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Show «Balkan Erotic Epic»

«Balkan Erotic Epic» arrives at the Gran Teatre del Liceu as an electric charge delivered directly to the audience’s imagination. Marina Abramović, true to her determination to unsettle and reveal, does not offer a show here, but a wild territory where the body abandons all politeness and recovers its most ancient power: to be language, myth and an open wound.

About this event

The work delves into the symbolic memory of the Balkans with fierce freedom. Abramović summons ritual gestures, superstitions passed on in hushed voices, stories that blend desire and violence, and fuses them with a disarming physicality. The erotic becomes a tool of revelation: it does not seduce, but exposes the fragility, rage and twisted beauty of a culture marked by centuries of tension.

The performers move on stage as though obeying ancient forces. Their bodies, lit with almost surgical precision, inhabit a sparse space that functions as both sanctuary and battlefield. Every movement has something of a prayer and something of a challenge; every image works as a mystery that resists explanation. Balkan-rooted music, rough and magnetic, accompanies the journey like a mineral heartbeat that does not let up.

Abramović constructs a mosaic of scenes that pass through the grotesque, the sublime and the uncomfortable without apology. Eroticism here is neither ornament nor gratuitous provocation: it is the key that opens an ancestral archive, a way of looking at collective identity without filters or romanticism.

«Balkan Erotic Epic» challenges the viewer to keep looking even when instinct would be to turn away. It is a piece that does not seek consensus, but awakening. An experience that, once seen, continues to pulse long after the final blackout.

Attention!

For those aged 18 and over only. Identity checks will be carried out at the entrance.

The show contains full nudity and explicit sexual scenes, including simulated acts.

Photosensitive epilepsy: the show uses light effects similar to those of a mirror ball.

Taking photographs during the performance is strictly forbidden.

All spectators will be asked to place their phones in sealable security pouches, which will remain with you and be unlocked at the end of the show (or if you need to leave earlier). This guarantees the protection and safety of the performers, as well as complete immersion in Balkan Erotic Epic.

All dates 3

  • Sat, 24 January 2026 · past
  • Mon, 26 January 2026 · past
  • Wed, 28 January 2026

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  • Dance
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