Ballet

Eskapist by Alexander Ekman, music by Mikael Karlsson

Royal Swedish Ballet

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Cast

Alexander Ekman — Choreographer, set designer, lighting designer

Henrik Vibskov — Costume designer

Carina Nildalen — Dramaturgy

Oscar Salomonsson — Escapist

Daria Ivanova — Cone Head

Sarah Jane Medley — Cone Head

Jonna Savioja — Tree Queen

Anton Valdbauer — You

Emily Slawski — Me

Joakim Adeberg — Senior Eskapist

Jérôme Marchand — Senior Eskapist

Anton Valdbauer — Senior Eskapist

Mayumi Yamaguchi — Senior Eskapist

Haruka Sassa — Classic Duet

Adilijiang Abudureheman — Classic Duet

Alina Lagoas — Red Hatwoman

Royal Swedish Ballet

Program notes

Escape to a dream world created by the celebrated choreographer Alexander Ekman in this production from 2019 with the Ballet of the Royal Opera House, Sweden. The hypnotic score was written by the composer Mikael Karlsson, one of the most recognised and appreciated Swedish artists of his generation. The fantastical universe of this work transports us to the very limits of reality through a disturbing game of mirrors and reflections, and towards a passage to a greater beyond that exceeds our imagination. Behind the mirror, a magical, poetic, and lyrical world await…

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