Life Goes On by Sophia West | Young Artists Program
Date and Time
- Fri, Jun 12, 2026 - Sat, Jun 13, 2026 7pm
Location
836M
836 Montgomery St
Details
Join 836M to welcome Sophia West, a choreographer who created an original piece during her residency as part of our Young Artist Program. Sophia West, an undergraduate at the University of California-Berkeley, grew up dancing ballet, contemporary and jazz from the age of three. Her original choreography has been performed by students at San Francisco Youth Ballet Academy summer intensives and George Washington High School in San Francisco.
For her residency at 836M, she is partnering with four dancers in a program exploring the ancient proverb, “The only constant in life is change.” The double bill includes an adaptation of a recent work originally performed at City College of San Francisco plus a new work titled Life Goes On. West’s collaborators are Polina Bortok, Catherine Daguman, Julia Lafuente and Erin Ritchie.
About the Young Artists Program
The Young Artist Program is a two-week, hands-on summer program for college-level artists and recent graduates (ages 18+) based in the San Francisco Bay Area. This short-term offering functions as a creative lab where early-career artists can explore format, materials, and presentation while gaining real-world experience in exhibition-making. Participants will conceptualize, prepare, and install a public-facing exhibition in a collaborative and supportive environment.
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