Sarah Aviaja Hammeken was born in Copenhagen, with Danish and Greenlandic roots. She’s the choreographer and artistic director of AVIAJA Dance.
Sarah graduated from The Ballet Academy in Stockholm and has been a part of Compagnia Zappalà Danza’s youth company CZD2, where she also created the piece Noi Siamo.
She debuted with her first full evening performance, From Ice To Steam, in 2016.
Adjacent to her work on stage, Sarah has choreographed several short films including Direction(s) and HEAT, which have been shown at dance film festivals around the world.
As a dancer she has worked with choreographers like Ilenia Romano, Milan Tomášik, Roberto Zappalà, Israel Aloni and Lee Brummer (ilDance) and Lava Markusson among others.