Mats Ek (born 18 April 1945) is a Swedish dance and ballet choreographer, dancer and stage director. He was the manager of the Cullberg Ballet from 1985 to 1993.
Five duets, four dialogues between two dancers on stage – between the dancers and the audience. For its second edition, Dialogues promises a dreamy evening of Pas de deux by four choreographers who define both the present and the future…
When Mats Ek talks about Swan Lake – he first talks about Tchaikovsky’s music, which he believes is the most important reason for the work’s survival. “Someone has said that Tchaikovsky’s music is like flowers, but not like seeds,” he…
In this experimental film conceived by Sylvie Guillem, the choreographers become dancers or photographers: William Forsythe dances a superb solo and Mats Ek films his brother and Sylvie Guillem in Smoke, an oniric and sensual duet. Ballerina Sylvie Guillem demonstrates…
4 years after the announcement of his withdrawal from the artistic scene, the emblematic contemporary choreographer Mats Ek, is back at Palais Garnier! Mats Ek is proposing a new ballet piece, “Another Place”, a 35-minute pas de deux created at…
August Strindberg is the focus of Dramaten 2012, one hundred years after his death. First up is the Ghost Sonata directed by Mats Ek. This initially misunderstood dream play is today considered one of Strindberg’s Central Works, which with its…
