Ballet Academies ^(SWE) Salute 3-5 June 2021

Programme

Mats Ek

Mats Ek (born 1945) is one of Sweden's most prominent choreographers and dancers of all time. His professional career began in the 1960s and 70s, when he worked at the Royal Dramatic Theatre as assistant director to Ingmar Bergman, along with his own directing assignments. From 1972, he moved to dance and the Cullberg Ballet Company, and then, less than ten years later, took over as artistic director of the company between 1981 and 1993. In 1993, Mats Ek left the company and has since worked as a freelance choreographer and director.

Mari Carrasco

Mari Carrasco is a Stockholm-based choreographer of Swedish and Chilean origin. Carrasco graduated from the Stockholm Ballet Academy in 2008 and has studied at the Stockholm University of the Arts and on the International Visa Programme at Dance New Amsterdam in New York.

Carrasco began creating work whilst studying at the Ballet Academy and has been producing her own independent work since 2009. Since then, Mari Carrasco has established herself as a highly acclaimed choreographer in Sweden. Her first major breakthrough came with her piece BARTOLOMEO, which toured with Riksteatern from 2012 to 2013. In 2014, Carrasco undertook a successful world tour with the same piece, performing at festivals such as: APAP New York, the Capri Arts Festival, the Contemporary Dance Festival in Ramallah and Amman, the International Theatre Festival in Tokyo and Okinawa, and Festival Teatralia in Madrid.  BARTOLOMEO also won the PRIX D’ASSITEJ 2013.

Mari Carrasco has made commission work for Skånes Dansteater, Norrdans, Regionteater Väst, Riksteatern, Dansstationen, Unga Klara, STHLM 59 North, Vällingby Stadsteater, Holstebro Dansekompagni and Verve Leeds in UK.

Lee Brummer

Lee Brummer is an independent choreographer, international guest teacher and educator based in Sweden. She studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Israel where she also completed her BA and teaching degree in 2007. Lee has studied psychology, theatre and pilates alongside her career as a dancer and choreographer.

Lee is the Associate Director and Co-Founder of ilDance, an independent and international contemporary dance company and organisation based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Since 2016 Lee also manages GAGA SWEDEN under the umbrella of ilDance. She is also a founding and participating member of the international Contemporary Dance Collective (iCoDaCo). Lee danced with the Bat Dor Dance Company (Israel), The Emanuel Gat Dance Company (Israel) She has worked as choreographer's assistant in a variety of dance productions and musicals in Sweden and abroad.

Johan Forsberg

Johan Forsberg graduated from Balettakademien in 2010. Since then he has among others worked with companies such as Regionteater Väst, Oslo Danse Ensemble and IlDance and choreographers such as Subjazz, Helena Franzén, Fredrik Benke Rydman and Charlotta Öfverholm.

One of his passions and specialties has been within the field of contemporary jazz and he is excited to bring that out in his work as a choreographer. Inspirations range from contemporary dance to theatre to old school jazz dancing with a strong love for musicality and narrative.

Charlotta Öfverholm

Charlotta Öfverholm studied at Balettakademien Göteborg, Alvin Ailey ADC (NYC) and is a theatre graduate of UCLA in Film/TV/Video and from The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (LA). She has a background as a dancer with numerous companies such as DV8 Physical Theatre/Lloyd Newson, Bill T. Jones/NYC, Complexions/ NYC, Farm in the Cave/ Prague, Roberto Galván/ Tanzcompagnie Giessen, Joseph Tmim /Toláda Berlin, Ramon Oller/ Metros Barcelona, Robert Poole/ Ballet Linz, Cie Corinne Lanselle Paris, Dorte Olesen, Elisson Kompani and Alexander Ekman in Stockholm among others.

Charlotta started her Compagnie Jus de la Vie 1995, and since created over 25 productions, which have toured all over the world. Her work is physical dance theatre with depth, irony, brutality and humour. She choreographes commissioned works for companies such as Gothenburg Dance Company, Norrdans, RTV and Folkoperan/ Sweden, Vertedance Prague/CZ, Ballet Linz/AU, Tanztheater Münster/DE and Peridance Contemporary Ballet/NYC. Since 2015 focusing on celebrating maturity on stage through the project AGE ON STAGE with seminars, performances, films and workshops all with performers with an age over the norm.