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Tove Berglund & Ludvig Daae 2023-2024

The meaning of life

Take a closer look at manifest destiny: what is the real meaning of life?

The meaning of life is an interactive all-night event with artist Tove Berglund and choreographer Ludvig Daae, where you examine the role fate plays in life. In a caravan park where each front door opens a unique vantage point into the meaning of life, you meet a philosopher, listen to a personalised one-on-one concert and join a promenade through the forest full of choreography.

Maybe it’s an invigorating bath on a summer’s eve that’s the meaning of life or the fragrant taste of a warm meal after an eventful day? Regardless what gives your life meaning, you’ll find that this particular late-summer evening wraps up around the campfire with a private conversation about the meaning of life.

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    Tove Berglund

    Tove Berglund is a scenographer, costume designer and artist who specialises in interactive performance art. She graduated from the Stockholm University of the Arts in 2013 with a degree in costume design and has worked, among other places, at Den Norske Teatret [the Norwegian Theatre], Orionteatern [the Orion Theatre], MDT and at the city theatres of Stockholm, Malmö and Uppsala. During her work as a costume designer, she has frequently worked closely with Ludvig Daae. Tove’s interactive works have received praise from participants as well as critics, especially the trilogy ÅRETS HÄNDELSER [THE YEAR’S EVENTS], which she concluded with the evening-long performance JULEN [CHRISTMAS] along with Ludvig Daae at Norrlandsoperan [the Norrland Opera] 2021.

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    Ludvig Daae

    Ludvig Daae is a Norwegian choreographer and dancer based in Stockholm and Oslo. His performances have been presented over 200 times in 11 different countries. Among other things, he choreographed Cullberg at the Nobel banquet in the Blue Hall and is the creative mind behind the performance Vi kan göra va du vill [We Can Do What You Want] for Norrdans, the dance company of Northern Sweden. Ludvig is currently pre-occupied with the themes of national identity and participant practices, which he examines along with Tove Berglund in the performances Landscape, We Can Do What You Want and Home. Tove has been one of Ludvig’s closest partners since 2013.

    • Credits

    Idea: Tove Berglund
    By and with: Tove Berglund och Ludvig Daae
    Philosopher: Lars Samuelsson
    Technical coordinator: Nils Andrén
    Producers: Johnson & Bergsmark
    Co-production: Dansnät Sverige, Norrlandsoperan
    Research and communication: Johanna Nordin
    With support from: Kulturrådet, Estrad Norr, Konstnärsnämnden
    Length: 3,5 h
    Photo: Chrisander Brun

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