Filmmaker and figure skating champion perform an 'Ode to a Sleeping City'

Even when it is dark outside, light can be found all around us if we only know how to look for it. That is the message of hope that cinematographer Jaap Mar Diemel, six-time Dutch figure skating champion Niki Wories, and a team of artists wanted to spread with their video, Ode to a Sleeping City. “I found Niki’s profile and I just thought that she had a good vibe, a good appearance,” explains Jaap, who soon after drafted a message explaining his idea to Niki. “I found Niki and only afterward I found out that she was a six-time Dutch champion,” Jaap confessed. The whole filming process took approximately four and a half hours, but in the end, “it was worth it.” Niki proudly added: “I’ll go through this, knowing that, in the end, I will have something that I can look back to and be proud of for the rest of my life.” The figure skater used to live and train in Canada.