Artist Bio 

Sophie Gargan is a contemporary dance artist from Taranaki, Aotearoa. Gargan is fascinated by the dancing body and the ever evolving contexts in which it can exist as a vessel of exploration, connectivity and discovery. She likes to experiment with the way her formal training can be abandoned and rediscovered in new modes, e.g performance art, sculpture, film, sound and writing. 

Choreography/Creation/Performance

When did you stop laughing - ‘Contact High’, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne (2023)

Fat Dream - PlayStation Gallery, Wellington (2021)

The World is Bleeding - Experimental Dance Week Aotearoa, Auckland (2019)

Performance 

“24.01.23 - 25.01.23” by Gabriella Imrichova - Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne (2023)

HERD by Jo Lloyd - Substation, Melbourne (2022)

COLLISION by Jo Lloyd - Tasdance, Tasmania (2022)

M4C by Gabriella Imrichova - Blindside Gallery, Melbourne (2022)

Oh how my soul flares up in a minute! by Jenni Large - Tomorrow Makers, DanceNorth, Townsville (2019)

The Dark Light by Alexa Wilson - Footnote, Wellington (2018)

Creative Assist

What They Said by Jo Lloyd - New Zealand Dance Company, Auckland (2022)

And Here We Are by Mason Kelly - Dancenorth, Townsville (2019)

Publications

Onwards and upwards - Te Ao Live: Experimental Dance Aotearoa NZ in the Early 21st Century 

(2019) 

Residencies

Dancement with Andrew Trealor, supported by LGI Make A Start Programme, Melbourne (2023)