Sophie Dow
Feb 17, 7pm
Live @ Scotiabank Dance Centre
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Ñswe niiminwinan (3 dances) w/ post-show artist talk
journals of adoption is a new solo in development. It's a sifting and movement through 2 journals of origin: one from my birthmother's pregnancy & process of offering me up; one from my adoptive mother's journey of receiving a child.
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performance, choreography, sound Sophie Dow
footage, projection Sophie Dow & Vitantonio Spinelli
Treaty 1-born Sophie Dow is a multidisciplinary creative, inspired by dance, music, film, collaboration and Métis-Assiniboine + French/Ukrainian roots. An avid adventurer, Sophie exudes passions for busking, yoga and traveling on top of holding a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from York University. Highlights of Sophie’s Turtle Island touring journeys include choreographing and performing at Burning Man and opening ceremonies of BC’s Shambhala Music Festival, presenting a digital installations at imagineNATIVE Film & New Media Festival, and sharing dance in many rural and urban school contexts throughout the mountains and prairies. Sophie presently fulfills roles as: a creative director of PEC’s Flight Festival, artistic associate of Chimera Dance Theatre & O.Dela Arts, musician with The Honeycomb Flyers, a licensed practitioner of Traditional Thai Massage, a student of BreathWave, a freelance dancer/choreographer/sound designer and a puddle jumping trickster.