PROGRAMME
Sophia Rodríguez is a Venezuelan actress, dancer, fighter, circus artist, and teacher of stretching and physical preparation. Since 2001, she has been performing and teaching internationally, driven by a passion for sharing embodied knowledge across artistic and social contexts. Her versatility has led her to develop a wide range of projects around the world, building bridges between diverse disciplines and communities.
Sophia works with actors, dancers, fighters, circus artists, performers, and non-professionals alike. She specialises in creating connections between people from different backgrounds through movement and performance.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Theatre from the National Theatre of Venezuela’s Educational Programme (2000), and a diploma in Dance/Performance from the Universidad Experimental de las Artes in Caracas (2008). She studied tightrope walking at Cuba’s National Circus School and practised Capoeira under Emerson Dominguez. In 2010, she took part in David Zambrano’s 50 Days Flying Low and Passing Through in Costa Rica, and has since gone on to teach his techniques in various international contexts.
In 2014, Sophia completed a Master’s degree in Physical Theatre at the Scuola Teatro Dimitri in Switzerland, where she was awarded Best Actress at the Sétkani Festival (Czech Republic). She was also a danceWEB scholar at ImPulsTanz Vienna in 2013 – the same year she began a long-standing artistic residency at Volksroom in Brussels.
As a creator, she has authored numerous performances in collaboration with artists such as Ines Rojas, Nene Raul Vargas, Thomas Proksch, Ivo Dimchev, and Micha Goldberg. She has performed in works by choreographers including David Zambrano, Osmany Tellez, Sabine Jamet, and Mat Voorter. Her creative partnership with Micha Goldberg, begun in 2012, has resulted in several productions, including I am Your Eva, The Primal Money Scream Project, The Garden Laboratorium, and You and Me – How Hot Can It Be.
In 2017, she performed in Autoctonos by Ayelen Parolin at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts. During 2018/2019, she took part in Amateur Theatre for Professionals by Micha Goldberg and toured globally with (B) by Koen Augustijnen and Rosalba Torres Guerrero.
In 2019, Sophia premiered her solo My Nature at Syndikate Festival (Ljubljana) and Tictac Art Centre (Brussels), followed by Ostentation, which was shown at Beursschouwburg (Brussels) and at ImPulsTanz Vienna as part of the [8:tension] series.
Between 2020 and 2023, she collaborated with Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe, performing in A Revue and choreographing Madrigal – works which were presented widely across Europe and received multiple accolades. During the same period, she also collaborated with Simon van Schuyverbergh as a performer in Ne Mosquito Pas. Most recently, Sophia premiered her latest piece, Friction, at Toneelhuis.
2024
