​Sofia Bengoa

Sofia was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and grew up in Miami, FL. She received her early dance training at Heidi and Joe Melchiona's Dance Center. Sofia attended Brown University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in community health. After graduating, she completed the master’s degree program in clinical psychology at Columbia University’s Teachers College and is currently a master’s in public health student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. While at Brown, she danced in works by Carol Abizaid, Julie Strandberg, William Forsythe repertoire, and performed with MEZCLA, Brown’s Latin dance company and Badmaash, Brown's South Asian Fusion dance team. 
After moving to NYC, Sofia trained extensively in ballet, jazz, contemporary, and latin fusion. Recent performance credits include WAXworks/Triskelion Arts, OFFLINE Thrive/Nimbus Dance, Jazz Choreography Enterprises, VasthiDance Theater, Booking Dance Festival/Jazz at Lincoln Center. In NYC, she's had the pleasure of working with Tracie Stanfield (Brooklyn Dance Festival Company, SynthesisTOO), Paul Brown-Lombardi, Cristal Del Mar Lopez, Michelle Barber, Ashle Dawson, and Julie Carter among others. Sofia assists Eric Campros in his Contemporary Jazz classes at Broadway Dance Center and has assisted Michelle Barber in private master classes. 



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