Sophie’s unique reservoir of experience has deeply impacted her personal creative process, namely inspired by working with some of the country’s wonderful dance innovators: Olivia C Davies, Santee Smith/Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, The Chimera Project Dance Theatre, Kaeja d'Dance, adelheid’s re:research, Carol Anderson, Yvonne Chartrand, Beany John and Jeanette Kotowich.

As a creator, Sophie is consistently nurturing and evolving an inventive voice as a multi-faceted storyteller.  Life-changing opportunities to choreograph with diverse ranges of movers continue exploding boundaries of her ongoing compositions and curiosities. Advocates and presenters of these ideas include: The National Arts Centre, PEC’s Flight Festival of Contemporary Dance, Raven Spirit Dance, Dance Victoria, Dance West Network, Native Earth Performing Arts (W36 Festival), Nozhem: First Peoples Performance Space, co. ERASGA, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Paprika Festival, Workman Arts, O.Dela Arts, Danceworks TO, WindDown Dances, Night/Shift (Citadel&Co), Buddies in Badtimes Theatre, Festival of Recorded Movement, Nightwood Theatre, Theatre Direct/Fixt Point Storytelling, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, BC Arts Council, the National Ballet of Canada and grand varieties of festivals, stages and outdoor sites.

Other specific highlights of Sophie’s Turtle Island touring journeys include choreographing and performing in the Fire Conclave at Burning Man and opening ceremonies of Shambhala Music Festival, presenting digital installations at imagineNATIVE Film & New Media Festival, and sharing movement workshops in many rural and urban school contexts throughout the mountains and prairies.