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ÁJTTEGA
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2019 Invisible People Contemporary Dance Company created the dance and joik production Ájttega.
Premiere at Jokkmokk winter market
06/02/2020 arranged by Jokkmokks riksteaterförening och Riksteatern Norrbotten. The premiere was part of the Sámi national day celebration.
Supported by Kulturrådet, Sametinget, Samerådet, Scenkonst Sörmland, Sparbanken Nord, Kultur och Upplevelser i Jokkmokk samt Region Norrbotten.
ÁJTTEGA
-The ancestors
Liv Aira, Marika Renhuvud, Elin Teilus
Lise Tapio Pittja & Gustaf Nygren
Ájttega, ”The ancestors” in lulesami language, is a dance and joik production that invites the audience to Sápmi. A performance based on the artists personal stories.
The Samis, a people that wants to preserve their land Sápmi, the nature to the future generations.
Ájttega is a performance that percents Sápmis culture in a new way, with respect for its history and tradition.
Sápmi
Jåhkågasska, Udtja, Eajra
Jåhkåmåhkke
Those who have walked
Those who now walk
A journey through the seasons
A culture we want to keep alive
Those who will walk
We walk together
A journey we now dance and joik
We walk to the land that gives life
Photos by Sami Maldonado
ÁJTTEGA - TRAILER
Cast and creative team
Liv Aira
Idea, project leader, choreographer and dancer
Elin Teilus
Joik artist & movement
Marika Renhuvud
Dancer
Lise Tapio Pittja
Costume & duodji
Gustaf Nygren
Music and light designer
Artistic residency
in collaboration with
Thank you to
Riksteatern
Kero garveri
Sara Aira
Naomi Aira
Samernas Utbildnings centrum
Ája-Sparbankssalen
Alexandra Svensson
Dancer, understudy
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The newspaper "Samefolket" documented the creative process of Ájttega
See the serie below
Ájttega process
Photos by Dan Jåma
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