Aanimals

A donkey has a problem, a raven drops the sun to the sea, and a drag king wants to be a cow

 

Aanimals (2023) is a collection of small performances inspired by other-than-human animals, taking place in the everyday and urban spaces of Aarhus, Denmark. The piece puts animals, a marginalized group of critters in our society, on center stage through the interpretations of local artists from different backgrounds. The work features a raven inspired by the Uaajeerneq practice, music students playing the flute and cello, Ghanaian storytelling, a Greenlandic folk tale, a drag king on a meadow, and a human dog with its master. Aanimals is an ode to diversity, an ode to listening, an ode to both the familiar and the unknown, the wild and the tame.

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Aanimals is a film work and a selection of small pop up live events. Aanimals was hosted by ARoS art museum between 26.8.-1.9.2023.

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The Aanimals film and events are part of Teatret Svalegangen’s United Change. The piece is based on the United Nations' Sustainability Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities.

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Concept & direction: Riikka Lakea

Photographer & editor: Alice Hjorth

Sound design: Ole Schneider

Colorist: Mamoun Abufarha

Collaborating artists: Samuel Kweku Addison, Else Danielsen, Klaus Geisler, Tone Haldrup Lorenzen, Siri Maj Knutsen, Faux Moe, Sofia Lind Pedersen & students at Katrinebjergskolen 

Production: Riikka Lakea, Teatret Svalegangen, ARoS, Aarhus Filmværksted & Rylan

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Live events at ARoS between 26.8.-1.9.2023:

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Drag show by Faux Moe 

Dog training workshop for humans by Tone Haldrup

Lorenzen & Siri Maj Knutsen 

Mini cello concert by the students of Katrinebjerg skolen
 

Concert and perofrmance by African Footprint 
 

Aanimals Dance-along by Riikka Lakea

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Publicity: Interview with Riikka Lakea &  Tone Haldrup Lorenzen on Danish Radio Kulturen

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