Eskapist by Alexander Ekman, music by Mikael Karlsson
Royal Swedish Ballet
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
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…