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Sophia

  • SOPHIA
    Sophia Wekesa is a dancer,
    a dj and an actor from Helsinki.
    She has concentrated in the dancehall
    dance and culture for the past 12 years
    and is a member of The Bubblin' Crew.
    Sophia is also a founding member and
    the leader of the MNT Company.
    In the works of the group she has studied,
    what is to perform with the marginalized
    bodies after the marginal narrative and
    how to build a feminist working process
    in the feminist performances. Sophia
    teaches dance in the Bubblin' Moves
    collective and at Saiffa Dance School.
    She has also lectured for the students
    in the Dance Bacholor’s Program at
    The University of the Arts Helsinki.
    Sophia has lectured about antiracist
    tools as a part of dance together
    with Sade ry and also for the students
    of Åsa folkhögskolan street dance
    program in Sweden.

    Photos Caroline Suinner
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