Ballet Giselle Mats Ek

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.

Ballet giselle mats ek.

1982 ballet cullberg in stockholm. Giselle one of the great ballets of the 19th century tells of the unrequited love of the country girl giselle. Mats ek cullberg ballet revisionist giselle 1945 the young mats ek did not particularly want to be a dancer. To dance fans the world over giselle is often thought about as the ballerina s piece d resistance a must if she is to advance in the world of classical ballet.

Mats ek in a nutshell. 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. 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.

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. Si la giselle de jules perrot et de jean coralli 1841 inspirée du livret écrit par théophile gauthier demeure l archétype du ballet romantique et l un des plus beaux ballets du xixe siècle la giselle de mats ek 1982 chorégraphiée sur la même partition d adolphe adam restera l un des plus beaux ballets du xxe siècle. Mats ek then a young choreographer takes on giselle monstre sacre of romantic ballet. This work is to romantic ballet what don juan is to classical theatre or carmen to french opera.

Keeping the original scenario the booklet written by théophile gautier and the music of adolphe adam mats ek highlighted the drama of the situation. Instead he took drama classes at marieborg college in norrkoping sweden in 1965. Swedish choreographer mats ek ranks world wide as a specialist for telling old ballet stories in new forms. He went on to produce plays and even worked with the legendary film and theatre director ingmar bergman during this time.

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.