Winds of all kinds have inspired Virpi Pahkinen to create the dance work Aajej. Aajej takes its name from the North African whirlwind, so strong that, according to legend, the local inhabitants had to fight it with swords. In the performance, Pahkinen, who used to study piano at the Helsinki Conservatory, takes a seat behind the grand piano for the first time in a dance context. Also on stage is musician and multi-instrumentalist Jonas Sj\u00f6blom, whose music for Pahkinen's solo work Sagittarius A (2009) attracted much attention. In Aajej, he performs live music on tablas, flutes and vibraphone. Among the performers is the prominent Senegalese dancer Kaolack, also known in his home country as 'danseur du vent' (dancer of the wind).<\/p>\n
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Vindar av alla dess slag har inspirerat Virpi Pahkinen i tillblivelsen av dansverket Aajej. Aajej h\u00e4mtar sitt namn fr\u00e5n den nordafrikanska virvelvinden, s\u00e5 stark att de lokala inv\u00e5narna enligt s\u00e4gen m\u00e5ste bek\u00e4mpa den med sv\u00e4rd. I f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningen tar Pahkinen, som f\u00f6rr studerade piano vid Helsingfors konservatorium, f\u00f6r f\u00f6rsta g\u00e5ngen i danssammanhang plats bakom flygeln. P\u00e5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29504,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1800","dh_event","type-dh_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dh_eventcategory-forestallningar"],"meta_box":{"components":[],"grid_description":"","mobile_featured_image":false,"show_group":[],"featured_image_position":"","event_address":"","event_google_maps_url":"","background_topbanner":"","color_topbanner":"","overlay_topbanner":"","gradient_topbanner":"","reviews":[],"offstage_image":false,"offstage_group":[],"credits":[],"event_startdatum":"","event_slutdatum":"","event_duration":"","event_pause":"","event_pause_length":"","event_tickets_url":"","event_extra_info":"","post_cards":[],"artist-to-event_from":["43955"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dh_event\/1800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dh_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dh_event"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dh_event\/1800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}