WORKSHOP WITH SAINKHO NAMTCHYLAK

Sainkho, I and Sainkho´s daughter who had a name I can´t pronounce or write.
But it meant a neverfreezing river. 

After my first ever Germany tour, there was this big conicidence of Sainhko having a workshop i Basel - only 2 hours trainride from my last gig in Ludwigsburg. And I got a space on it, so off I went! Johan Sara Jr. had recommended me to attend her workshop so that I could start improvising with my voice more. Just what I needed! Sainhko talked alot about dancing while making the sound, just like I had experiemented with at home. I am very happy I attended this workshop, cause she is such a wise woman. She showed us alot of techinches for overtone singing and throatsinging and improvising.  http://sainkho.org/en

INGA JUUSO - OUR QUEEN OF YOIK!

We call Inga Juuso the queen of yoiking. She died too young, almost 70 years only. She has done so much for Sami music and won alot of prizes. Sápmi will not be the same without her. Our inspiration and "mother."

 

 

FIRST GIG IN GERMANY!

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Oh yeah! My first ever concert in Germany went soo well! There where lots of people showed up for it, and it the concert went so well. I love the Germany audience, and have waited so loong for this! :D

It was at the Play Nordic Festival in Berlin. The event was called "Riddu Riđđu Festival in Berlin" and was a cooperation of the Nordic embassies, Folkelarm and Riddu Riđđu. This event was very sucessful with a very intrested audience. The event was a presentation of the two Festivals and a concert with me.

Taking off! Wings given as a gift from Mexico to Berlin.

I had such a great time in Berlin! We went shopping, and we went to a legendary pub also! I really like Berlin! I have been there a few times for dance workshops, butt his time was different! :D

Now I am just looking forwad to my tour in November!

HVORFOR TRENGER VI KUNST?

Dette er en artikkel jeg skrev mens jeg studerte Bachelor of rock´n´roll entrepreneurs ved Høgskolen i Finnmark, Alta i 2012. Jeg har desverre ikke fortsatt denne bachelor utdannelsen etter første året, men det kan være jeg får anledning til det senere.

Hvorfor trenger vi kunst?

Et spørsmål som er blitt spurt av mange, og en debatt som alltid foregår i samfunnet. Hva er poenget? Hva er verdien i kunst, og hvorfor bruker vi for eksempel offentlige midler til utvikling av kunst, på lik linje med utviklingen av andre ting. Kunstnere, kunstinteresserte og ikke minst de som ikke er interessert i kunst er opptatte av dette spørsmålet.

Disse spørsmålene dukket også opp under utviklingen av skolesystemet der kunstfag ikke ble prioritert. De ble sett på som unyttige og mange mente at andre fag var viktigere enn kunstfag.

Kunst og andre fysiske fag må stadig kjempe for sin plass i utviklingen av skolesystemet og samfunnet.

MY FAMOUS LUCKY-POUCH

A small knife and my pouch. Photo Freddy L. Larsen. 

Many years ago (in 2006) when I was i Australia  I buoght a book about crystals and stones. And I had got a quartz-stone. I was reading in this book about the use of crystals and decided to hold my quarts-stone.
What happened when I did resulted in what I now call my "lucky-pouch".

I was holding the quartz stone - I closed my eyes and I was filled with tranquility. It was a peaceful feeling. I tried holding the stone after a few days again to see if there was a difference, and I could still feel the difference when holding it, and when not holding it. I remember thinking "what if I could feel this while on stage while perfoming." I was at that time struggeling with stage fright and nervousity.

I had been spending alot of time with a guy who always carried his own pouch with him. He had stones and other symbolic things that where meaninful to him in his pouch, and he showed me the meaning of having one. I decided to make my own.

PILATES

“Etter 10 ganger vil du føle forskjell. Etter 20 ganger vil du se forskjell. Etter 30 ganger har du en helt ny kropp.” - Joseph Pilates

Hva er Pilates? 

