Press quotations:

”Karin Forslind certainly suggested that Artemis was a Greek goddess associated with chastity, hunting and the moon. But Jan-Erik Wikström, her partner, commanded space with his own determination. What resulted was a dramatically intense and increasingly erotic battle of wills.”
New York Times, USA, 5/8 2005

“Virpi Pahkinen encendió ayer con su presencia el escenerio del teatro Ocampo, al que le devolvió su original sentido ritual, lúcido ya sagrado durante 55 exquisitos minutos.”
La Voz de Michoácan, MEXICO 6/8 2005

”As always, her solo performance is meditative and strangely beautiful, remote from all machines and hybrids. Virpi Pahkinen often assumes the shape of a bird, fish or something in between. She is now transformed into a magnificent octopus.”
Dagens Nyheter, SWEDEN 23/10 2005

“Simply put, she is enchanting, even divine. Fauns are gods’ companions, sensual fairies, but they should not be engaged in light-minded games. Pahkinen’s The Faun’s afternoon expressed both restful beauty and hints of danger and unattainability.”
Keskisuomalainen, FINLAND 21/10/2005

“Virpi Pahkinen uses simple and deliberate movements to create a temple on the stage and becomes its goddess. I have previous experience of temples of silence and creativity through Carolyn Carlson’s works, and Pahkinen seems to share that same “old soul” knowledge and insight.”
Helsingin Sanomat, FINLAND 18/6/2003

In the solo ”Isisar”, Pahkinen unites post-modern and ancient Asian aestheticism in a personal style of great integrity and beauty.
Ballet International, Dec 2003

Quant à Virpi Pahkinen, elle donne, et pour longtemprs, une incroyable leçon de maîtrise de soi, entraînant l´expressivité à son point culminant.
L´orient le Jour, Lebanon 15/12 2003

Virtuose, empreinte de symbolisme, sa danse ne ressemble à aucune autre. Graphique, d´une grande beauté plastique, elle impose des images fortes et belles qui resteront.
La Marseillaise, France 18/12 2003

”I shudder with delight, fully enjoying her as she dances on to the stage as a warrior, with as brilliantly as exactly chiselled movements. What a unique dancer she is! Divine, one is tempted to say.”
Dagens Nyheter, Sweden 30/9 2002

”The appellations ´clean, shining, clear and vibrating´ most accurately and fully characterize the choreography of the Silence of Trembling Hands. Created by Virpi Pahkinen for six dancers of the Polish Dance Theatre.”
Gazeta Malarzy i Poetów, 2 (44) 2002

”Das artifizielle Bach-Cembalo war dem auf verblüffende Weise kongenial, jede Bewegung, jedes Zucken der Hand saß. Ein triumphaler Auftritt.”
Badische Zeitung, Freiburg 7/10 2002

”In a great moment, Pahkinen and two men created the shape of a lotus blossom opening. Pahkinen, a spirit travelling fitfully between worlds, danced a compelling long solo.”
Houston Chronicle 21/4 2003

”La Suédoise Virpi Pahkinen, cinq longues tresses comme une crête d´Iroquois sur un crâne rasé, délivrait une choréographie-calligraphie, 2 Prayers, d´une puissance rare. Autre façon, plus spirituelle, de chercher ailleurs.”
Libération, France 17/12 2002