Marina Abramović Performance of 'Balkan Erotic Epic' at Aviva Studios, Manchester, United Kingdom
2 June 2025
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Between 9 October – 19 October 2025, Marina Abramović will perform a new work titled Balkan Erotic Epic at Aviva Studios for Factory International. Regarded as the world’s most influential performance artist, Abramović’s transformative work has reached millions of people – from opening the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival to taking up residence in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Now she creates one of her most ambitious shows ever here in Manchester.
A four-hour ritual where ancient myth meets performance art, Balkan Erotic Epic explores the eroticism, spirituality and traditions of Abramović’s homeland through 13 visceral scenes. Brought to life by a cast of over 70 performers, dancers, musicians and singers, the experience unfolds across Aviva Studios. Audiences are free to choose their own path – with pop-up encounters punctuating the action, bringing bodies together in dance, song and ritual.
Unafraid to push the boundaries of eroticism and performance art, Balkan Erotic Epic asks its audience a timeless question: What are our bodies truly for?
Thursday 9 & Friday 10 October, 7pm
Saturday 11 October, 6pm
Sunday 12 October, 5pm
Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 October, 7pm
Saturday 18 October, 6pm
Sunday 19 October, 5pm
The Social & Warehouse, Aviva Studios, Manchester, Water Street, M3 4JQ
Find out more via Factory International.
Image: Marina Abramović, archival performance from the series Balkan Erotic Epic in Serbia, 2005. © Marina Abramović. Courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives.
