EM PAPINEAU + SOFIA ENGELMAN // dance and performance
Image Description: Em Papineau stands in the foreground of the image. Em is wearing a mesh black, elbow-length shirt under a black velvet ribbed dress. Em's hair is placed on top of Em's head with a coral-coloured hair clip. Em is looking to the right as Em's right arm is outstretched holding a fist, and Em's left arm is holding Em's chin. Photo by Kathryn Butler
Image Description: Sofia Engelman stands in the foreground of the image. Sofia is wearing a black, long-sleeve turtle neck top. Sofia's dark brown hair is tied back. Sofia's hands are clasped together at sternum level and Sofia is mid-lip flutter. Sofia's focus is to the left of the image. Photo by Kathryn Butler
Upcoming
Past
2024
Friday, April 12 + Saturday, April 13
Sofia performs in work by David Appel
Queens, NY
Saturday, March 9
If so, was it good? (with Lindsey Jennings)
shared bill alongside Angie Hauser & Chloe London and Jenna Riegel
School for Contemporary Dance & Thought
Northampton, MA
*Also, taught a community workshop and set work on 26 teen dancers of SCDT's Hatchery company.
Sunday, February 11
Em performs BEAR by Claudia-Lynn Rightmire and Simon Thomas-Train
Queens, NY
2023
Tuesday, October 17th
till Death and a Day (in process)
Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, September 28th
till Death and a Day (in process) and
If so, was it good? (with Delaney McDonough + Lindsey Jennings)
New York, NY
Thursday, July 27th and Friday, July 28th
GRIEF CAROUSEL // revival
Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center (280 Broadway)
New York, NY
June 12th-25th
Monira Foundation Performance Residency
Mana Contemporary
Jersey City, NJ
Sunday, April 9th + Wednesday, April 12th
If so, was it good?
a new work w/ Delaney McDonough + Lindsey Jennings
?!:New Works! Festival (formerly The Exponential Festival)
The Brick Theater
Brooklyn, NY
January 26th-28th
GRIEF CAROUSEL // revival
Salem State University Dance Film Festival
Sophia Gordon Center for the Performing Arts and on Vimeo
Salem, MA and online
2022
Sunday, November 13th
Sofia speaking on 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering Panel
WeisAcres
New York, NY
October 31st-November 4th
Residency and Guest Teaching
Bar Harbor, ME
Aug 21st - Sep 4th
Rootstock Residency
Horton Bay, MI
Aug 14th-18th
Monira Foundation Performance Residency
Mana Contemporary
Jersey City, NJ
July 3rd - 9th
Sky Hill Farm Studio Residency
New Woodstock, NY
*Friday, July 8th class and open rehearsal
Friday, June 17th
work in progress (performance)
BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
Bronx, NY
Sunday, June 5th
work in progress (performance)
Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, May 15th
work in progress (performance)
freeskewl OUTSIDE // Performance
Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, May 1st
work in progress (performance)
New York, NY
Saturday, March 26th
work in progress (performance)
BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
Bronx, NY
Friday, January 21st
Arts On Site Performance
alongside ChristinaNoel and The Creature
New York, NY
2021
Friday, October 22nd
GRIEF CAROUSEL (in-progress, collaboration with Albert Mathias)
MOtiVE Brooklyn Gala at The DUMBO Archway
Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, October 17th
GRIEF CAROUSEL (in-progress, collaboration with Albert Mathias)
plus works by Jasmine Hearn, Jessie Young, and Anh Vo
freeskewl OUTSIDE // Performance
Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, July 1 - Saturday, July 31
ORIGIN | SOURCE
screendance and interview available for streaming via
Proteo Media's Post/Future Festival
(Virtual)
Saturday, July 23
GRIEF CAROUSEL (early draft)
Festival of Us
Cambridge, MA
2020
Saturday, December 19
INSTANT SAVIORS (just add water)
On The House
freeskewl Teaching Artists Performance
(Virtual)
Tuesday, November 10
INSTANT SAVIORS (just add water)
Open Performance
(Virtual)
Wednesday, October 28
POP-UP Practice (class)
(Virtual)
Thursday, October 29
INSTANT SAVIORS (just add water)
Virtual International Arts Festival
