Get Ready for a Dazzling Duo of Dance Shows at EdFringe!

The first is SOIL, a solo Greenlandic inspired dance piece based on belonging and becoming, drawing on performer Sarah Aviaja Hammeken’s joint Greenlandic Inuit and Danish heritage.

Hammeken herself embodies a powerful exploration of cultural connection beyond spoken words and geographical boundaries. A poetic and physical journey of self-discovery, SOIL illuminates the intimate relationship between language, body, and heritage. It invites audiences to experience the beauty and challenges of communication in new ways.  

Sarah Aviaja Hammeken, the founder of AVIAJA Dance, is best known for blending visual poetry with powerful physical expression, often drawing inspiration from her Inuit heritage.

Shetland Choreographer and Performer Kathryn Gordon will bring a taste of the islands with her sublime new work A JOURNEY OF FLIGHT. An immersive fifty-minute dance performance created in Shetland and inspired by the migration of birds. 

The work includes Gordon’s signature element of engaging environmental awareness, inviting audiences to reflect on the delicate balance between nature, movement and our emotional ties to place.  

Set against a backdrop of flowing white sheets, dancers Kathryn Gordon and Jorja Follina move through ever changing spaces, exploring new states of being and new homes. 

Featuring mesmerising choreography and live music from Jenny Sturgeon alongside stunning projected visuals, A JOURNEY OF FLIGHT creates a thought-provoking journey of arrivals, departures, the nostalgia of place and the notion of flight itself.