In the work Narcissus and the Autumn Wind, Birgit Cullberg drew inspiration from Greek mythology, as in previous pieces.
“… she sends an autumn breeze in the form of a woman to push Narcissus out of his self-reflection, tumble with him on the ground and give him a go before he sinks into his beauty dream again. Is it the choreographer’s own struggle with overly introverted and self-reflective dances that lies behind this choice? “
The critic Anna Greta Ståhle in Dagens Nyheter Quoted in Erik Näslund’s book Birgit Cullberg.