Mark DeGarmo Dance Virtual Salon Performance Series
(Virtual)
Saturday, September 5
Sweet Relish (screendance)
Queer Spectra
Salt Lake City, UT
*online due to COVID-19
Thursday, June 18
INSTANT SAVIORS (how stars are made//revival) (excerpt)
Dancing Queerly
OBERON
Cambridge, MA
*cancelled due to COVID-19
Sunday, May 31
INSTANT SAVIORS (how stars are made//revival) (excerpt)
DRESSED|UNDRESSED
The Floor on Atlantic
Brooklyn, NY
*cancelled due to COVID-19
Friday, March 27
INSTANT SAVIORS (how stars are made//revival) (excerpt)
Tufts University
Medford, MA
*cancelled due to COVID-19
Monday, March 16
Choreography Workshop (aMasSSIT Mentoring Lab)
The Dance Complex
Cambridge, MA
*cancelled due to COVID-19
Friday + Saturday, February 28 + 29
INSTANT SAVIORS (how stars are made//revival)
SCDT Artists in Residence Performance
School for Contemporary Dance and Thought
Northampton, MA
**this performance is supported in part by a grant from the Northampton Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency
January 17, 18, 24 + 31
INSTANT SAVIORS (how stars are made//revival)
CATALYSTS Performances
Cambridge, MA
2019
Thursday, December 26-Tuesday, December 31
Rehearsals, Workshops, and Showings at Winter Wonder Dance Festival
Cambridge, MA
Saturday, November 9
INSTANT SAVIORS (how stars are made//revival) + a group score
FeedBackLoops (performances with Kathleen Hermesdorf and dancers)
School for Contemporary Dance and Thought
Northampton, MA
Saturday-Sunday, September 14-15
Ten Tiny Dances
Cambridge, MA
Saturday, August 24
10Forward/The Root Cellar
Greenfield, MA
Friday, July 12
Preparations for Being Our Best Selves
DIVE!
Easthampton, MA
Friday + Saturday, June 28 + 29
INSTANT SAVIORS (just add water)
The Dance Complex
Cambridge, MA
Saturday, June 29
Dance Curious Class
(a sampler w/ Em + Sof plus hip hop, vogue, and ballet)
The Dance Complex
Cambridge, MA
Saturday, June 29
Dancing & Speaking Queerly: A Community Conversation
The Dance Complex
Cambridge, MA
Sunday, June 23
INSTANT SAVIORS (just add water) and Preparations for Being Our Best Selves
Festival of Us, You, We & Them
The Dance Complex
Cambridge, MA
Thursday + Saturday, April 25 + 27
INSTANT SAVIORS (just add water)
Providence Movement Festival
AS220
Providence, RI
Thursday-Saturday, April 11-13
INSTANT SAVIORS (just add water)
Senior Dance Concert
Smith College's Hallie Flanagan Theater
Northampton, MA
Saturday, April 6
INSTANT SAVIORS (just add water)
HUT XXIII
School for Contemporary Dance and Thought
Northampton, MA
Saturday, April 6
Contemporary Lab (master class)
School for Contemporary Dance and Thought
Northampton, MA
Saturday + Sunday, March 23 + 24
INSTANT SAVIORS (just add water)
Women in Motion at EstroGenius Festival, curated by Katy Pyle
Kraine Theater
New York, NY
Friday, February 15
Preparations for Being Our Best Selves: an installation
SCDT Gala Fundraiser Celebration
School for Contemporary Dance and Thought/Studio 4
Northampton, MA
Tuesday, January 8
INSTANT SAVIORS (just add water)
FRESH Festival: RIPE [raw + intimate performance experiments]
Project Artaud's Space 124
San Francisco, CA
2018
Thursday-Saturday, November 29-December 1
I Don't Know - It Does a duet choreographed by Michael Figueroa
All By Myself, an evening by Ruckus Dance
Arts at the Armory
Somerville, MA
Monday, October 8
Things That Are: for two
Movement Research at the Judson Church
New York, NY
Friday, June 8
Where the air is light and clear
National College Dance Festival
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
Sunday, March 18
Moving Target Portland (master class)
The Living Room
Portland, ME
Saturday, March 17
Where the air is light and clear
Artist-in-Residence Showing
The Living Room
Portland, ME
Friday, March 16
Trash Hats
Kaleidoscope: An Evening of Performance
The Living Room
Portland, ME
Friday, March 9
Where the air is light and clear and Trash Hats
Fresh Dance Fridays
Green Street Studios
Cambridge, MA
2024
Saturday, June 8
If so, was it good? (with Delaney McDonough + Lindsey Jennings)
Center for Performance Research
Brooklyn, NY
7:30pm
Thursday, September 5 + Saturday, September 7
New short duet TBA!
New York, NY
7pm