A new residency begins this season inviting youth to work with the Roundhouse’s powerhouse creative team of dancers Sophia Sosa, Marco Esccer and textile artist Karen Thảo La. The Art in Motion is designed to challenge preconceived notions of what creativity is and introduces youth to the intermingling of several creative practices including hip hop dance, group choreography and moving sculpture. The project continues through 2026 allowing youth to build a palette of expressive tools to build a collective work to be presented at the Roundhouse for BC Youth Week in May 2026.
Karen Thảo La is a Vietnamese-Canadian multidisciplinary artist and cultural worker who lives,
plays, and works between two cultures.
Marco Esccer (he/him) is a queer Mexican dance artist, choreographer, emerging writer, and Dance Movement Therapist. As a facilitator, he leads inclusive,
trauma-informed workshops that blend movement, writing, and storytelling to foster expression, connection, and healing through an interdisciplinary and community-rooted approach.
Sophia Sosa is a Filipina passionate interdisciplinary artist, locally known as one of the most reliable
sources for Hip Hop dance in Vancouver. She is also the founder and vice president of Barangay
Project Society that provides free arts mentorship, dance workshops, and gatherings that connect to
BIPOC and LGBTQ2S youths, immigrants, at-risk youths, and refugees.