Johan King Silverhult studied at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm and continued his Training with various scholarships in New York, Paris and Amsterdam. After a large number of Soloist performances at various international opera houses, dance companies and ballets, King Silverhult started to collaborate with Patrick King and eventually performed the famous act “Two Men” in Cirque du Soleil’s Las Vegas show ’Zumanity’. As part of the show “Qi” at the Friedrichstadtpalast, he also moved to Berlin in 2008. Apart from dance performances, King Silverhult also regularly worked in advertising campaigns, Commercials, video- and television productions.
Patrick and Johan King are a long-term couple, together since 1989 and married in Sweden in 1997. In their duo ballet 2Men, the dancers tiptoe in cautious circles, beholding one another as suspiciously as tigers before the pounce, and then engage. Then, for five minutes, before a riveted audience, the pair lock arms, shove one another away, embrace, attack, cuddle, pull apart. "We never thought of it as being a gay dance, to us, it's just a relationship. It has always been a human story."
Patrick and Johan are a long-term couple, together since 1989 and married in Sweden in 1997. In their duo ballet 2Men, the dancers tiptoe in cautious circles, beholding one another as suspiciously as tigers before the pounce, and then engage. Then, for five minutes, before a riveted audience, the pair lock arms, shove one another away, embrace, attack, cuddle, pull apart.
"We never thought of it as being a gay dance," Patrick says and Johan adds: "To us, it's just a relationship. It has always been a human story, whether it's men or women or a man and a woman."
"I love when we come to the kiss," Patrick said. "It's a wonderful way after a long day of hard work to say, 'I love you' to my husband and to share it with the rest of the world."
Patrick King's trajectory from the classical theater world (Dance Theater of Harlem, Louis Falco Dance Co. and Cullberg Ballet) through the worlds of fashion, events, circus, cabaret, film and television guarantees creations of the highest artistic level and imagination.
He has created and performed for the European Royalty and the fashion elite: Valentino, Armani, Fendi and Lagerfeld. Moving between the worlds of classical-contemporary dance and glamorous–daring modern cabaret-revue, with works commissioned for the Lillehammer Winter Olympic Games to World Pride 2000, as well as dance and music festivals throughout Europe.
There are pomp and circumstance moments like the centennial celebration of the Norwegian Monarchy which was performed in the presence of the entire Royal family.
Other collaborations include fashion moments with Naomi Campbell, performing for Bono, Quincy Jones and Ivana Trump, and events such as Moët & Chandon's 'Be Fabulous' party in Milan, the Art of furniture with Bretz couture and the opening of CeBIT 2010 with Rafael Amargo, placing the light of the future into the hands of Angela Merkel.
Some of the highlights through the years were the collaborations with Cirque du Soleil on the erotic show Zumanity and with RAI-SAT TV in world vision for the Venice Film Festival, conducting interviews and gathering impressions for the daily broadcast of the ten day intense festival with stars on the red carpet, including Scarlett Johansson, Sting, Josh Hartnett, Catherine Deneuve, David Lynch amongst others.
Whether it is performing with his partner Johan King Silverhult or creating for his grouping of chosen artists, the common threads in all these situations are the impeccable physical technique and the strong emotional impact transmitted during the performance to give the audience an experience as profound as it is diverse.
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