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[atm711]

I would guess that most on this  Board have some reservations about Mats Ek---I have to admit that  I have found his 'Giselle' to be very  touching and I especially like Ana Laguna in the role......However I recently saw a clip  from his ballet "Appartement" ( which he did for POB) --- 'The Kitchen' segment, which I found bizarre.  In the scene are a man and a woman and a stove.  The wife is preparing dinner in a smoking oven and she serves up a blackened smoking baby to her husband---talk about frustrated females from a man's point of view!!   A disturbing comment I read on the ballet stated:  "I predict a long shelf like for this work of art---for it is no doubt  an incredible, honest testament of the human condition---created by a living genius."  Are we expected to laugh after this?  So much for what passes for 'genius'.

comment from Critical dance.com - Michael Montgomery

[esperanto]

I have mixed feelings about Ek's Giselle. But I know how I feel about his Sleeping Beauty...Horrible! only the name and music are the same.