Product Details

• Actors: Ana Laguna, Marc Hwang
• Directors: Mats Ek
• Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: KULTUR VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: May 26, 2009
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001URA63S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,649 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Carmen: ANA LAGUNA
José: MARC HWANG
Escamillo: YVAN AUZELY
M: POMPEA SANTORO
Officer: GEORGE ELKIN
Gypsy: BOAZ COHEM

With the hot glow of her cigar, the piercing intensity of her gaze, and her unabashed sexuality, Carmen radiates defiance. She's a woman who knows what she wants and is ruthless in pursuing it. She takes and discards lovers as she pleases. Mats Ek's International Emmy Award-winning version of the fiery tale of passion and murderous jealousy is an exciting, suspenseful mix of bravura dancing and inventive, powerful storytelling. Set to Rodion Shchedrin's Carmen Suite, the Russian composer's arrangement of Bizet's perenially popular opera music, this stylish production features award-winning dancer Ana Laguna as a mesmerizing and irresistible Carmen, with Yvan Auzely and Marc Hwang as her rival lovers: macho bullfighter Escamillo and romantic young soldier Jose.

Choreography MATS EK
Technical Director NICKE NYQUIST
Set and Costume Designer MARIE-LUISE EKMAN

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely mesmerizingl!, June 6, 2011

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Hilary Bein - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bizet - Carmen / Mats Ek, The Cullberg Ballet (DVD)

Very sensual, unusual interpretation. My only complaint is that the camera work drove me nuts because it didn't seem to be able to take in the whole stage at once and sections where one should be able to view the whole core in ensemble pieces remain focused on a small part of the stage. Ana Laguna is perfection.

5.0 out of 5 stars Bizet - Carmen / Mats Ek, The Cullberg Ballet, November 15, 2011

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This review is from: Bizet - Carmen / Mats Ek, The Cullberg Ballet (DVD)

I'm not a big fan of ballet beyond the Nutcracker Suite and Swan Lake during the Christmas season...but when I stumbled across this ballet being shown on local TV station, I couldn't bnelieve my eyes. The Cullberg Ballet dancers perform intricate movements, graceful as can be. I had to order this DVD for my collection.