A grand and chaotic choreographic investigation
InVerk och dagar (Works andDays), experiences from a trip to ancient Greece are mixed with fragments of a fifteen-year-old performance. With humor and seriousness, Gunilla Heilborn attempts to figure out how all the random episodes she has collected are connected and whether it is really possible to understand the world better by reading both the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Works and Daysconsists of two parts. In the first, we encounter grandiose tableaux with names such as"A place that is terrible in winter, harsh in summer, never pleasant"and "The Rose-Fingered Dawn." Through fog, mist, and music, two dancers move; let's call them Sophie the Hazel-Eyed and Ludvig the Verbose. With fleeting ease, they stroll across the stage and ask questions of themselves and the audience. Do you get seasick easily? Would you describe me as a typical Renaissance man? That I have many strings to my bow? Do you know what it feels like to drift around in a ship frozen in the ice?
In the second part, Heilborn navigates through her previous works in search of a beginning. Taking her cue from the stories of ancient poets, a recent trip to Greece, and her earlier productionThis is not a love storyfrom 2011, she attempts to see if it is possible to link one event to another, or if perhaps it is the lack of logic that characterizes everything we do. She compiles lists of ships that have sailed the seas and of what has been done or should have been done. The essence of the work is its chaotic structure, but a number of things recur in the two parts: travel and what we remember of our experiences. As well as the question of whether it is possible to know what to do on which days and why.
The room, the lighting, and the music play a major role in the performance and are created by Heilborn's long-time collaborators Katarina Wiklund, Minna Tiikkainen, Mårten Nilsson, and Kim Hiorthøy.
Touring with Dansnät Sverige in spring 2026
Organized by Västerbottensteatern in collaboration with Sara kulturhus
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. Since then, Heilborn has enjoyed great success in both performing arts and film.
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, among others. His solo performance MMhas 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.
Ludvig Daae has previously toured with Dansnät Sverige with his own works Meningen med livet(The Meaning of Life) in collaboration with Tove Berglund (2023 and 2024) and The viral dance (2020) and Hyperfruit (2017), both in collaboration with Joanna Nordahl.
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 workKiddo, which will premiere at Turteatern in 2026.
