Sophie Dow

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.

Photo: Audrianna Martin Del Campo