DANCE - Virpi Pahkinen

Virpi Pahkinen, one of Scandinavia's most successful solo dancers, studied classical music and figure skating before concentrating on dance. As a teenager growing up in Jyväskylä, in central Finland, she practiced figure skating on a nearby lake. "When the lake was free of snow, I could dance at night alone under the full moon... The lake was black and shiny. It was freezing cold, but magical, like one was at home in the universe.