Jillat offers Sámi youth a space to imagine and create on their own terms. It’s not just about preserving the past – it’s about building the future.

Inauguration of Jillat, the Sami Dance Center

When talking to one of our new partners for residencies we were told that our floor solution was "a political statement". We never...

In a cooperation with Harlequin in Luxemburg, TS Service and Tengbom in Luleå and Kelia AB in Harads we are now making the first test...

Finally we settled on a name for our new Sami Dance Center. The name will be Jillat! It's a word in lulesami language and has the...

Are you also curious about what will happen in the new Sami dance center and want to get a video tour of the house? We made a short video...

After a full program the week continued into the weekend and another panel discussion. Invited by our partner in the business, Elle Sofe...

The founder of the worlds first Sami Dance Center, Liv Aira, was invited for a panel discussion and for a 30 minutes long presentation of...

Lecturer: Kristina Sehlin MacNeil, docent in Sami studies and deputy director of Várdduo, the center for Sami research at Umeå University...

Today we had a meeting with our insurance company Länsförsäkringar Norrbotten and their insurance advisor Maria Jakobsson. We had a lunch...

An empty museum building in Vuollerim in Norrbotten is to become the world's first Sami dance center. The initiator Liv Aira describes...

An unused museum building in Vuollerim in Norrbotten will become a center for Sami dance. The initiator is the dancer Liv Aira, who sees...

Kulturbryggan has granted SEK 3.6 million to start a Sami dance center in Vuollerim, outside Jokkmokk. It will be the first of its kind...

We met Agnes Otterbech from Mathantverket in Vuollerim in the frosty wednesday morning the 20th of december and we were greeted with...

To ensure that all interested will fit during this event we recommend that you book a ticket, for free of course. Coffey and something...

Today we had a meeting on site with Anders Hallman, Evelina Gothed and Anders Marttala from Schneider Electric to brainstorm about the...

Peter Häggmark, Regional manager North at Tengbom Architechts in Luleå who had a small part in the initial project of drawing the house...

Anna Björk from Riksteatern Norrbotten, Fredrika Johansson from the cultural centre Ebeneser in Luleå and Marie Wårell from...

Now Liv Aira takes the next step on the Sami dance scene. With support from the municipality of Jokkmokk, a welcome from the villagers in...

To further establish the role of the Sami Dance Center in the years to come we invited the head of culture in region Norrbotten, Sweden,...