Mats Ek (born April 18, 1945) is a leading Swedish dance and ballet choreographer, dancer and stage director. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή"
Ek was born in Malmö. He is the son of the Royal Dramatic Theatre actor Anders Ek and famous choreographer Birgit Cullberg. The Royal Dramatic Theatre or in Swedish Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially known in Sweden as Dramaten, is Sweden's national Anders Ek ( 7 April, 1916 &ndash 17 November, 1979) was a Swedish film actor Birgit Cullberg ( 3 August 1908 &ndash 8 September 1999) was a Swedish choreographer.
Mats Ek was the manager of the Cullberg Ballet in 1985-93. The Cullberg Ballet (Cullbergbaletten is an eminent Swedish Ballet company.