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Another Victory For Iceland: Jóhanna Gúðrun Wins Dancing With The Stars
Life has never been better for Icelandic athletes. First our football team qualified for the World Cup and is still ready to smite the world; then Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir, aka the Tiger Woods of the North, hit a hole-in-one prompting a wave…
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Lost In A Vacuum: Melkorka From Milkywhale Returns With A Space-Age Pop Opera
In a crowded café, Icelandic dance extraordinaire Melkorka Sígríður Magnúsdóttir pours her fizzy drink into a glass, barely managing to contain her equally effervescent excitement. Melkorka’s onstage energy is well known. As the frontwoman of electro-pop band Milkywhale, she’s a whirlwind of energy, dancing, bouncing, and leading the…
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Listen, Duck, and Run: How to Avoid Falling Ice and Snow in Reykjavík
Week 6 Let me be bold: the weather in Iceland changes often. I’m not trying to start a controversy. I’ll leave that to people discussing deep-water oil drilling (what could possibly happen? I mean, god put it there for us to have). The…
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Dancers In The Dark
A funky bassline is bumping out of KEX Hostel as I walk up to its patio. As I pass the window, I hear the horns and lyrics of Janelle Monáe’s “Tightrope.” I picture her smooth moves in the song’s music video and…
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Dance Party!
Iceland is well known for boasting an impressive art community of every sort and for every walk of life, and dance is no exception. Although the size of the dance community is directly proportional to the size of the country, the quality…