The Choreographer Mats Ek

Mats ek one could say is drawn to blood.

The choreographer mats ek. 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. In 1973 mats ek joined the cullberg ballet as a dancer before turning to choreography in 1976. In addition he later took theatre studies in norrköping. At 17 he participated in a modern dance class led by choreographer donya feuer.

Ek was born in malmö in 1945 the son of the royal dramatic theatre actor anders ek and famous choreographer birgit cullberg. Filmmakers andreas söderberg and björn eriksson have been there from early on in the process making a documentary with an unique insight into mats ek s artistic process. Mats ek born 18 april 1945 is a swedish dance and ballet choreographer dancer and stage director. He came from a very culturally active.

Mats ek in a nutshell. Actress malin ek is his twin sister and dancer actor niklas ek is his older brother. Mats ek is a leading swedish dance and ballet choreographer dancer and stage director. Born april 18 1945 in malmö sweden mats ek is the son of renowned choreographer birgit culberg and actor anders ek.

We get as close to mats as he gets to the dancers. From 1966 to 1973 ek worked as stage director and assistant at the royal dramatic theatre of sweden and the marionette theatre in. A new and much anticipated full length work by choreographer mats ek. He set his version of giselle that tender romantic era love story.

In this essay i will present one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century mats ek. Re making of the ballet. Mats ek was born in malmo sweden on the 18 of april 1945. He was born in malmö in 1945 and began a short period of dance studies in 1962 with donya feuer in stockholm.

The swedish choreographer has been digging into pain and violence for 40 years. After studying dance and theatre he began his career as a director at stockholm s marionette theatre and royal dramatic theatre. 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. Mats ek greatest choreographer introduction.

He was the manager of the cullberg ballet from 1985 to 1993. To hear him tell it the singular boldness of his choreography is less a conscious intellectual choice than the translation of a pure emotional reaction. For swedish choreographer mats ek unconventionality seems to be the sine qua non of artistic creation. 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.