The northern lights are broken by an enormous fishing net dividing the stage in two.
Despite the transparency of the net, a physical barrier is created, a demarcation that both
captures and gathers the three dancers’ movements into an organic whole.
To stand strong in solitude and in community. Light against darkness. Twilight.
The net is functioning as safety and protection against fall and at the same time as a trapping
mechanism that entangles and limits.
The web can keep us stuck in our loneliness followed by a sense of community. The feeling of
loneliness can be intense or floating. It is a basic condition for humanity, and we must accept it
instead of rejecting and pushing it away.

SILA is inspired by the Greenlandic myth of Sassuma Arnaa (Mother of the Sea), which reminds
us that humans are not made to handle all their problems alone.
Sarah Aviaja Hammeken has created the choreography and the universe, and her background
as a contemporary dancer is combined with inspiration from urban arts and her Greenlandic
origins. The choreography is complimented by a rhythmic soundscape created by the
Greenlandic composer, Gerth Lyberth, and a dynamic light design by French/Danish
Brian Cord’homme.

After the period we’ve all just gone through, isn’t it obvious that we all have struggles? That we all recognize feelings of loneliness, and that it’s hardest to ask for help when we need it most? That sometimes, we doubt whether we are wanted and therefore don’t always see the opportunities that unfold in front of us? 

It’s time to stop thinking about what hurts, but instead dare to fully sense it. Together.   

Join the dancers on a journey which unfolds at the bottom of the sea explore, together, what happens when knotted obstacles and intricacies prevent the pattern of action from being broken. 

The performance is inspired by the Greenlandic myth about Sassuma Arnaa (the Mother of the Sea), which reminds us that we are never fully in control. That we, humans, are not made to deal with our problems alone. We must feel, gather, share and dance. We need to sense what it feels like when we are not alone.