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Anna Riwkin (1908-1970).  Birgit Cullberg, n/d. 

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Danish ‘danseur noble’, Erik Bruhn (Oct. 3, 1928 - 1986) was one of the great ballet dancers of the 20th century.

Among his signature roles were Albrecht in Giselle, James in Bournonville’s La Sylphide, Romeo in Frederick Ashton's Romeo and Juliet, Jean in Birgit Cullberg’s Miss Julie, and Prince Siegfried in the Swan Lake.

After his active solo dancer career he went into choreography and also served as leader of the Royal Swedish Ballet and of the National Ballet of Canada. His life partner was Rudolph Nureyev, perhaps the greatest male ballet dancer of all time.

Photo: Maria Tallchief and Erik Bruhn from the front cover of Dance Magazine, July 1961 - performing the Don Quixote pas de deux.

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Mats Ek

(Suecia, 1945) Mats Ek: el coreógrafo que reinventó el ballet con drama, ironía y obsesión mats-ek-coreografo-biografia-estilo-ballet-moderno ¿Quién es Mats Ek? Nacido en 1945 en Suecia, Mats Ek es uno de los coreógrafos más influyentes del ballet contemporáneo. Su obra transformó radicalmente la manera de entender los grandes clásicos, llevándolos a terrenos más psicológicos, crudos y…

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Swedish ballet dancer and choreographer, Birgit Cullberg, was born Aug. 3, 1908 (d. 1999). Her work was a great uplift and modernization of Swedish ballet, starting in 1950 with her version of Fröken Julie, based on the Strindberg play of the same name.

In the 1960s Cullberg headed her own ballet company, after working for the London Royal Ballet in the mid 1950s. She continued choreographing major plays and operas until her retirement in 1985.

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Eleonora Abbagnato and Stéphane Bullion

Miss Julie, Birgit Cullberg

© Anne Deniau

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Birgit Cullberg, Mademoiselle Julie (1950), février 2014.