Sweden

Sweden in the 1960's
People were encouraged to look out for war in their own country. The Swedish welfare states were created f0r people that were not well off, caring was important in the 1960's. The country was financially well off.
Mats Ek could of used this as an influence in his contemporary version of Giselle because he could show the richness of the country in the costume.
Sweden in the 1980's
1980 was when Giselle was created by Mats Ek. The health care system changed from being very good and focused on the patients to not been bothered about them.  The health clinics were no longer focused on what was right for the patient, the patients felt like they were being treated badly. They were no longer being supported and didn't have a positive attitude which meant more people were getting ill and no one was getting better.
This influenced Mats Ek in his production of Giselle because of the Health Care scene where Giselle is going crazy about the situation she is in. Mats Ek didn't like what was happening at so so he decided to look at thr situation of health in more detail to show the audience what is happening to patients, that they weren't getting any better.