Weavers

Weaving carries social and historic resonance that has in this work
- been explored through the body.
This practice moves between threads: the inherited and the invented, the knots that hold and the ones we choose to untie. The dance becomes a loom, the body a shuttle, a surface where memories are interlaced.

Across cultures, weaving has always been more than craft: it is a choreography of hands, arms, and breath, a rhythm carried by the body.
The loom and the weaver move together, each gesture inscribing memory into material. In this sense, weaving is not only textile-making but also a bodily practice of continuity, relation, and survival. This project is an exploration of weaving as both practice and metaphor.
The practice started in 2020; three Sámi dancers gathered in a residency in Dearna, exploring the social and cultural worlds around Sámi shoebands and other textile traditions, while also carrying the experience of living between cultures.
This practice embodies stories and silences that cannot always be spoken, leaving a space where voices are discovered anew.
Through weaving, we search what remains of ancestry in the body itself: a physical memory that takes form as a woven band — an anchor,
a thread, and a method to re-link to our dance-genealogies.

Photo by Arnaud Beleen

Trailer

Video by Simone Ærsøe

Premiere:
30th of August 2025 Ronneby, Blekinge
Dans i Blekinge / one week wonder

Dancers:
Isabella Khanamidi, Malla Aaltonen, Sofiia Butiaga, Juulius Vaiksoo

choreography:
Marit-Shirin Carolasdotter

Photo by Simone Ærsøe

 FAQs

  • - Performance Area: 8x8 meters or larger
    - Stage: Place-specific; outdoors (we want to avoid crowds or loud spaces), gallery, gym-hall, community centres.
    - Audience Setup: Flexible (in-the-round, L-shape, linear) standing, sitting.
    - Performers: 4 dancers
    - Setup Time: ~2-3 hours
    - Travel Team: [4 dancers excluding 1 choreographer]
    - Sound/Light requirements: The performance is performed in silence, no sound equipment needed.
    The performance utilizes natural light as much as possible, in case of darkness, we wish to have studio light.
    - Technical rider: Available upon request
    - Languages: Movement-based; no translation required

  • This performance is a co-production with Dans I Blekinge and their project “One week Wonder” 2025

  • In connection to our performance, we offer a 3 hour workshop in your local area exploring weaving practices with yarn or materials of your choice. Our interest is to connect with local audiences by exploring local traditions when it comes to weaving and textile art. During the workshop, the participants will explore how weaving with hands or looms can be transferred to an improvisational play with movement of the body. The workshop is open to all ages as we wish to work intergenerational with weaving, storytelling and movement.

  • For contact with our producer or choreographer, please email us at: info@humansandsoil.com
    Instagram: @humansand    soil @marit.shirin