With Balkan Erotic Epic, performance icon Marina Abramović returns to her roots – transforming Balkan myths into a rapturous ritual of body, shame and life force. An intense invocation of the erotic as a source of energy, insight and community.

Balkan Erotic Epic created by Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović – Artist, Director, Concept, Design
Georgine Maria-Magdalena Balk – Co-Director
Blenard Azizaj – Direction of the Choreography
Billy Zhao – Durational Performance Director
Nabil Elderkin – Film Director
Marko Nikodijević – Composer
Luka Kozlovački – Composer / Sound Designer
Urs Schönebaum and Georg Veit – Lighting Designers
Anna Schöttl – Set Designer
Roksanda Ilinčić – Costume Designer
Sonia Alcón – Animation Director
Fredrik Nordbeck – Animation Co-Director
Marco Anelli – Photography
Svetlana Spajić – Creative Consultant / Singer
Aleksandar Timotić – Creative Consultant / Singer
Dragana Jovanović – Creative Consultant / Singer / Band Leader
Elke Luyten – Performance Artist / Co-Creator of the Role
Maria Stamenković Herranz – Performance Artist / Co-Creator of the Role
Rowan Schratzberger – Stager, Assistant Choreographer
Elena Cattardico – Assistant Choreographer
Helene Schönebaum – Assistant Set Designer
Tigger Blaize – Intimacy Coordinator
Shanti Freed – Costume Collaboration and Supervisor
Rafi Gokay Wol – Creative Consultant / Executive Producer for Marina Abramović 
Yasemin Kandemiroğlu – Creative Consultant / Producer for Marina Abramović

Dragana Jovanović, Svetlana Spajić, Aleksandar Timotić – Singers
Anna Berndtson, Elke Luyten, Maria Stamenković Herranz (MSH), Evgenia Tsanana, Herma Auguste Wittstock – Performance Artist
George Adams, Louis Baxter, Elena Cattardico, Chiara Duccini, JP Hon, Mak Korda, Ting Lee, Gabriella Lemma, Sara Maurizi, Vilim Poljanec, Emma Poyer, Dominic Rocca, Sophie Thomas – Dancers
Rowan Schratzberger, Stylianos Tsatsos – Dancer, Performer
Lily Antonia, Rowena Gander, Owen Gaynor, Tom Halls, Neil Jacob, Maisha Kungu, Ali Matthews – Performers
Valerie Barr, Will Bird, Georgina MacDonell Finlayson, Grace Harman, Anna Carter, Sam Milton, Emilio Yañez Ruiz, James Seabrook – Musicians

Fahmida Afzal, Alexandra Alexandre, Maxine Blake, Christina Boden, Lin Bosomworth, Belinda Cunningham, Geraldine Curry, Joan Dewhurst, Rose Dewhurst, Jane Disley, Susan Elliott-Lyall, Ann England, Elaine Fell, Clara Fernandez Pakter, Cheryl Finnigan, Nicola Fitzgerald, Sue Frumin, Teresa Ghorbani, Karen Greenwood, Sharon Hall, Venus Hudnott, Kate Jobling, Anne Jones, Diane Kay, Maria Kay, Ping Kelly, Amanda Maugham, Christine McAlister, Helen Orme, Wendi O’Toner, Rosemary Phiri, Anne Preston, Rachel Puddick, Charlotte Quinn, Hilary Richards, Rio Roberts, Siobhan Roscoe, Denise Sides, Susan Skarratts, Alison Smeltzer, Sharon Sutherberry, Liliane Taylor, Caroline Thompson, Mimi Walder, June Weights – Performers

Full cast of Balkan Erotic Epic. The Stage Version