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Ekman's COW: A Case for New Mindfulness at the Semperoper

By Sarah Batschelet, 14 March 2016
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“the ballet shows humankind for its incorrigible pettiness, contrariness, and nervous ineptitudes”
Reviewed at Semperoper, Dresden on 12 March 2016
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Semperoper Ballett
Alexander Ekman, Set Designer
Christian Bauch, Dancer
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.