The son of Anders Ek - Ingmar Bergman's favourite actor - and Brigit Cullberg - a dancer and choreographer, the founder of the Cullberg ballets - Μats Ek had worked for the theatre for ten years before he decided to turn his attentions to dance, first as a dancer and then as a choreographer. Even in his early choreographies, his individuality is apparent. He re-reads the old myths of classical and romantic ballet, and turns them upside down in the process.

Mats Ek is one of the most influential choreographers on the modern dance scene today and is noted for the range and diversity of his repertoire. His highly individual vocabulary of movement is immediately recognisable. Prestigious international companies, both classical and modern, commission and perform his work and its theatricality and immediacy have won new audiences for dance, as well as inspiring an up-and-coming generation of choreographers. He has created more than thirty choreographic works, including several ballets specially for television, among them his acclaimed reworkings of Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Giselle.


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