Sophie Melis, born in Liège in 1989 is a dan­cer, per­for­mer, slow lear­ner and diy mon­ster. She lives in Brussels and is a mem­ber of artist com­mons. Originally trai­ned in clas­si­cal bal­let, her work explo­res impro­vi­sa­ti­on, soci­al dan­cing, through the prac­ti­ce of Wallonian dan­ce, and is cen­te­red around community.

As a per­for­mer she took part in many pro­jects inclu­ding « Ne Mosquito Pas » by Simon Van Schuylenbergh and as a cho­re­o­grap­her for ​“une ten­ta­ti­ve presque com­me une autre” by Clément et Guillaume Papachristou. Some of her per­so­nal ende­a­vours inclu­de the par­ti­ci­pa­to­ry « Karaodance » (2021−2025) and « You can call me Page », a dura­ti­o­nal impro­vi­sed per­for­man­ce for a group (2018−2019)

After many years of one shot diy expe­ri­ments, she star­ted a dura­ti­o­nal research around Wallonian dan­ces, spe­ci­fi­cally from her regi­on of ori­gin in which she finds the con­ti­nuous inspi­ra­ti­on that brings her here today.