Mats Ek Giselle Story

Mats ek born 18 april 1945 is a leading swedish dance and ballet choreographer dancer and stage director.

Mats ek giselle story.

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. The swedish choreographer mats ek in his reworking of giselle in 1982 for the cullberg ballet in stockholm had the nerve to push to the paroxysm a subject that was already latent. At 17 he followed a summer dance course taught by donya feuer. 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.

In his reworking of giselle mats ek highlights the drama of the situation by turning giselle into the simpleton of the village abused by a don juan come to visit to have a good time. 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. Act 1 a medieval rhineland village where villagers assemble to dance and celebrate the wine harvest.

Mats ek then a young choreographer takes on giselle monstre sacre of romantic ballet. Ek was born in malmö in 1945 the son of the royal dramatic theatre actor anders ek and famous choreographer birgit cullberg. Mats ek could of used this as an influence in giselle because he could show this in the costume by the richness of the country at this particular time. Keeping the original scenario the booklet written by théophile gautier and the music of adolphe adam mats ek highlighted the drama of the situation.

1 he was the manager of the cullberg ballet from 1985 to 1993. Giselle one of the great ballets of the 19th century tells of the unrequited love of the country girl giselle. Swedish choreographer mats ek ranks world wide as a specialist for telling old ballet stories in new forms. En un soberbio entorno entre mármoles y terciopelos azules el ballet de la opera de lyon puso en danza a su giselle aquella que coreografiada en 1982 por mats ek es sin duda una de las más pertinentes versiones del gran ballet romántico original.

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. Hilarion a besotted gamekeeper hopes to catch a glimpse of the beautiful giselle. 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. After leaving the cullberg ballet mats ek became guest choreographer with major international dance companies.

Devastated giselle loses her mind and ends up in a psychiatric hospital. 1982 ballet cullberg in stockholm.