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COW – THE BALLET

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“Cow” is a 90 minute ballet in one act by Alexander Ekman

It premiered in 2016 with the Dresden Semperoper Ballet.

Alexander Ekman’s ballet evening »COW« is as unusual as its title: A tongue-in-cheek homage to a cow or, rather, to a cow’s attitude to life. With its flood of scenic and choreographic ideas, frantic tempo, wit and energy, this work amazed and thrilled audiences and critics alike at the premiere in the Semperoper in 2016 – and was awarded Germany’s most prestigious theatre prize, the FAUST. The eponymous cow is part of the proceedings, floating down from the theatrical sky and marvelling at the pulsating dancers around her: From concrete scenes of daily human life in at times bizarre costumes to film clips and contemplative images in which the dancers float across the stage more like weightless ideas than bodies, we are presented with a complete universe.

From the Semperoper website.

CHOREOGRAPHY, SET DESIGN, DIRECTION, LIGHTING DESIGN: Alexander Ekman
MUSIC, SURROUND MIX: Mikael Karlsson
COSTUME DESIGN: Henrik Vibskov
VIDEO: T. M. Rives
DRAMATURGY: Carina Nildalen
ASSISTANT TO ALEXANDER EKMAN: Ana Maria Lucaciu

The music score features the German Youth Orchestra, Bundesjugendorchester, conducted by Johannes Klumpp.

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COW – VIDEOS

Trailer - SemperoperTrailer - Theater BaselRehearsing Cow
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