ÁJTTEGA
the ancestors
ÁJTTEGA
the ancestors
Skájdde - the brass ring
A magnificent and magical dance, circus and music performance for all ages.
19-21 July 2024
A cultural festival for the whole family and you are welcome to stay for more activities than the show, all included in the ticket that also can be bought at site in the entrance.
Check the link for UR that made a short documentary about last years show.
Trailer for the festival
A cultural festival for the whole family
A beautiful day
Skájdde 2024 in Storforsen
The natures reserve in Storforsen is a beautiful place for not just a cultural festival. Here you find places to swim and play in the water, barbecue spots and open space for the family picknick.
Bring your own picknick or get some food from our food trucks close to the entrance.
Coffee and some sweet bread for the classical Swedish fika is also sold at the site. We also sell something to sit on if you need. There are no chairs in the park or in front of the stage.
When planning for your trip here, make sure you arrive before the time of the show to fully experience the whole area. The parking is in the forest close to the park, and you just have a 5 min walk down to the festival area. If you have a parking permit for handicap, just let the people at the parking entrance see it and you are granted access to the parking closer to the entrance.
In case of light rain, we will still go on as planned and if there is a passing heavy rain we might postpone the start of the show for a few minutes. Historically it's been extremely rare that a show did not play. Bring clothes for the weather of the day and lets hope for a sunny summer weekend!
Welcome to a wonderful weekend in nature!
About the show
Skájdde 2024 - The brass ring
Join us on a journey in Sápmi and experience enchanting sami culture that is brought to life in a magical setting of Storforsen's unique environment.
In this summer's performance, we meet a mother on a search for answers in Sápmi and she finds them through her brass ring and the godess materakka and her daughters.
Through dance, yoik, circus and music you will join her adventure and maybe also find answers for yourself.
Take the whole family on a real adventure and an experience that will stay in your heart for a long time.
Skájdde is a production in the project The three divinities.
How to get here
Storforsen - Vidsel
By car
If you want to come here by car, you can get the directions here. Parking for private cars have a designated parking and the parking closest to the entrance is reserved for busses and handicapped only. Please look at the map below for directions.
Offer a ride or ask for a ride!
This year we offer a unique service to all our visitors. You can now offer a ride or ask for a ride in the app Coride. The easiest way to have a cheaper transport without having to care about how to arrange it, it's all done in this super easy app!
Get the app: Apple/iOS or Google/Android
If you offer a ride from somewhere in Norrbotten or Västerbotten you will get a free parking ticket for the event!
As an example:
You live in Skellefteå and plan to go to one of the shows wit a friend of yours. The cost of the trip is about 800kr if you calculate 25kr/10km. You have three more seats in your car and offer these in the app, Coride. After the trip you get half of the cost for the trip back because you split it with two others. Smart huh!
By bus
Except for the normal public bus transports, we also offer bus transport from all over Norrbotten and Västerbotten. We arrange busses with local non-profit organisations, if you want to arrange a bus, contact us. Two weeks before the show we reduce the sales of bus tickets to cities on the coast and the closest area mostly and we then recommend the Coride app for other cities. Contact us for more help with transport if needed.
By train
You can arrive by train from Umeå, Luleå or Stockholm to Älvsbyn and from there also get on one of our busses. Just pick the ticket with bus included and you have the trip there and back included.
For Vilda Kidz
For the people with a ticket from Vilda Kidz, please contact them for transport and food questions.
If you need ackommodation
Hotell Storforsen
Beautiful hotell in direct connection to the show area, you just take a 10 min walk from the hotel to the show. Sauna, pool, restaurant and bar.
Phone: 0929-721 00
Email: info@storforsen.se
Nyfors konferens & Camping
26 rooms at the camping site in Älvsbyn that has separate cabins for those that want to have their own place. Also with a spa area that includes sauna and pool.
Phone: 0911-666 62
Mobile: 070-335 82 96
E-mail: info@nyforscamping.se
Selholmens Camping
Next to the river you find the camping called Selholmen with service building, kiosk, barbecue areas, swimming area and exercise loops.
