"SЮDA" is a dance performance that explores the club as a communal, uncanny embodied space – a place that is both a home and its opposite. Created as part of Sofia Martila's bachelor thesis in choreography, the work premiered in May 2026 at Kanuti Gildi SAAL and asks how bodily memories of home and of clubbing transform into movement material shared between dancers' bodies, and how a nightclub can hold intimacy and estrangement at the same time.

The title plays on the Estonian word "süda" (heart) and the Russian word "сюда" (here), swapping letters between the two, functioning as a nod to the Sofia's own fragmented identity and how it has shaped her memories and the way she perceives them. (The closest thing in english would be something like “he(re)art”)

At the heart of this research lies the idea of the "uncanny home" – a club that is never simply home's opposite, but its unstable double, familiar yet always slightly displaced. This autumn version continues working with that same core question – the collision of bodily memories of home and club, but now folds in an additional layer: the dancers also draw on their own bodily memories of performing "SЮDA" in May.

"Uncanny home" is the finest, most paradoxical pairing in the piece – one that lingers long in the mind. The ensemble's stylish, post-apocalyptic costumes and the seamless interplay of its technical and performative elements make for a resoundingly cohesive group achievement.

– Henri Hütt, reviewer

kelder это подвал куда вещи собираются
KODU(TU)
finding home in music

танцы под gypsy kings на кухне с мамой
groove too big stylus jumps
the walls can kiss but can’t make love

звонок домофона заставлял меня вздрагивать

living my best life принятие чужого контакта

овен kingitus 12:00–12:18 иду на остановку

лампочка перегорает в вытяжке
electricity and time manipulation voice crack from emotion

ракушка молитвы ветер япония merekohina telefon
receiver

i wish to dance like you
eelarve ja valgus küsida

Forte-piano
don’t ask permission ask forgiveness

süda

радиатор трещит на солнце 154 70 51
locked

groove

mine ära ja tule siia
minge ära ja tulge siia

mine ära
tule siia
mine

это мой первый авторский спектакль
или нет останься
если сможешь