing. Pcm stereo pal recorded stockholm 1996. Ana laguna carmen marc hwang josé yvan auzely escamillo pompea santoro micaela george elkin boaz cohem. Mats ek was a dancer at the cullberg ballet from 1973 and from 1976 also a choreographer.

Mats ek s carmen bizet schtschedrin the cullberg ballet. I really need to go into the character s situation rather than showing myself because then i show myself how personally i see juliet should be done rather than trying to put myself into juliet s situation. This carmen was created for sweden s cullberg ballet in 1992 using shchedrin s suite. In addition he later took theatre studies in norrköping.

Major 20th century choreographer mats ek returns to the paris opera with two eagerly awaited new creations boléro set to maurice ravel s mythical score and another place conceived on franz liszt s sonata in b minor. Décor and costumes marie louise ekman lighting design goran westrup arthaus 100 182 51 min dvd region code. Mats ek tells the story using symbolism and parody attempting to weave together merrimée s and bizet s versions of the heroine. From 1982 to 1993 he was the artistic director of the cullberg ballet a task he took over from his mother birgit cullberg.

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 s extensive production of ballets includes more than twenty works for the cullberg ballet among them sensational reworks of classics like giselle 1982 swan lake 1987 and carmen 1992. After leaving the cullberg ballet mats ek became guest choreographer with major international dance companies. Bizet saw carmen as an individualist who fought for her freedom while mérimée sees her as the devil.

In 1992 he created carmen the tv version of which won an emmy.