Sara Jordan
Choreographer · Director · Cinematographer
Sara Jordan is a Danish choreographer, director, and cinematographer working at the intersection of movement, image, and identity. Her artistic language is rooted in street dance styles such as hip hop and house, woven with African-American cultural influences and shaped by a minimalist choreographic aesthetic.
She is an all-round dancer, but her first love has always been old school hip hop foundations and house dance. Starting out in the freestyle and battle communities across Europe, Sara began her journey in 1998 in Copenhagen and has since lived and worked as a dancer in both Los Angeles and London.
Through her work, Sara explores the body as a living archive — a space where memory, resistance, and transformation meet. She creates layered, visually striking performances and films that merge choreography, cinematic storytelling, and poetic expression. Whether on stage, on screen, or in urban spaces, her work challenges how we perceive dance — not just as form, but as voice.
Since 2007, her work has been presented both nationally and internationally — including at the Shanghai International Arts Festival, Battle of the Year (Germany), B-Boy Hodown (Houston), Cinemateket (Copenhagen), Copenhagen DOC´S, Momentum (Odense), Bora Bora (Aarhus), and Dansehallerne (Copenhagen). Her films have received multiple awards, including Best Documentary at Chroma International Film Festival and Art Blocks International Film Festival, and have been screened at Helsinki Education Film Festival International, Stockholm City Film Festival, and the African Human Rights Film Festival. Her visual work has also been featured in Papermagazine (NYC).
Sara is the founder and artistic director of Detour Dance Festival — Denmark’s largest international platform for Black performance within Street and Club Dance. Since 2012, Detour has served as a vital stage for bold, genre-defying dance, presented in venues across Denmark and abroad, including Roskilde Festival and Blaagaard Teater. The festival works to expand visibility, access, and appreciation for Street and Club Dance as a powerful and evolving art form.
At the heart of Sara’s practice is a belief in dance as a tool for storytelling, community, and transformation. Her work invites audiences to feel, think, and move differently.
Contact: Mail@sarajordan.dk