Pilates er enkel, skånsom og effektiv styrketrening som passer menn og kvinner i alle aldre - hver enkelt øvelse tilpasses individuelt.

Fokus er statisk styrke. Den indre støttemuskulaturen bygges opp fra bunnen av, slik at kroppen kan bæres på en korrekt måte. Skjevheter i kroppen som kan forårsake smerter og skader blir rettet ut.

Pilates trener hver muskel i kroppen, beveger alle leddene, og pusten setter i gang dype prosesser. Neurologisk setter øvelsene i seg selv  igang menneskets organiske bevegelsesmønster og programmerer kroppen inn i korrekt bevegelsesmønster. 

Pilates passer i utgangspunktet alle, og er et bra alternativ for deg som belastes av andre treningsformer på grunn av skader eller smerter. Pilates er utbredt trening blant dansere og toppidrettsutøvere, og er anbefalt av fysioterapeuter. Mange kjendiser sverger til Pilates, blant andre Jennifer Aniston, Madonna og Jennifer Lopez.  

TRIBAL MAGEDANS

Hva er Tribal magedans og hvordan oppsto det? Her får du en kort innføring!



MAGEDANS (Raqs Sharki)

MAGEDANSENS RØTTER

Orientalsk magedans danses i Midtøsten, Tyrkia og Nord-Afrika og er en av verdens eldste kulturdanser. Det er ulike teorier om hvordan dansen har oppstått. Noen mener den har oppstått i egypt, mens andre mener den stammer fra India og har spredt seg derfra med sigøynere. Dansen er flere tusen år gammel og har blitt brukt i religiøse sermonier, fruktbarhetsritualer og festlige sammenhenger i tillegg til å være ren underholdning.

MUOHTA - SNØ - SNOW

Muohttagis leat sullii 205 sami sáni. Dá lea listtu!
Det er omkring 205 ord for snø i Samisk språk!
There are bout 205 word to snoš in Sami language!

Listen er hentet fra/listu lea vižžon dáppe: 
http://lektorsalen.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/200-samiske-ord-for-sn%C3%B8-i-signatur-pa-norsk-yrkesfag/

DUET WITH SENJAHOPEN

This friday I sang in NOrwegian for the first time onstage since I was a child singing in the choir. It was pretty awesome, cause the lyrics where quite difficult in northern-norwegian, and the song is quite fast as well, so I was very in doubt if I could manage. And it went great!!! I just missed a few words I think, but I reembered all the lyrics! And it was so much fun be on stage with those crazy guys in Senjahopen! I felt really honored that they asked me, and I had so much fun!  The song is called "Bråtebrann" and the original singer is Ida Maria with Senjahopen.

I will remember this a looong time!

SHCOOL-CONCERT TOUR IN NORDLAND!

Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola

We had som much fun at our Shcool-tour in Nordland. It is a truly beutiful county, and we met so many nice people, pupils and teachers!

GULROTKAKE-MUFFINS

Min egen variant av gurotkake med eple! Jeg klarte ikke velge, så jeg satte i begge deler. Suuupergodt! Og du kan lage de så sunne du vil med å bruke mindre sukker og hvetemel.

Ingredienser

4 stk egg

3 dl sukker (eller 1,5 dl farin, 0, 5 dl stevia, 1 ss bjørkesøt, 2 ss akasie honning)

3 dl mel (jeg bruker en blanding av forskjellige melsorter jeg finner i skapet. Hvetemel, spelt, jytte, havremel, rugmel og/eller sammalt hvete/spelt)

  - skallet fra en halv appelsin (bare det gule! ikke det hvite)

2 ts bakepulver

1 ss kanel

1 ts salt

1 ts vaniljesukker (eller frøene fra en vaniljestang)

5 ss olje eller smeltet smør

3 dl revet gulrot
2 dl revet eple
1 most banan
ca 1 dl finhakkede nøtter (blanding av mandler, hasselnøtter og/eller valnøtter)
2 ss goji bær (eller annet tørket frukt, rosiner, tranebær e.l)

DETOXING

Mum made me fish and potateos.

