Donna Winter (Nobel Banquet 2017)

Donna Winter was a choreographic adaptation created for Cullberg on the occasion of The Nobel Banquet in Stockholm City Hall on The Nobel Day, 10 December, 2017. Created by Norwegian choreographer Ludvig Daae, the piece drew on his previous work Dance To Dance To.

The laureates, the royal family, and other invited guests attend the banquet that is broadcasted to an audience of one million in Sweden. Cullberg performed alongside Musica Vitae, Malin Broman and Lisa Långbacka. Donna Winter featured music by Lisa Långbacka and Antonio Vivaldi.

“With this piece, I want to emphasize the joy of winter in Scandinavia. Even though it is freezing cold, and at times exhausting, life goes on during these darkest months. So too does the dance in this new piece. As it moves through and on top of the melancholy and harshness of winter, it insists on energy and light.”
– Ludvig Daae

Donna Winter

Choreography: Ludvig Daae
By and with: The dancers in Cullberg Agnieszka Sjökvist Dlugoszewska, Elliot Marmouset*, Eszter Czédulás, Eva Mohn, Gesine Moog, Giacomo Citton, Katie Jacobson, Suelem de Oliveira da Silva, Unn Faleide
Cover: Camille Prieux

*Apprentice from ArtEZ, Arnhem

Music: Lisa Långbacka, Antonio Vivaldi
Costume designer: Tove Berglund
Visual advisor: Joanna Nordahl
Rehearsal director: Lisa Drake

Ludvig Daae

Ludvig Daae, born 1987, is a Norwegian choreographer and dancer, educated at The Royal Swedish Ballet School and at P.A.R.T.S, Brussels. He has worked with choreographers such as Deborah Hay (US) and Mårten Spångberg (SE), and his own productions have been presented across Europe. Ludvig is currently touring two of his own shows: HYPERFRUIT, a dance and film collaboration with film director and visual artist Joanna Nordahl, and his latest performance Dance To Dance To that premiered in February 2017 at MDT in Stockholm. In December 2015, Ludvig celebrated 100 shows in 10 different countries of his solo performance MM in Sophiensaele in Berlin. MM was named top 10 stage performances in Portugal in 2014, and earned Ludvig the title of one of the “young hopes for European dance” by German dance magazine Tanz.

Musik: Lisa Långbacka, Antonio Vivaldi

Kostym: Tove Berglund

Repetitionsledare: Lisa Drake

Visuell rådgivare: Joanna Nordahl

Uruppförande: 2017