https://sophiatweedahmad.com sophia tweed ahmad Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:18:43 +0000 https://sophiatweedahmad.com en https://sophiatweedahmad.com/Page-1-1 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:18:42 +0000 sophia tweed ahmad https://sophiatweedahmad.com/Page-1-1 <img width="1376" height="826" width_o="1376" height_o="826" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cabd5bab72e5d2132756abae1183c25f2c4b10f88151eb1f8bb4dd63453507a1/image000002.jpg" data-mid="251321209" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cabd5bab72e5d2132756abae1183c25f2c4b10f88151eb1f8bb4dd63453507a1/image000002.jpg" /> photography by hannah krafcik <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b50b9b46872a535a337801ae2e1137b9e8513cb154ee96d5f352a44a3a250704/SophiaAda-PhotoDigital-020.jpg" data-mid="251321227" border="0" 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height="5213" width_o="7952" height_o="5213" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97596b44b0a12768b688ecf605d09cdcb747e4396384727cab44279c326e9461/DSC09974.jpg" data-mid="251327969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97596b44b0a12768b688ecf605d09cdcb747e4396384727cab44279c326e9461/DSC09974.jpg" /> <img width="6307" height="5304" width_o="6307" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd9297f8ba21baaf50d35fe9c202d1f1ebebe3df6a5a70b11a0abd3d8a19a620/DSC00587.jpg" data-mid="251322109" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd9297f8ba21baaf50d35fe9c202d1f1ebebe3df6a5a70b11a0abd3d8a19a620/DSC00587.jpg" /> <img width="7952" height="5304" width_o="7952" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0485c82007cb868ea34ffd1ae37b1050953bae705544456c6328c426965c1877/DSC00534-2.jpg" data-mid="251323481" border="0" 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A dance work by Sophia Tweed Ahmad in collaboration with Musician Didi Wyss. This story began to gestate during my Emergent Artist Residency at Centrum this past October. Spending time with the Salish Sea and all the creatures, specifically a great blue heron that flew around me and perched onto a nearby pier, their ethereal magic captured me. That experience has evolved into this story about my life, with a strong presence of Saturnial energy as I close my Saturn Return. The gold kurta the character Elder wears was altered by my grandmother Nasra, the heron’s wings and cardamom shirt are my creations. Woven into the soundscapes are piano fragments I composed, alongside recordings of my dad’s voice &amp; my own. The acoustic song is an original composition of mine initially written in Spanish, the lyrics have been translated into Urdu with the help of the Phupho and set to a new melody, reworked in collaboration with sound artist Didi Wyss. roots transplanted overtime,names slowly shifted to fit in the mouth of english,Assalam o Alaikum,remember us,sophia tvedt sanori,great granddaughter of stargazers &amp; land tenders,remember our prayers in song,our medicine, cardamom &amp; fennel, Assalam o Alaikum,remember the curves in the land of five rivers,&nbsp; hot afternoons, chai, chai &amp; more chai,Assalam o Alaikum,piano fingers,dewy mist from the sea, re member ~ sophia tweed ahmad Shaking the Tree Theatre&nbsp; Open Space Residency ///// July 2026 &nbsp;40 min&nbsp; https://sophiatweedahmad.com/inseparables-duet Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:18:43 +0000 sophia tweed ahmad https://sophiatweedahmad.com/inseparables-duet <img width="1210" height="807" width_o="1210" height_o="807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abbb45b57df2eb9c1f7e8e943c6d2e79c6243e6e9045d59d91327031e598f4b0/250626-Alembic-48.jpg" data-mid="251326319" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/abbb45b57df2eb9c1f7e8e943c6d2e79c6243e6e9045d59d91327031e598f4b0/250626-Alembic-48.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; photography by chelsea petrakisInseparables (Duet)&nbsp; Tuning fragmented identities, bloodlines &amp; roots, Sophia &amp; Ashi offer this prayer of recall through sound rituals &amp; dreamscapes. Performance Works NW&nbsp; Alembic Residency&nbsp; Oct - June 2025&nbsp;32 min&nbsp;&nbsp; https://sophiatweedahmad.com/inseparables-solo Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:18:43 +0000 sophia tweed ahmad https://sophiatweedahmad.com/inseparables-solo <img width="1717" height="1178" width_o="1717" height_o="1178" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19ad0259429502b5c04f7ce8f113164085e487f81a699f2e60161e29f8ca2e09/IMG_1756.jpeg" data-mid="251326497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19ad0259429502b5c04f7ce8f113164085e487f81a699f2e60161e29f8ca2e09/IMG_1756.jpeg" /> <img width="1386" height="720" width_o="1386" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/208dc046ec9b437eb2331376b86fa4c6663bc0a7efbf007a67c1a70595d42c1a/Screenshot-2026-08-17-at-2.14.11-PM.png" data-mid="251326669" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/208dc046ec9b437eb2331376b86fa4c6663bc0a7efbf007a67c1a70595d42c1a/Screenshot-2026-08-17-at-2.14.11-PM.png" /> Inseparables&nbsp; is an interdisciplinary solo performance expressed through the body &amp; voice. This creation is rooted in dialogue with receiving knowledge through dreaming, contemplating her lineage of diasporic movement from pakistan &amp; ushering a resurgence of self-identification. Ritualized through a personal mantra, the voice bathes the public with the intent of catharsis &amp; communion. &nbsp; &nbsp;Nun Art&nbsp; &nbsp;Strip Art Festival&nbsp; &nbsp;Choreoscope Dance Film Festival&nbsp; &nbsp;Espai Jove Boca Nord &nbsp;25 mins https://sophiatweedahmad.com/links Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:18:43 +0000 sophia tweed ahmad https://sophiatweedahmad.com/links &nbsp; Choreographic Work ••• Of Feather and Bone GOOD GAME Inseparables (Duet) Inseparables Experiments in Sleepflight&nbsp; Did you think you were alone? &nbsp; Past Residencies •••&nbsp; Shaking the Tree Theatre — Portland, ORCentrum Residency — Port Townsend, WA Performance Works NW&nbsp; — Portland, OR &nbsp; Paleohori — Lefkada, GRAFAB en Gràcia x Laila Nabulsi — &nbsp;Barcelona, ESMovimiento Factory&nbsp; — &nbsp;Barcelona, ESATAEC x Tèxtil Rase Fàbrica de Cultura — Cardedeu, ESNew Expressive Works &nbsp;— Portland, ORShaun Keylock Dance — Portland, OR