Royal Swedish Ballet: Kylián/Ek/Naharin

Royal Swedish Ballet Stockholm Opera House Stockholm, Sweden February 26, 2020 Kylián/Ek/Naharin Program: Wings of Wax, Woman with Water, Minus 1…

Royal Swedish Ballet: Pär Isberg’s Nutcracker

Royal Opera House Stockholm December 19, 2018. Maggie Foyer Sweden does Christmas brilliantly, blending snowy landscapes with Nordic and Chr…

Royal Swedish Ballet in Mats Ek’s Juliet and Romeo

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Opera House, Washington, DC June 1, 2016 Carmel Morgan Mats Ek’s Juliet and Romeo, which h…

A Rare Treat in Stockholm: Mats Ek’s Swan Lake

The Royal Swedish Ballet Opera House, Stockholm November 13 & 14, 2015 Maggie Foyer I had forgotten just how good Mats Ek’s Swan Lake (…

From the far north: Dans i Nord in Förvandlingen and The Reed Warbler

Haparanda Folkets hus, Sweden September 26, 2015 Maggie Foyer Dans i Nord is one of the agencies tasked with bringing dance to Norrbotten, t…

Don Quixote in Stockholm: A first-class second performance

Royal Swedish Ballet Royal Opera House, Stockholm; May 23, 2015 Maggie Foyer A matinee following a major premiere the night before, can some…

Royal Swedish Ballet: Raymonda

Opera House, Stockholm, Sweden; December 12 & 14, 2014 Maggie Foyer Act 3 of “Raymonda”, contains some of Marius Petipa’s finest choreogr…

Royal Swedish Ballet: Juliet & Romeo

Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, UK; September 24, 2014 David Mead The title gives a hint. Although the fundamental story of the young innocen…

Getting to the heart of the matter: a conversation with Mats Ek

Maggie Foyer Some people avoid the well-trodden path and carve a unique trajectory. So it is with Mats Ek, who makes his London debut as a dance…