Oh Mats

October 8, 2007 at 2:47 pm · Filed under dance, choreographers, DAVID, royal ballet, david hallberg, contemporary dance, american ballet theatre, chirstopher wheeldon, mats ek, sylvie guillem, niklas ek

DAVID HALLBERG American Ballet Theatre New York, NY USA BIO | POSTS

My ode to one of my favorite choreographers working today. Mats Ek primarily works in Europe, and has created ballets for almost every great dance company in the world…. Paris Opera, Royal Ballet, ABT.

His sense of theatricality and stage drama is what impresses me the most. His movement, beautiful and seamless at times. Having just seen him perform a duet with his wife, Ana Laguna at the Fall for Dance festival, I was inspired to research more of his work that I had not seen.

This piece he did for Sylvie Guillem and his brother, Niklas Ek, in 1995, and is done in three parts. One a solo for him, a duet for them, and then a solo for Guillem. Its the solo for Guillem is what affects me the most and what is shown here. You might recognize the music, used in Chris Wheeldon’s “After the Rain”. This is such a clear example of why I love this art form.

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