For Swedish choreographer Mats Ek, unconventionality seems to be the sine qua non of artistic creation. To hear him tell it, the singular boldness of his choreography is less a conscious intellectual choice than the translation of a pure emotional reaction. “I cannot work in any other way,” he proclaims in this eye-opening documentary that follows him and his dancers as they prepare for the premiere of his new work: Juliet and Romeo, Ek's Shakespearean reimagining that gives “new life” to the well-worn tragedy with an all-Tchaikovsky score.
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Monique Loudières (Juliet), Manuel Legris (Rome...
