"A political statement"
When talking to one of our new partners for residencies we were told that our floor solution was "a political statement". We never...
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Apr 41 min read
Floor testing
In a cooperation with Harlequin in Luxemburg, TS Service and Tengbom in Luleå and Kelia AB in Harads we are now making the first test...
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Mar 221 min read
The name is Jillat
Finally we settled on a name for our new Sami Dance Center. The name will be Jillat! It's a word in lulesami language and has the...
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Feb 231 min read
A tour of the dance center before renovations and updates starts
Are you also curious about what will happen in the new Sami dance center and want to get a video tour of the house? We made a short video...
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Feb 103 min read
ICE HOT - Seminar - THE CENTRAL PERIPHERY: POSSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES AT THE EDGE
After a full program the week continued into the weekend and another panel discussion. Invited by our partner in the business, Elle Sofe...
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Feb 91 min read
The largest culture-political meeting place in Sweden - Folk och kultur
The founder of the worlds first Sami Dance Center, Liv Aira, was invited for a panel discussion and for a 30 minutes long presentation of...
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Feb 61 min read
To survive in a changing environment
Lecturer: Kristina Sehlin MacNeil, docent in Sami studies and deputy director of Várdduo, the center for Sami research at Umeå University...
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Jan 91 min read
Safe before sorry
Today we had a meeting with our insurance company Länsförsäkringar Norrbotten and their insurance advisor Maria Jakobsson. We had a lunch...
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Jan 51 min read
She starts the worlds first Sami Dance Center: "We deserve a place"
An empty museum building in Vuollerim in Norrbotten is to become the world's first Sami dance center. The initiator Liv Aira describes...
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Jan 31 min read
She starts a Sami Dance Center – ”a declaration of love”
An unused museum building in Vuollerim in Norrbotten will become a center for Sami dance. The initiator is the dancer Liv Aira, who sees...
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Dec 22, 20231 min read
Liv Aira opens the world's first Sami dance center in Vuollerim
Kulturbryggan has granted SEK 3.6 million to start a Sami dance center in Vuollerim, outside Jokkmokk. It will be the first of its kind...
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Dec 20, 20231 min read
Meeting with the amazing farm dairy in Vuollerim
We met Agnes Otterbech from Mathantverket in Vuollerim in the frosty wednesday morning the 20th of december and we were greeted with...
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Nov 28, 20231 min read
Book your ticket!
To ensure that all interested will fit during this event we recommend that you book a ticket, for free of course. Coffey and something...
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Nov 7, 20231 min read
Waking up former contacts
Today we had a meeting on site with Anders Hallman, Evelina Gothed and Anders Marttala from Schneider Electric to brainstorm about the...
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Nov 2, 20231 min read
Architect on site 33 years later
Peter Häggmark, Regional manager North at Tengbom Architechts in Luleå who had a small part in the initial project of drawing the house...
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Sep 27, 20231 min read
We had the honor to get a visit from some of our biggest role models
Anna Björk from Riksteatern Norrbotten, Fredrika Johansson from the cultural centre Ebeneser in Luleå and Marie Wårell from...
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Sep 25, 20231 min read
Liv dances into historic building
Now Liv Aira takes the next step on the Sami dance scene. With support from the municipality of Jokkmokk, a welcome from the villagers in...
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Sep 21, 20231 min read
Visit from the head of culture of the region Norrbotten
To further establish the role of the Sami Dance Center in the years to come we invited the head of culture in region Norrbotten, Sweden,...
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Sep 20, 20231 min read
Meeting with architects
We have a lot of respect for the history of the building and for the design that resulted in that the house was awarded with a...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
Ola Stinnerbom: That is fantastic news
The multi-artist Ola Stinnerbom has long worked with Sami dance and pushed the issue of a Sami dance center. He believes that the center...
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