Phone:
076-8892039 – Office
070-7597441 – English
073-0434166 – Swedish
Älvsbyns Folkhögskola
The course grounds at Älvsby Folk High School are located in the charming Sjulnäsgården, Ugglan and Svalan. Here you stay in a single or double room with a toilet in the room and a shower in the corridor. You have the opportunity to cook in the shared kitchen.
BOOKING AND CONTACT
Monday-Thursday 08.00-15.00
Friday: 08.00-14.00, call 0929-723 00
or email info@afhs.nu
Other times call 0929-105 40
About The brass ring
See the circles spreading on the surface;
a line with no beginning, without end.
An eternal cycle where all our lives are intertwined.
In skájdde lands, where Varggáädno flows into Bidum Iedno,
the voices echoes all around us
of those who are flowing, those who are whispering,
those who are flying, crawling, running,
those who belong to the now
and those who have walked these paths before us.
The ring of brass helps you uncover
the truths you’ve yet only sensed in the corner of your eye.
Spill some drops from your guksi, into the fire.
Let yourself be reminded that all we have, we have borrowed.
All belong to mother nature.
Nothing comes from somewhere else, there is nothing we can own.
And this is all we have
to pass on to our children.
Showtimes
Participating Artists
Liv Aira
Artistic Dir. choreographer, dancer
Linn Lindström
Dancer
Elin Teilus
Yoik Artist
Malva Lardén
Actress
Jimmy Lundegård
Visual arts artist
Marika Renhuvud
Dancer
Sarah Zurl
Dancer (intern)
Josefin Şîlan Karlsson
Poet, script, dramaturgy assistant
Klara Sköldulf Philipp
Circus Artist
Jenny Schinkler
Dancer
Vejde Grind
Circus Artist
Raymond Stokki
Composer
Laila Susanna Kuhmunen
Costume Design
Dance walk
An interactive performance in the park
As part of the experience at Storforsen, you can take a walk and find qr codes with links to films and poetry. The films are recorded at the location on the map and can be experienced interactively at each location. Scan the qr code with the camera on your mobile to get to the movie.
Spoken word-poetry
In Raimos Bar, close to the hotel
Spoken word-poetry be professional poets from Sápmi/Norrbotten will perform at Raimos Bar close to the hotel during the weekend 19-20th of July.
Friday 20.00 - 21.30 Poetry in the borderland
Saturday 20.00 - 21.30 Master Poetry-Slam
The poetry will be live-streamed for all those that cannot attend the VIP-show live. We only release 50 tickets per night live and offer everyone else livestreaming due to limitations of space at Raimos Bar.
The ticket for both poetry events can be added on after choosing a ticket. Only available for adults.
Kids Theatre
A live theatre at the entrance
As a special treat to our younger audience we arrange a special theatre in the same theme as the show Skájdde. You find this activity by the fire close to the stage.
Story walk
For the kids in the forest
In the forest close to the stage the smaller ones will get a chance to experience a short story telling show.
Help the Nåjd to find his white reindeer.
Art exhibition
@artbysilversmak
The exhibition Skájdde by Silversmak is placed by the forest walk down to the stage area and is inspired by the fire and energy of the performing dancers.
The exhibition is open all weekend and all paintings are for sale.
Program for the weekend
Friday
16.00 - 17.30 Story walk
17.15 - 17.55 Kids theatre
18.00 - 19.30 Skájdde
19.40 - 20.00 Kids theatre
20.00 - 21.30 Poetry
Saturday
11.00 - 12.30 Story walk
12.15 - 12.55 Kids theatre
13.00 - 14.30 Skájdde
14.40 - 15.00 Kids theatre
16.00 - 17.30 Story walk
17.15 - 17.55 Kids theatre
18.00 - 19.30 Skájdde
19.40 - 20.00 Kids theatre
20.00 - 21.30 Poetry
Sunday
13.00 - 14.30 Story walk
14.15 - 14.55 Kids theatre
15.00 - 16.30 Skájdde
16.40 - 17.00 Kids theatre
FINANCERS
We are proud to work with the following financers & cooperations
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Kulturrådet, Nationella minoriteter
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Älvsbyns Kommun
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Sparbanken Nord, Framtidsbanken
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Region Norrbotten
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Sametinget
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Danskonsulenten i Norrbotten
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Riksteatern Norrbotten
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Storforsen Hotell
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Stiftelsen Greta
