Mats Ek Giselle Dvd

After leaving the cullberg ballet mats ek became guest choreographer with major international dance companies.

Mats ek giselle dvd. 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. 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. Giselle one of the great ballets of the 19th century tells of the unrequited love of the country girl giselle. Mats ek s january 10 2013 at 9 25 am posted in ballet review dance review dvd review 1 comment tags.

Mats ek hasn t done a full length story ballet for quite some time and this one is a great way to mark his return. Albrecht ana laguna ballet contemporary dance cullberg ballet giselle hilarion lena wennergren luc bouy mat ek myrth neo classical ballet vanessa mcintosh yvan auzely i watched mats ek s giselle on dvd the other day and i was impressed his re interpretation of. Ek s version of büchner s woyzeck was first performed with body masks there in 1967 before it was a pure dance performance with the cullberg ballet ten. His work is energetic very active and quite a bit of fun.

Mats ek s lifelong work he is now nearing 70 started with theatre and contemporary or experimental animation theatre in a small venue with modest possibilities but great freedom. Swedish choreographer mats ek ranks world wide as a specialist for telling old ballet stories in new forms. If you are not familiar with mats ek s work it cannot really be described very well in words. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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. Duke albrecht disguised as a peasant wheedles his way into her affections until she is forced to realize that he is in fact in love with bathilde. Mats ek in a nutshell.