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Training Society Of Vancouver

LXCL:Working Class from 10am-11:30amContemporary Dance

Monday - November 16

Wednesday - November 18

Friday - November 20

CLASS DESCRIPTIONWorking from earth to sky, this 3-part class offers a birds eye view into my personalized movement practice. We&rsquo;ll move (and sweat!) through a fluent, synthesized progression informed by my past 15 years of study, obsession &amp; occasional certifications in (and not limited to):<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">traditional &amp; contemporary approaches to Indigenous Dance (Michif jigging, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, O.Dela Arts, V&rsquo;ni Dansi)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">embodied clown (Pochinko method)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">partnering / flight (Kaeja Elevations&trade; )</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">flow / fire (Ember Arts Fire Society)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">body/breath work (Skinner Releasing Techniques, PDTR, Breathwave, Traditional Nuad Boran style Thai Massage)</li></ul>BIOPrairie-born &amp; nurtured&nbsp;Sophie Dow is an interdisciplinary storyteller &amp; creator of live performance. Informed by a lifelong allegiance to dance, music, bodywork, circus, theatre, community collaboration, cross-continent land-based relations and her Red River Michif &amp; French/Ukrainian/German roots, Sophie&rsquo;s work investigates layers of the heart, masks &amp; home. Sophie presently fulfills roles as: artistic associate of O.Dela Arts/Matriarchs Uprising, The Chimera Project &amp; V&rsquo;ni Dansi/Louis Riel M&eacute;tis Dancers, fire spinner with Ember Arts Fire Society,&nbsp;a licensed practitioner of Traditional Thai Massage, a trained facilitator &amp; student of BreathWave,&nbsp;a freelance dancer/choreographer/musician/producer/clown and a puddle jumping trickster.<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.sophiedow.com/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">sophiedow.com</a> Photo Credits: Jimmy Deane ** If you are new to TSV, please read and fill our&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4ckig-uUADITS9N0IF8huEGIquclyfxZHvt5KQJwButAivA/viewform" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">TSV Consent &amp; Liability Form</a><p fr-original-style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91);"><span fr-original-style="color:rgb(117, 117, 117);font-family:Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit;" style="color:rgb(117, 117, 117);font-family:Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit;">**By purchasing a class, You hereby release to Training Society of Vancouver the rights to all photography and video recordings that may be taken during classes and workshops for promotional use.

CLASS DESCRIPTIONWorking from earth to sky, this 3-part class offers a birds eye view into my personalized movement practice. We’ll move (and sweat!) through a fluent, synthesized progression informed by my past 15 years of study, obsession &amp; occasional certifications in (and not limited to):<ul><li>traditional &amp; contemporary approaches to Indigenous Dance (Michif jigging, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, O.Dela Arts, V’ni Dansi)</li><li>embodied clown (Pochinko method)</li><li>partnering / flight (Kaeja Elevations™ )</li><li>flow / fire (Ember Arts Fire Society)</li><li>body/breath work (Skinner Releasing Techniques, PDTR, Breathwave, Traditional Nuad Boran style Thai Massage)</li></ul>BIOPrairie-born &amp; nurtured Sophie Dow is an interdisciplinary storyteller &amp; creator of live performance. Informed by a lifelong allegiance to dance, music, bodywork, circus, theatre, community collaboration, cross-continent land-based relations and her Red River Michif &amp; French/Ukrainian/German roots, Sophie’s work investigates layers of the heart, masks &amp; home. Sophie presently fulfills roles as: artistic associate of O.Dela Arts/Matriarchs Uprising, The Chimera Project &amp; V’ni Dansi/Louis Riel Métis Dancers, fire spinner with Ember Arts Fire Society, a licensed practitioner of Traditional Thai Massage, a trained facilitator &amp; student of BreathWave, a freelance dancer/choreographer/musician/producer/clown and a puddle jumping trickster.<a href="https://www.sophiedow.com/" target="_blank">sophiedow.com</a> Photo Credits: Jimmy Deane ** If you are new to TSV, please read and fill our <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4ckig-uUADITS9N0IF8huEGIquclyfxZHvt5KQJwButAivA/viewform" target="_blank">TSV Consent &amp; Liability Form</a>**By purchasing a class, You hereby release to Training Society of Vancouver the rights to all photography and video recordings that may be taken during classes and workshops for promotional use.

Training Society Of Vancouver

Working Class with Sophie Dow - November 16/18/20

The Dance Centre

Monday - November 16

$15

Wednesday - November 18

$15

Friday - November 20

$15

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