Stéphanie Cyr, Sophie Dow, Olivia Shaffer; photo sharai mustatia
Sophie
Dow
Métis-Assiniboine
Feb 14–19, 2022
Online, On-demand video
parasol chapter x... meet character q. Overtaken by passion, lust and desires from the fullness of a life just lived, q circles through a purgatory system. A journey steeped in metaphoric memoirs, identity, historical inklings—preparing for death of body and era—symbolizing individual experience and hinting of a larger continental genocide.
credits
choreography, interpretation, text, sound design Sophie Dow
mentors Olivia C Davies, Cole Alvis
ancillary companion writer Robyn Grant-Moran
contributing mentors PJ Prudat, Julia Sasso
projections Connie Oreamuno & Fezz Stenton
videography, editing Vitantonio Spinelli
past collaborators Duan Parchment, Nic Szekely, Rebecca Trainor, Jaymee Turner
support Dance West Network, Raven Spirit Dance, Nightwood Theatre, O.Dela Arts
Winnipeg-born Sophie Dow is a multidisciplinary creative, inspired by dance, music, collaboration and Métis-Assiniboine + settler roots. An avid adventurer, Sophie has a passion for busking, yoga and traveling on top of holding a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography. With a unique list of credits deeply impacting personal process and vocabulary, Sophie has experienced the bounties of working with some of Turtle Island’s wonderful dance innovators, including Chimera Dance Theatre, Kaeja d'Dance and O.Dela Arts. In 2021/22, Sophie fulfills roles as: a creative director of FLIGHT: PEC’s Festival of Contemporary Dance; residency artist with NuSqool/KindePay, Dance West Network and Dance Victoria; musician with The Honeycomb Flyers and a licensed practitioner of Traditional Thai Massage.