Thanks again to the amazing pirate combat troupe Shadow Players for inviting me and me mate Bella Bladelove to join in on the piratical fun at Riverfest!
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Thar's a treasure trove of piratical wares and decor for any size feast!
This knave killed the pet bilge rat and had to pay the price!
Unique Piratical Entertainment & Sword Perfomance Education
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Piratical Wares Available With Pirate Entertainment For Your Swashbucking Soiree
Pirates Table - A Buccaneer Ball Deserves a Well Dressed Table
Thar's a treasure trove of piratical wares and decor for any size feast!
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This knave killed the pet bilge rat and had to pay the price!
Mission Statement & About
Play With Dangerous Toys is on a mission to provide quality family friendly entertainment and performing arts education. As entertainment, Sophia Fairesword the Dancing Pirate and the wenches of Syren's Call dance with swords atop their heads delivering the feminine and frolicking side of Barbary Coast piracy. If the occasion calls for flame, Sophia will ignite one of her swords! In sword skills instructional sessions, the emphais is on safety and skill building.
Play With Dangerous Toys was founded in 2008 and has educated performing artists up and down the east coast. Sophia has performed in numerous events including the North Carolina Symphony event Pirates!, Wilmington's Pirate Invasion at Riverfest, Beaufort's Night in Tortuga fund raiser to benefit the Pirate Invasion, and Surf City's Dolphin Dip. She has also produced and performed in numerous cultural arts and fund raising events along the eastern seaboard.
Play With Dangerous Toys was founded in 2008 and has educated performing artists up and down the east coast. Sophia has performed in numerous events including the North Carolina Symphony event Pirates!, Wilmington's Pirate Invasion at Riverfest, Beaufort's Night in Tortuga fund raiser to benefit the Pirate Invasion, and Surf City's Dolphin Dip. She has also produced and performed in numerous cultural arts and fund raising events along the eastern seaboard.
Education
Sword skills technique-based instruction for crew/krewe or troupe sessions. Play With Dangerous Toys sword education is appropriate for pirates, LARPers, and belly dancers. Educational sessions offered in a variety of formats. Please contact Play With Dangerous Toys directly for detailed information on workshop offerings and rates.
Entertainment
Avast ye! Sophia Fairesword the Dancing Pirate, the wenches of Syren's Call, and a rogues gallery of scallywags and piratical performers at yar service to entertain at family friendly events. Lessons in pirate speak and lore available for children's events. Piratical wares available for rent with entertainment. Let us create the perfect pirate theme party for you! Whether it be The Barbary Coast or The Caribbean, the boarding party at yar event won't soon forget the piratical fun!
Play With Dangerous Toys Workshops Testimonials
This was one of the BEST workshops I've been to. So much fun and learned a lot. It has inspired our performance for the We Will Raq You show. --Wendy Konzelman
Thank you so much for being a HUGE part of Spectacular Spectacular! I love watching you teach! -- Amelia, Blue Fire Belly Dance and host of Spectacular Spectacular
Thank you so much for being a HUGE part of Spectacular Spectacular! I love watching you teach! -- Amelia, Blue Fire Belly Dance and host of Spectacular Spectacular
It was SUCH an honor to dance and teach and play with you at our Sensuality and the Sword workshop! Thank you for bringing your beautiful energy. -- Cybelle of Cybelle World Fusion
Curriculum Vitae
Sophia Fairesword holds a BA in Theatre with a minor in Classics and an MA in English Literature. She has studied performing arts at California's Dell Arte School of Physical Theatre and special effects makeup at California's prestigious Westmore Academy. She has over ten years' training in a variety of dance forms including European folkloric, the folkloric dances of Algeria and Tunisia, and Latin dance styles. She has worked with wigs and costumes for San Francisco Opera's touring company, as a makeup artist and stylist for television and print, and as a feature film makeup artist with credits including The Patriot, Cold Mountain, The Gift, Radio, Dawson's Creek, and much more. She has produced and performed in fund raising events to benefit a wide variety of charities including the Onslow Women's Center, Adopt an Angel No Kill Animal Shelter, the Mid Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League, The Triad Health Project, and Mile of Hope. She has also performed in a variety of piratical events along the eastern seaboard. On top of all this, she is a writer for a variety of national and international performing arts and entertainment publications and a college educator.