Lately I have been feeling very heavy in mind and body, and I have been tired and overworked for a while. It was when I met a woman at Gothla.uk
 who told me about a 7- day detox plan that she usually does that I finally found something that I felt I could do. I have tried other detoxing liquids and stuff like that, but it is very hard to keep drinking that stuff every day.
I looked on the internet and I found this 7 day detox plan and it looked just like the woman at Gothla had told me about, so I decided to try. And I did. It was wonderful. Already the first day I felt better, and after the week I felt so much better. Like my body was new again. I didn´t have a heavy head anymore cause my nose was running more. And I am sure I got my bowels cleansed.
The reason why this diet is for 7 days is because it takes food 7 days to get through the system. So after 7 days the bowels should be cleansed.

FINALLY VACATION!

Iceland has good food!

Finally I had the chance to go on a vacation! I haven´t had a vacation since I was in Spain in 2009. Counting out the 3 days vacation last october that failed because of unexpected problems with my CD-release, and a few other failed attempts of vacation.

My mother had arranged everything for me. Ordered tickets and the hotel. We were going on a family holiday to Iceland. I had wanted to go to Iceland for a long time already, so it was exciting for me to finally be able to go. My older brother and my younger brother with his girlfriend and daughter were going. Only one in our family not going was my father. He didn´t have time because of work.


Unfortuanately for him ho didn´t come with us. Because on the second day we where there my brother had a surprise for us! He was getting married to his girlfriend. I was the only guest. My brothers daughter was bridesmaid, and my brother and older brother where witnesses. The priest spoke in Norwegian.
This was a huge surprise for everyone! We had the ceremony in church and then we had dinner at the hotel where they were staying.

I AM GODMOTHER AGAIN!

Ingelin, Ailo Mathias and Steffen.

Yesterday was a great day! When I woke up this morning I felt rested, and happy. I didn´t have any nightmares at night or anything. :D

Yesterday we went to Ravnastua Mountain house where my cousin Ingelin and her boyfriend Steffen where going to baptise their child Ailo Mathias. They had asked me to be his godmother, and I of course said yes, because Ingelin and Steffen are so cool, and their child will also be cool!

To get up to the mouintain house we got to ride with my aunt and uncle with their snowmobile about half the way, and then we went skiing rest of the way. We got there just in time for the ceremony. Ingelin and Steffen and their mums where the entertainment, and the ones to hold the ceremony. They did alot of singing, and serving food, so it was really nice! Very cosy.  After we had eaten dinner, dessert and cakes, my uncle drove a bunch of us in his snow-trac back to the car-road. It was good to do some skiing, and today I felt really refreshed! 

PERFORMANCE AT PÆSKATUN WITH JOHAN SARA JR.

Johan Sara and me in the cottage before the performance.
 Johan Sara with space-suit for the occasion. 

I left the party after the TV-show debut at about 12 so I would have time to sleep before I had to rush back to the Airport and catch the early flight to Oslo and then Tromsø and Alta, to be back in Alta in time for the performance Johan Sara jr. and me had been preparing for Pæskatun during the Borealis vinterfestival and Finnmarksløpet. Eirik Tandberg and Trond Strifeldt held a lecture about the atars and astrofysics or something like that, and after the lecure Johan Sara and me would have a performance outdoors on the snowstage after the lecture. It was very windy and cold before our performance, and we were starting to think that we had to do the performance inside, but mystically the weather changed to better during our performance before the snow started again, and the wind started blowing again. Johan said this always happens, its like the weather knows when to be nice to him on outdoor performances. Very good! The performance was very strange for me. It was not very much singing in my behalf, like I usually do. Johan wanted me to improvise with sounds and noises, and I tried my best, but its very new to me do to that sort of thing, so it was challenging.