Cast
Balkan Erotic Epic created by Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović – Artist, Director, Concept, Design
Georgine Maria-Magdalena Balk – Associate Director
Blenard Azizaj – Direction of Choreography
Billy Zhao – Durational Performance Director
Nabil Elderkin – Film Director
Marko Nikodijević – Composer
Luka Kozlovački – Composer / Sound Designer
Urs Schönebaum – Lighting Designer
Anna Schöttl – Set Designer
Roksanda Ilinčić – Costume Designer
Sonia Alcón, Fredrik Nordbeck – Animation
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 – Assistant Choreographer
Georg Veit – Associate Lighting Designer
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
Chiara Duccini, Elena Cattardico, Dominic Rocca, Vilim Poljanec, Emma Poyer, Gabriella Lemma, George Adams, JP Hon, Louis Baxter, Rowan Schratzberger, Sara Maurizi, TBC – Dancers
Stylianos Tsatsos – Dancer, Performer
Lily Antonia Coombes, Rowena Gander, Owen Gaynor, Tom Halls, Neil Jacob, Maisha Kungu, Ali Matthews – Performers
Valerie Barr, Will Bird, Georgina MacDonell Finlayson, Grace Harman, Maxim Kemp, Sam Milton, Emilio Yañez Ruiz, James Seabrook – Musicians
Maria Stamenković Herranz (MSH), Elke Luyten – Performance Artists
Dragana Jovanović, Svetlana Spajić, Aleksandar Timotić – Singers
TBC – Performer / Make-up Artist
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
Jim Leaver – Production Manager
TBC – Head of Stage
Shanti Freed – Costume Supervisor
Leah Alice Butterworth – Company Stage Manager
Rachel Glover– Stage Manager
Rob Parkinson – Production Sound Engineer
Akshay Khubchandani – Lighting Programmer
TBC – Video Programmer
Phil Barber – Film Producer
Sarah Oglesby – Film Assistant Producer
Matt Gentleman – Director of Photography
Alex Coldborn, Ben Sansom, Adam Shaikh – 1st Assistant Camera
Tim Fairhurst, Georgie Brown – 2nd Assistant Camera
Ian Stevens – Gaffer
Charlotte Stevens – Spark
Jack Heels, Sean Kelly, Luke McEvoy – Grip
Danile Jackson, Danny Martin – Assistant Grip
Connor Bennet – DIT / VFX
James Hamilton – Sound Recordist
Rob Rowley, Rowley SFX – Rain FX
Sticker Studios
Luke Brookner, Sam Page-Jones – Executive Producers
Paul Bryan, Maia Lloyd, Duwayne Oram, Matt Owen – Editors
Cam Sander – Colourist
Christos Mavridis, Connor Bennett, David Callan – VFX
Will Sellers – Post-Producer
Sonia Alcón – Animation Director
Fredrik Nordbeck – Animation Co-Director
Fredrik Nordbeck, Gideon Prins – Animators
Sonia Alcón, Alessandra Cesarato, Natascha Jakobs-Linssen, Gideon Prins – Rotoscoping
Sonia Alcón, Jojo Alcón Zavieh, Marianne Barendsen, Raquel Diniz, Adriana Fernandes, Lynn Hatzius, Dana Kamhawi, Fredrik Nordbeck, Deborah Resing, Kirk Zavieh – Live Action
Martha Wilson – Executive Producer
Steve Vickers – Producer
Rebecca Jones – Associate Producer
Rebecca Burgess – Assistant Producer
Souren Srabonian, Candace Tai – Artist Liaisons
Paul Moore – Director of Production and Building Operations
Richard Owen – Head of Technical
Alex Adamson – Head of Scenic and Gallery Installations
Dean Fenton – Deputy Head of Stage
James Unsworth – Deputy Head of Exhibitions
Rose Bradburn, Mark Ellidge, Paddy Roberts, Ellis Robison, Ollie Troup – Stage Technicians
Sorcha Steele – Head of Sound
Jay Smith – Deputy Head of Sound
David Wimpenny – Head of Lighting
Kevin Williams, Dash Wong – Deputy Heads of Lighting
Jason Crouch – Head of Video
Ewan Findley – Deputy Head of Video
Matt Williams – Head of Rigging and Automation
Sam Goodwin, Joel Pendleton, Ben Wylie – Rigging and Automation Technicians
Alannagh Cooke – Technical Production Lead
Fraser Millward – Senior Technical Coordinator
Kelly Rossington-Otter, Sophie Wright – Technical Coordinators
John McGrath – Artistic Director & Chief Executive
Karen Bass – Chief Financial Officer
Low Kee Hong – Creative Director
Scott McVittie – Executive Commercial Director
Sheena Wrigley – Executive Director
Lee Ashworth – Head of Welcome
Lucy Hepke – Visitor Team Lead
Elham Afzal – Venue Volunteering Lead
Aimee Clark, Baz Ajanaku, Kyle Wilcock, Matt Forey, Nadiya Patel, Sidney Woodward – Visitor Team
With thanks to all of our Visitor Team Hosts and Volunteers
Helen Faulkner – Director of Audiences
Scott Simoniti – Head of Audiences
Nolly Aicha Bouameur – Senior Audiences Manager (Marketing)
Bethany Garrett – Senior Audiences Manager (Content)
Alex Mannion-Jones – Digital Content Producer
Josh Owen – Social Media Manager
Maya Jones – Editorial and Publications Coordinator
Alex Downie – Marketing & Audiences Assistant
Antony Hart – Head of Design
Amy Sayle – Studio Manager
Rory Clifford, Mark Doherty, Raquel Guerreiro – Designers
Emma Robertson – Head of Press and PR
Shelly Ramsdale – Press & PR Manager
Bread & Butter – Press / PR
Altair – Media Agency
Eva Pepper – Head of International Partnerships
Hannah Falvey – Senior International Manager
Marie Hirst – Head of Ticketing
Joseph Daly – Hospitality and Retail Operations Manager
Jay Millard – Access Manager
Bethany Garrett, Polly Checkland Harding, Maya Jones – Editors Balkan Erotic Epic programme
Rory Clifford – Programme designer
Martha Wilson, Shanti Freed, Mattia Bogianchino, Nariman Hamed, Cathy Koutsavlis, Declan Rooney, Joe McMahon, Thanos Argyropoulos, Serge Le Borgne, Paula Garcia, Rebecca Davis, Billy Zhao, Michael Robinson, Brooke Hilden, Emily Bissell, Academic Choir Collegium Musicum, Gideon Prins Animation, Natascha Jakobs-Linssen, Alessandra Cesarato, Lynn Hatzius, Jojo Alcón Zavieh, Deborah Resing, Marianne Barendsen, Dana Kamhawi, Adriana Fernandes, Raquel Diniz, Kirk Zavieh, Splinter Scenery, Todd Eckert, Adam Reed, Josef O’Connor, Hugo Huerta Marin, Petar Mirković, Iva Berković, Tsubi Du, Valeria Agostini, Christine McKay, Viva Halton, AJ O'Neill, Mike Pony and HarrisonParrott.
Commissioned by Factory International, Manchester; Ruhrtriennale; Berliner Festspiele; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Park Avenue Armory; Les Théâtres de La Ville, Luxembourg; and WestK Performing Arts, Hong Kong.
Produced by Factory International, Manchester.