EM PAPINEAU + SOFIA ENGELMAN // dance and performance
Image Description: Em is seen from their shoulders up, facing forward, looking at the camera. Their brown hair is down, falling just above their shoulders with one strand falling slightly in front of the right side of their face. Em is wearing a black long sleeve shirt. There are tall trees and a blue sky in the background, with white snow covering the ground.
Image Description: Sofia is seen in profile from their shoulders upward, with their head turned over their left shoulder, looking at the camera. Her reddish brown curly hair is down, resting just above her shoulders. Sofia has two nose piercings and is wearing a black top with thick spaghetti straps. There are tall trees and a blue sky in the background, with white snow covering the ground.
Upcoming // Current
Past
2021
Sunday, October 17th at 4:30pm
GRIEF CAROUSEL (in-progress, collaboration with Albert Mathias)
plus works by Jasmine Hearn, Jessie Young, and Anh Vo
freeskewl OUTSIDE // Performance
Brooklyn, NY
*free
Friday, October 22nd at 6:45pm
GRIEF CAROUSEL (in-progress, collaboration with Albert Mathias)
MOtiVE Brooklyn Gala at The DUMBO Archway
Brooklyn, NY
2021
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
Festival of Us
Cambridge, MA
2020
Saturday, December 19
On The House
freeskewl Teaching Artists Performance
(Virtual)
Tuesday, November 10
Open Performance
(Virtual)
Wednesday, October 28
POP-UP Practice (class)
(Virtual)
Thursday, October 29
Virtual International Arts Festival
Mark DeGarmo Dance Virtual Salon Performance Series (Emerging Dance from the U.S.)
(Virtual)
Saturday, September 5
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