Sophia (she/her/hers) is a queer, Japanese-Canadian independent artist whose practice is ever-changing. She holds an MA in Screendance from the London Contemporary Dance School, and is the founding Artistic Director of F-O-R-M (Festival Of Recorded Movement).
Through completing her MA, she became interested in making work that challenges and slows our attention, and uses film and dance to invite connection and empathy towards the bodies we witness on screen, as well as invite sensation within the bodies of those witnessing.
Her dance practice has led her to performing and touring internationally with companies and independent choreographers such as Company 605, Co-Erasga, Chick Snipper, Cindy Mochizuki, Lisa Mariko Gelley, Kelly McInnes, Antonio Somera, Zahra Shahab, The Only Animal and New World Theatre.
Sophia is also involved with videocan as a video archivist and on the research team which is an online archive of Canadian performance directed by Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim and has curated screenings for New Blue Dance Festival (Toronto), Vancouver Art Gallery, DOTE (Vancouver) and Body+Camera (Chicago).