Imagination storms the stage

We all have our own ideas of what a cow is – and we’re all wrong.

COW pulls you along on a high-speed journey that leaves you breathless. Alexander Ekman’s choreography is filled with absurd comedy and satire, yet it is also moving, challenging the audience’s perception of themselves and society.

This surprising contemporary dance piece rolls 12 scenes onto the stage in just 90 minutes. The movement language draws references from neoclassical ballet and Stravinsky’s legendary The Rite of Spring. At the heart of it all is a cow: COW.

COW features recorded music by Ekman’s signature composer, Mikael Karlsson.

When it premiered at the Finnish National Ballet in 2020, COW was met with a rapturous reception. The production, which has been described as an aesthetic fireworks display, makes its highly anticipated return in autumn 2025.

A Dresden Semperoper production.

“COW is a carnival of beautiful stream-of-consciousness dancing, spiced up with absurd twists and allegories.”

– Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, 2020

What a Cow Is?

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