Prompted by a photographer, Swedish choreographer Mats Ek and his wife, the spellbinding dancer Ana Laguna, cuddle up together to pose for a double portrait. Mischievously, Laguna holds up two fingers ...

Danceis emotion in its purest form. And few choreographers plumb the territory as powerfully as the master Swedish choreographer Mats Ek, 63. He’s best known for radically shaking upGiselle— that most ...

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Mats Ek, one could say, is drawn to blood. The Swedish choreographer has been digging into pain and violence for 40 years. He set his version of “Giselle” — that tender, Romantic-era love story — in ...

A minor but frequent grumble against Swedish virtuoso Mats Ek is actually a compliment. “Given how deprived we are of Mats Ek’s work here in the U.S.,” one dance writer lamented, “the biggest treat ...

Stockholm 59° North was the last dance offering of Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur 2011. The company, made up of soloists from the Royal Swedish Ballet, is the contemporary arm of that storied ...

Valentine Colasante, Hannah O'Neill, and Ludmila Pagliero in 'Appartement' by Mats Ek at the Paris Opera Ballet, on March 25, 2025. AGATHE POUPENEY/DIVERGENCES-IMAGES/ONP On Wednesday, April 2, the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mats Ek’s retirement didn’t last long. Four years after announcing that he was ready to withdraw his works from ...