SOFIA ENGELMAN is a dance maker, performer, editor, organizer, and facilitator based in Lenapehoking // Brooklyn, NY. I have presented solo works and collaborations with my life and creative partner Em Papineau at festivals including FRESH Festival, EstroGenius Festival, AS220's Providence Movement Festival, Queer Spectra, and Dancing Queerly Boston; music/DIY venues such as 10 Forward and Flywheel; and other spaces including Judson Church, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Arts On Site, BAAD, Ponderosa, The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, The Living Room, Green Street Studios, Institute for Contemporary Art/Boston, Harvard University, The Dance Complex, Ponderosa, and Smith College. I have had the honor of performing under the direction of Michael Figueroa, Alice Gosti, Kathleen Hermesdorf, and Tyler Rai and have held choreographic residencies at The Floor on Atlantic, Mana Contemporary, Green Street Studios, The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, MOtiVE Brooklyn, The Dance Complex, Denmark Arts Center, and Ponderosa. I hold a BA with highest honors in Dance from Smith College and I was a Director and Founder of freeskewl (2020-2022). I teach Pilates in Brooklyn. www.engelmanpapineaudance.com // www.queerbodypilates.com