Friday Shift

Her ancestry is Ktunaxa and Scottish/British Settler. She completed the Arts Umbrella Dance Diploma Program in 2018. She has worked as a guest artist with Ballet BC and an associate artist with Red Sky Performance. Samantha explored what aspects of her Ktunaxa culture, history, and traditional knowledge can be pulled into her choreography. She has presented works at Matriarchs Uprising by O.Dela Arts, and the Paprika Festival. 

She immigrated to Canada in 2017 from her native city and country Monterrey, México to pursue her dance studies. Sofía is a cis-gender, queer, white, Mexican, Latina woman, and carries these parts of her identity through her works by questioning and exploring social constructs and how they play on individual or interpersonal relationships. Sofia graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University’s The Creative School Dance Program in 2021, and was chosen for the Lipson Family Endowment Award for an Emerging Choreographer. 

Stuti continued her advanced dance training with Guru Kalakshetra Amarnath Ghosh. In 2019, Stuti performed at the Ottawa Arts Gallery for an emerging artist showcase commissioned by Canada Council for the Arts. She also performed at TEDx uOttawa and Parliament Hill events organized by senators. Stuti had the privilege to be a dance juror for the Ontario Arts council’s dance project 2020. Stuti was awarded a Fellowship in 2021 by Indian Raga dance productions, USA.