Sophie Dow

Treaty 1-born Sophie Dow is a multidisciplinary creative inspired by dance, music, film, collaboration and Métis-Assiniboine + settler/stranger 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. Sophie presently fulfills roles as: creative director of PEC’s Flight Festival, artistic associate of O.Dela Arts & Chimera Dance Theatre, fire spinner with Ember Arts Fire Society, musician with The Honeycomb Flyers, a licensed practitioner of Traditional Thai Massage, a student of BreathWave, a free lance dancer/choreographer/sound designer and a puddle jumping trickster.

Image description: Sophie is depicted in profile and in shadow holding two lit torches (poi). Their body is lit by firelight and they are gazing down into the fire.

Photo: James Deane