{{Short description|Swedish dancer and director (1957–2026)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}}

'''Matz Skoog''' (10 April 1957 – 7 February 2026) was a Swedish ballet dancer and artistic director who was the artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet from 1996 to 2001 and of the English National Ballet from 2001 to 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - BBC Young Dancer, 2017 - Matz Skoog |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5Hp9shsKRcfsVVR4Jjp5jk4/matz-skoog |access-date=10 February 2026 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Acknowledging the passing of Matz Skoog |url=https://rnzb.org.nz/matz-skoog |access-date=10 February 2026 |website=Royal New Zealand Ballet |language=en|date=9 February 2026}}</ref>

==Life and career== Skoog was born in Stockholm on 10 April 1957.<ref name="Oxford Dictionary of Dance">{{cite web|title=Matz Skoog (b. 1957)|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100510340|website=Oxford Dictionary of Dance|accessdate=15 January 2020}}</ref> He trained with the Royal Swedish Ballet School.<ref name="Oxford Dictionary of Dance"/>

He was married to Amanda, who was RNZB's managing director from 2007 to 2015, and they had two sons.<ref name=":0" />

Skoog died from cancer on 7 February 2026, at the age of 69.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former ENB Artistic Director Matz Skoog dead at 69 |url=https://bachtrack.com/news-obituary-matz-skoog-english-national-ballet-february-2026 |access-date=10 February 2026 |website=bachtrack.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Royal New Zealand Ballet |url=https://rnzb.org.nz/matz-skoog |access-date=10 February 2026 |website=Royal New Zealand Ballet |language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/matz-skoog-obituary-director-of-english-national-ballet-3vrcr8gd0 Matz Skoog obituary: director of English National Ballet] The Times</ref>

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