Mats Ek The Apartment

Mats ek s appartement paris opera house 2004 provides an almost too intimate look behind closed doors.

Mats ek the apartment.

He created sleeping beauty for the hamburg ballet 1996 a sort of for the nederlands dans theater 1997 and apartment for the paris opera 2000. Intimacy in the way that watching it feels like peeping through the dancers windows experiencing the raw and relatable experiences that usually happen within the four walls of a home instead the openness of a proscenium stage. The name appartement comes both from the word for a living space but also from associations with separation and isolation. The choreography is divided into sections the bathroom the television the pedestrian crossing the kitchen children s games waltz.

To music of fleshquartet group. Danse contemporaine opéra de paris. After leaving the cullberg ballet mats ek became guest choreographer with major international dance companies. Arthaus presents the ballet appartement of the legendary swedish choreographer mats ek which he created for the soloist dancers of the opéra national de paris.

The apartment not written for classical music but accompanied by popular swedish group fleshquartet frequent collaborators of mats ek s. The ballet is set to the music of the swedish rock band fleshquartet performing live on stage. The ballet is set to the music of the swedish rock band fleshquartet performing live on stage. Legendary swedish choreographer mats ek s ballet was created for the dancers of the opéra national de paris and is here danced by star names including nicolas le riche and marie agnès gillot.