Balkan Erotic Epic at Ruhrtriennale: Marina Abramović in Duisburg
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Marina Abramović ignites an archaic stage experience in Duisburg
With Balkan Erotic Epic, the Ruhrtriennale 2026 brings one of Marina Abramović's most discussed works to the power plant of Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park. The German premiere transforms the massive industrial hall into a resonance space for ritual, body art, and a theatrical atmosphere of rare intensity.
An evening between myth, body, and collective memory
The performance unfolds in 13 scenes as a four-hour immersive journey through Balkan myths, eroticism, death, and unbridled life force. Live performance, dance, traditional songs, and sculptural images merge into a production that does not maintain distance but allows the audience's reaction to become part of the event. Abramović connects to folk rituals and spiritual practices and translates them into a contemporary stage art of great impact.
The power plant as the ideal venue
The power plant in Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park offers the perfect setting with its industrial monumentality for a work that thrives on space, sound, and presence. The hall accommodates up to 4,200 guests and is predestined for large-scale productions with strong light-dark contrasts, scenic densifications, and movement in space. Here, the stage experience gains the physical directness for which Abramović is internationally renowned.
Why this Ruhrtriennale production stands out
The Ruhrtriennale presents with this work a German-language premiere of an evening that has already been described as ambitious and extraordinary at its announcement. In the combination of performance, music theater, and ritual imagery, the curatorial signature of the festival is revealed: art in industrial cathedrals, intended for an attentive audience seeking border experiences and aesthetic condensation. Those who come here do not experience classic theater but a sensual expedition through body, memory, and sound.
Conclusion: Balkan Erotic Epic promises an evening full of archaic images, intense presence, and artistic radicalism in Duisburg. Those who want to experience the Ruhrtriennale 2026 live should not miss this rare stage experience in the power plant.
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