Mats Melin has been involved in choreographing traditional dance material since the 1980s and has in later years been fusing this aspect with other dance genres such as modern dance.
Notable choreographies include:
Vesterled, Northlands Festival – 1998
Spinning Reel, Inverness – 1999
Various choreographies with the dance company Dannsa – 1999-2005
Step 2000 Showcase, Inverness – 2001
Generating Heat, Stirling – 2003
Elements, St Magnus Festival, Orkney – 2003
Crossing Over with Celtic Spirit – 2003
On Eagle’s Wing, Belfast – 2004 and 2008
Step Off – North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, Derry – 2012
Ruidhle an Eilean – New solo dance choreography combining structures and motif elements from the Hebridean and Cape Breton step dance traditions. 2016.
Spinning Reel Take 2 – Re-working together with Irish dancer Aoife O’Brien of the 1999 piece but for Irish Sean nós dancers, Extended to 12 minutes. 2019.