Mats Ek Choreographer

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.

Mats ek choreographer.

Peters township in malm is a swedish choreographer and director. Ek was born in malmö in 1945 the son of the royal dramatic theatre actor anders ek and famous choreographer birgit cullberg. All the rights belong to the owner of the video and im not profiting by publishing. Early on mats ek created dance theatre and then from 1993 when he left the cullberg ballet as an artistic leader he continued as a choreographer in parallel with taking up theatre work again.

At dramaten a suite of theatre with dance sequences has renewed classics such as molière s don juan shakespeare s the merchant of venice and. He set his version of giselle that tender romantic era love. 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 one could say is drawn to blood.

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. In addition he later took theatre studies in norrköping. Mats ek born 18 april 1945 is a leading swedish dance and ballet choreographer dancer and stage director he was the manager of the cullberg ballet from 1985 to 1993. Mats ek in a nutshell.

The swedish choreographer has been digging into pain and violence for 40 years. 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. 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. Actress malin ek is his twin sister and dancer actor niklas ek is his older brother.

He is the son of the famous choreographer birgit cullberg and actor anders ek. At 17 he participated in a modern dance class led by choreographer donya feuer. In 1973 mats ek joined the cullberg ballet as a dancer before turning to choreography in 1976. Mats ek born april 18 1945 in st.

Choreographed by mats ek performed. I don t own the rights to this video. Mats ek is a leading swedish dance and ballet choreographer dancer and stage director.