Mats Ek Giselle Story

Hilarion a besotted gamekeeper hopes to catch a glimpse of the beautiful giselle.

Mats ek giselle story.

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. Mats ek born 18 april 1945 is a leading swedish dance and ballet choreographer dancer and stage director. 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. However he could use the fact that there were detectives looking for war to influence him because he could represent the conflict of war between the characters of hilarion and lloys.

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. 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 too has become enamoured with the peasant girl giselle and in order to pursue her has disguised himself as a peasant named loys and rented a cottage opposite her house. Mats ek in a nutshell.

1982 ballet cullberg in stockholm. 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. At 17 he followed a summer dance course taught by donya feuer. 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. 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. Giselle one of the great ballets of the 19th century tells of the unrequited love of the country girl giselle. 1 he was the manager of the cullberg ballet from 1985 to 1993.

Keeping the original scenario the booklet written by théophile gautier and the music of adolphe adam mats ek highlighted the drama of the situation. Devastated giselle loses her mind and ends up in a psychiatric hospital. 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. Act 1 a medieval rhineland village where villagers assemble to dance and celebrate the wine harvest.

Ek was born in malmö in 1945 the son of the royal dramatic theatre actor anders ek and famous choreographer birgit cullberg. Swedish choreographer mats ek ranks world wide as a specialist for telling old ballet stories in new forms.