A grandly chaotic choreographic exploration
Date: MARCH 18
Time: 19.30
Tickets
Early bird Special (valid Nov 11- Dec 31): 100:-
Tickets: 200:-
Supporting member: 150:-
Student/Senior/Under 26 years: 100:-
In Verk och dagar (Works and Days), Gunilla Heilborn tackles a two-part work for the first time, combining a journey to ancient Greece with a meticulous (and at times somewhat chaotic) examination of her most widely toured work – This is not a love story.
With humour and a dash of melancholy, Heilborn guides us through a lecture performance in which, like a seasoned investigator, she scrutinises this 14-year-old piece. Through film, projected images, interviews and recollections, she traces a map of the work’s fragmentary texts and scenes, while exposing hidden backgrounds and references that were perhaps never meant to be found.
Part two is a theatrical experience, in which dancers Ludvig Daae and Kristiina Viiala perform texts and choreographed material. Grandiose images are created that highlight what we carry with us, what we remember and what we would rather forget. Heilborn’s parallel interest in ancient Greece re-emerges, but not to give us a history lesson – rather as a skewed mirror for our own time, employing a humorous filter to help us re-evaluate This is not a love story and our own slightly convoluted journey through time and space.
Gunilla Heilborn
Choreographer
Gunilla Heilborn is a choreographer and filmmaker based in Stockholm. She is obsessed with research and spends most of her time reading about memory techniques, medieval cities, and ancient oracles. By combining text, movement, video, and images, Heilborn creates a fascinating and captivating expression that both entertains and challenges her audience.
Her artistic career began with studies in radio and film, as well as choreography at DOCH in Stockholm and for Anna Halprin at the San Francisco Dancers Workshop.
Ludvig Daae
Dancer
Ludvig Daae is a choreographer and dancer based in Oslo and Stockholm. He has a penchant for long-term collaborations, unusual performance spaces, and pop culture references. His work often straddles the boundary between the personal and the conceptual—often with a dose of self-distance, glitter, and meticulous research.
After studying dance at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels and touring extensively as a dancer for Deborah Hay and Mårten Spångberg, among others, he has created works for Cullberg, Norrdans, and the Royal Swedish Ballet School. His solo performance MM has been performed over 100 times in ten countries and was named one of the best performing arts works of the year in Portugal in 2014.
Sophie Augot
Dancer
Sophie Augot is a dancer, actor, and choreographer based in Stockholm. She trained at the Royal Swedish Ballet School, the University College of Dance, and Stockholm University of the Arts, and has worked closely with choreographers Björn Säfsten, Cristina Caprioli, Kenneth Kvarnström, and Örjan Andersson for many years. She has also participated in projects by Anna Koch, Sidney Leoni, Mari Carrasco, and Anna Källblad, among others, and worked as an actress at Helsingborg City Theater, Riksteatern, Stockholm City Theater, Regionteatern Blekinge Kronoberg, and Turteatern.
In 2023, she created the work MISS together with Philip Berlin. She is currently in the process of developing her own artistic language and is working on the solo work Kiddo, which will premiere at Turteatern in 2026.
CREDITS
Concept and direction: Gunilla Heilborn
Text & choreography: Gunilla Heilborn i samarbete med de medverkande
On Stage Ludvig Daae, Gunilla Heilborn och Sophie Augot
Set design and costumes: Katarina Wiklund
Lighting design: Minna Tiikkainen
Music and soundscape: Kim Hiorthøy
Image and film projections: Mårten Nilsson
Artistic sounding board: Veronica Hejdelind
Sound technician: Jonas Holst
Producer: Johnson & Bergsmark
Preview photo: Mårten Nilsson
Portrait photo: Märta Thisner
Runtime: ca 1.5 – 2 timmar inkl paus.
With support from: Swedish Arts Council and the Swedish Arts Grants Committee
Co-producers: Norrlandsoperan, Dansens Hus and Arts centre BUDA
This is not a love story featured Johan Thelander and Kristiina Viiala.
Tours with Dansnät Sverige, spring 2026.