Ballet Giselle Mats Ek

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.

Ballet giselle mats ek.

This work is to romantic ballet what don juan is to classical theatre or carmen to french opera. 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. Keeping the original scenario the booklet written by théophile gautier and the music of adolphe adam mats ek highlighted the drama of the situation. 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 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. 1982 ballet cullberg in stockholm. In his reinvention of classical ballet ek began with giselle choreographed in 1982 for the cullberg ballet. 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 cullberg ballet revisionist giselle 1945 the young mats ek did not particularly want to be a dancer. Mats ek in a nutshell. As such giselle remains the hallmark of romantic ballet. Giselle one of the great ballets of the 19th century tells of the unrequited love of the country girl giselle.

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. 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. 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.

He went on to produce plays and even worked with the legendary film and theatre director ingmar bergman during this time.