Trash on the sea ice is ugly. We all see it … yet do nothing about it. On the eve of the Earth Day members Uummannaq Childrens’ Home symphonic orchestra came out on the sea ice to make it clean again. Turning trash into the art and music is not a new idea in Greenland [...]
Icebergs are not lifeless. They are homes to billions of tiny and not so tiny creatures, from iron bacteria to snow algae. In April “Fortress UummannaQ” – a gothic ice castle stranded in the ice of Umq fjord just steps away from the village has become a home to a new Ice Trio that has [...]
Our Qimussernersuaq – the Big Dogsledding Expedition to America is about to begin. Planes, trains , automobiles, helicopters, and of course, a dog-sled! From Uummannaq we would have to travel first all the way to Copenhagen, and then – all the way to America. But in the end everyone from Uummannaq [...]
It’s been a year since we staged our first Arctic Ballet on the sea ice in Uummannaq, Greenland. Our new Arctic Ballet “Aalibarti’s Ride” is based on a miracle story of Aalibarti – one of the great hunters who work for Uummannaq Children’s Home. 42 years ago Aalibarti, then 19, went out [...]
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After we posted the link for Angel of Uummannaq. The Arctic Ballet, we received many e-mails from our readers with questions about it. People asked us about specific movements – some translation is obviously required here – and also about the meaning of the story behind the dance.
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When Joel Spiegelman told me that he composed the music for Ummannaq and let me listen to it over the phone, I knew that the Angel was born.
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What is Music? This is a title of Lera Auerbach’s sweet and very touching children’s song that she sent to us in Uummannaq via the Internet.
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The most haunting part about life in Ummannaq is that everything changes here and yet nothing changes. Everything moves, yet everything stays in place.
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Two big events happened in Uummannaq today. The first, Pajuttaat, a big ship (the size of a small iceberg) entered the Uummannaq harbor…
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