ALEXANDER EKMAN

RESEARCH

Alexander is a Swedish Dancer and choreographer. He has trained at the Royal Swedish Ballet School and has danced at the Royal Swedish Opera and the Nederlands Dans Theatre. After, he danced for the Cullberg Ballet, where he made his debut as a choreographer there.

Choreographer / Stage Director Alexander Ekman. Pieces from 2012 - 2017. Music Mikael karlsson. Royal Swedish ballet Norwegian National Ballet Dresden Semper oper Ballet Cullberg ballet Joffrey Ballet Hlin Diego Hjalmarsdottir, Clyde Archer

Jarryd James - Do You Remember (Alex Ekman Choreography Version)

his work has been seen worldwide and has been performed by many companies around the world such as the Boston Ballet, Sydney dance theatre, Norwegian National Ballet and many more.
He's been widely known to costume dancers and design sets and even known to create some of his own music.

Ekman offers a fast-paced performance and chooses to construct his pieces based on topics we all can relate to as Ekman says below;

”The most important question I always ask myself before I begin creating a new work is, Why do we need this piece?”

The Contradiction of Silence by Alexander Ekman

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Alexander Ekman

BIBLIOGRAPHY


Alexander Ekmans portait:

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Alexander Ekman showreel 2012-2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfu4FE7DkOI

Cacti to the cow:

http://dancelines.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Sydney-Dance-Company-dancers-perform-Alexander-Ekmans-Cacti-1.-Photo-by-Peter-Greig.jpg

Chairs up high picture:

http://alexkurth.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/3-whim-alexander-ekman-it-dansa-barcelona-espana-2009-1030x683.jpg

Hay picture:

http://perform.ink/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Alexander-Ekmans-Midsummer-Nights-Dream.-Photo-by-Hans-Nilsson.Royal-Swedish-Opera-e1487780510974.jpg

The Contradiction of Silence by Alexander Ekman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z5qCSwPtrw

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Alexander Ekman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5N5PF2LVX0

DANCE VIDEO RESEARCH

choreographed video pieces

A performance merging dance and biology | Pilobolus

Two Pilobolus dancers perform "Symbiosis." Does it trace the birth of a relationship? Or the co-evolution of symbiotic species?

 Pilobolus November 19, 2011, at the Winspear Opera House, Dallas, TX - AT&T Performing Arts Center

 Innovative and intriguing, the New York Times says, "Pilobolus is a new form of Pop Dance." Always an audience and family favourite, Pilobolus returns to the TITAS season after a long absence. Highly imaginative and creative, Pilobolus remains one of the world's most beloved "dance illusionist" companies. Internationally recognized for athletic and inventive exploration of artistic collaboration, Pilobolus continues to blaze a path with their jaw-dropping imagery and creative collaboration. The company has received many awards including the Berlin Critic's Prize, the Scotsman Award for performances at the Edinburgh Festival, an Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in cultural programming etc...

Diana Vishneva: Beauty in motion - F.L.O.W part III

Diana Vishneva is a renowned praised Russian ballerina.  This three-part piece was choreographed by     Moses Pendleton for her. Inspired, by three artists; Picasso, Caravaggio and Erte. Combining their names to create the title called 'Picarte.'

Australian Dance Theatre | Be Your Self 

Be Your Self is a unique and fascinating exploration of the human physical body and non-physical mind through the medium of contemporary dance-theatre. Stewart integrates the exactness of science with controlled yet, at times, seemingly unconstrained bodies in full flight. He further expands his creative boldness and choreographic daring in this thought-provoking and intense work.

SYNOPSIS

Garry Stewart’s Be Your Self-reveals the precarious stability of the concept of self as the work steps through the conventions we use to construct a singular and consistent notion of ‘I’. In an analysis of selfhood, Stewart situates the body at the centre of his inquiry. In Be Your Self the Australian Dance Theatre dancers are transformed into erupting, powerful, creative entities projecting a plethora of physical images and impressions set to an unpredictable, cartoonish, electronic score.

- Sydney morning herald

BIBLIOGRAPHY 


Australian dance theatre:

https://www.adt.org.au/current/work/


Australian dance - Be yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqeVi-DyBM