| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » Mats Ek - Appartement / Osta, Le Riche, Gillot, Martinez, Belarbi, Paris Opera Ballet | | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Clairemarie Osta, Nicolas Le Riche, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Kader Belarbi, Jose Martinez | | Format:
| Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Tdk DVD Video | | Run Time:
| 65 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| March 22, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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5 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Only for Modern Ballet afficianado'sApr 03, 2008
Summary: Avoid this ballet if you are a lover of classical ballet and hate modern ballet
I like my dance to be flowing, uplifting, and as celebratory of human form and movement whatever kind of dance it maybe. The music accompanying this should be at least melodic and with a theme even if simple. On both these counts the ballet fails. The movements are random, disjointed, with no apparent integration or theme. I quickly got bored. Note that these are the same POB dancers and company that I adore. However this choreography is wretched. Obviously I am unable to appreciate elements of beauty in such modern ballets. Nevertheless I lost money since none of the reviews before me made the above clear and so I went ahead and bought this waste of a DVD. Be sure you like abrupt choppy incoherent themeless uncelebratory mundane modern dance before you buy this DVD.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Crazy WorldApr 03, 2008
This virtuoso piece is what we like to call avante garde. Most of us have never seen choreography like this, it's extremely demanding of the dancers abilities, non romantic in the extreme yet offers many dazzling male female duets. It's tempting to compare this work with Twyla Tharp's The Catherine Wheel. I think this piece is a little more coherent and none of the dancers are wasted. The vacuum cleaner dance is both funny, angry and celebratory. We have an amazing group of dancers here and they definitely earn the wild applause at the end. The original music is great too.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
My new favorite thingSep 30, 2007
This dvd is my new favorite thing! I've watched and enjoyed Mats Ek's work before, though I sometimes find it a little out there for me, but this one is beautiful! No qualifying remarks, no astriks, just absolutely beautiful. I teach dance and choreography and showed excerpts from this in my class. The students were inspired and many asked where they could get the dvd after class. For me, this one has everthing I love about dance-- human, amazing, unusual movement, beautiful stage design, and beautiful dancers. When you need to defend ballet technique and explain that it isn't all about Sleeping Beauty, this is a good one to watch.
10 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Best Dance Video of the yearAug 03, 2005
Mats Ek may well be the best choreographer of this generation. His work is innovative and cutting edge and at the same time, full of humanity and humor. He is a master of the use of stage space and his dancers are superb.
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