Jija Sohn (https://www.jijasohn.com) is a Japanese- Korean artist based in Amsterdam. Before entering the Performing Arts field she had obtained a master in Applied Linguistics at Purdue University in the USA. 
 
In 2015 Jija graduated from the SNDO (School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam) and was selected for the Moving Forward Trajectory - residency project that supports the upcoming artists. During that process, she developed the production Geisha’s Miracle (2016). 
 
In 2017 she was awarded with the ‘3Package Deal’ by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst which enabled her to work on a slightly autobiographical piece, Kyabajo (2018). 
 
2019-2021, She was supported by DansBrabant in the frame of the talent development trajectory PLAN Brabant in collaboration with with Julia Reist, ARP-Art Research Production in Brussels and had an opportunity to re-think her practice from a fundamental base. She rerooted her practice in the principles of well being, care and the fullness of life. 
 
Since 2019, she has dedicated her work and practice to exploring human connections and relations which resulted in three community based projects - Lands of Concert 2019-21, Phantom Travels, 2021 and Landing on Feathers, 2020-23. Also she collaborated at the community building EU project, Performing Gender - Dancing In Your Shoes with Theaterfestival Boulevard in 2022-2023 www.performinggender.eu/theaterfestival- boulevard-tales-shared-embodied-heritage-of-mutual-history/ and another community based project, nosmosis that focuses on dance and dialogue in Tokyo 2024-2025. 
 
These projects have become her way to look inside into our human nature, recognising and embracing all our flaws and strengths, making them into an intimate portrait of how we are as people alone and together. 
 
She has worked with artistic institutional collaborators such as DansBrabant, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, de Brakke Grond, Kaaitheater, VIERNULVIER, Arts Center BUDA, Theaterfestival Boulevard, Dansateliers and Lavanderia A Vapore. 
 
Since 2023, she has been studying aqua bodyworks such as Watsu® (Shiatsu in water) and WaterDance and she is diving into water as a new environment for movement exploration and an artistic territory.