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Summer dance festival, bringing performance to the Stockholm Archipelago.
Co Directed by Emma Wheeler and Lily Peta
Contact: [email protected]

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This June, the Stockholm Archipelago will become the stage for a new dance festival: Midsommardans, whose inaugural season is led by a women-led team of emerging artists.

Held on the island of Grinda during Sweden’s Midsummer celebration, Midsommardans brings
together an international group of dance artists for a weekend of performance, artistic dialogue,
community engagement, and celebration. Founded and directed by dancers Emma Wheeler and
Lily Peta, the festival was conceived as a platform for young artists to explore, collaborate, and
present work outside conventional performance spaces.

Drawing upon Sweden’s distinctive geography and the ephemeral beauty of its light-filled
summer, Midsommardans is an artistic extension of the Swedish celebration of light, warmth,
and rebirth. The festival’s mission is rooted in an exploration of how dance and music can evoke
this tangible joy and, through a partnership with Skärgårdsstiftelsen, is committed to natural
preservation and accessibility in its performances.

As artists and audiences gather amid the landscape of Grinda on June 20, Midsommardans offers
a compelling example of how a new generation of cultural leaders is reimagining the relationship
between performance, community, and environment.

Learn more @midsommar.dans, www.midsommardans.org

#Midsommardans #DanceFestival #EmergingArtists #WomenLed #StockholmArchipelago by @midsommar.dans

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Emma Wheeler left Ballet San Antonio after three seasons. Lily Peta finished Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Professional Division and moved to London to freelance. This past summer the two of them put on @midsommar.dans , an outdoor ballet festival on Grinda, an island off Stockholm.

Neither had produced a show before. The island’s foundation didn’t answer their first emails, and the grants they applied for didn’t come through. So Emma walked dogs for four months to help cover costs and Lily sold old leotards. Their families helped cut 2000 foam squares for the stage’s sprung floor!

Lily and Emma talk with us about how the festival came together and how it changed the way they think about ballet careers.

Link in bio.

#ballet #balletdancer #balletfestival #balletcareer #balletlife by @midsommar.dans

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Webbshopen är nu live – för både två- och fyrbenta ☺️

Gå in på vår hemsida och hitta vår merch under ”Support us” – ”Store”. Varje köp är en donation till vår festival 2027 ❤️ Priserna ligger på 180–250 SEK (ca 18–25 USD).

The online store is up, for people and dogs alike☺️. Head to our website, and find our merch under “support us” — “store.”

We are starting by shipping around Sweden, but please DM if you are US based and would like to purchase! Every item is a donation to our 2027 festival, and prices range 180-250 SEK ($18-25). by @midsommar.dans

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Newsletter call!

Midsommardans is soon to begin a quarterly newsletter, with periodic updates closer to the festival 2027. The newsletter will include long-form artist & directorial writing/essays/interviews, information on upcoming events, opportunities, and more. If you are interested, please submit your email address via the Google form in our bio.

We hope to hear from you. by @midsommar.dans

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Portraits (3/3) 🩶

Big thank you to the multi-talented @filmphotography_rikako for these behind the scenes moments. by @midsommar.dans

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Portraits (2/3)

@mia.k_ballet in rehearsal, shot by @filmphotography_rikako. 🩶 by @midsommar.dans

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Portraits (1/3)

An enormous thank you to the talented @filmphotography_rikako for such beautifully captured images from our rehearsals in Stockholm.🩶

From a run through of @anna.hughlett’s Quartet. by @midsommar.dans

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From studio to stage🌟

Images from the 2026 photo archive of Midsommardans, courtesy of Matthias Zepper and Sophia Wheeler. A more extensive visual archive can be found on our website. by @midsommar.dans

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2 months ago

Alla besökare på Grindadagen – vi ses den 25 juli! ✨

Midsommardans är tillbaka på Grinda och bjuder in barn till en kort och lekfull dansstund, ledd av professionellt utbildade balettdansare. Vi rör oss, hoppar och dansar tillsammans till musik – inga förkunskaper behövs!

Kom gärna förbi vårt bord för att kika på våra produkter och affischer, och passa på att läsa mer om Midsommardans och vad som väntar nästa år.

Vi delar exakta tider och var ni hittar oss närmare evenemanget. Vi hoppas att vi ses på Grinda! by @midsommar.dans

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An enormous thank you is in order to @dansportalen for featuring Midsommardans in a recent article interviewing artistic directors Emma Wheeler & Lily Peta.

Head to the link in our bio to read the insights, reflections, and process behind the 2026 festival. by @midsommar.dans

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3 months ago

There is much to share in reflection of our inaugural season of performances, and we firstly are delighted to announce that Midsommardans, in partnership with Skärgårdsstiftelsen (Stockholm’s Archipelago Foundation), will be performing through 2029. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to continue and grow Midsommardans as an artistic platform over the coming years.

More information on our next season will be shared this coming autumn. by @midsommar.dans

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4 months ago

That’s a wrap on Midsommardans Festival 2026! We can’t thank @grinda.island, @skargardsstiftelsen, and the Midsommardans team enough for making this possible. by @midsommar.dans

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