Flyaway Welcomes New Dancers
Jhia and Saharla
We welcome Jhia Jackson and Saharla Vetch to the company, to collaborate with long time Flyaway dancers Sonsherée Giles, MaryStarr Hope, and Megan Lowe, on the creation of Apparatus of Repair, Part 3 of The Decarceration Trilogy, premiering September 2022.
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Jhia Louise Jackson (she/they) is a movement-based scholar artist who regularly engages in interdisciplinary projects. She has worked with artists such as 13th Floor Dance Theater, Alexandra Pirici, Joya Powell/Movement of the People Dance Company, RAWdance, Cally Spooner, Kim Epifano/Epiphany Dance Theater, dNaga Dance, and Octavia Rose Projects. As the founder of j.habitus and a current doctoral student in Sociology at UCSF, they create visceral explorations and presentations of topics drawn from their scholastic and community-based work. Visit www.jhiajackson.com to learn more about her.
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Saharla Vetsch (she/her) is a Somali American independent dance/drag artist born and raised in Minnesota. Now residing in the Bay Area, Saharla has earned a degree in Performing Arts and Social Justice with a concentration in dance from the University of San Francisco. Her work centers intersecting identities and how they relate to one another. Her drag persona Major Hammy seeks to spread joy and love by being the life of the party, and bringing the freedom of self expression he experiences through dance to others. Saharla was recently a collaborating artist in Detour Dance's "WORK MORE! 9" and participated in their "Up On High" film series. She has also performed with Joe Goode Performance Group in "Time of Change". Currently she is a RAWdance Radiate fellow. | 
