Sonya Tayeh

Sonya Tayeh
graduated with a B.F.A. in dance from Wayne State University and has since gone
on to win many accolades for her choreography, including the Lucille Lortel
award and the Obie award for her work on David Henry Hwang's "Kung
Fu", for which she also received a Drama Desk nomination. An
Emmy-nominee from FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, Sonya has also
created works for Madonna, Florence and the Machine, Kylie Minogue, and Miley
Cyrus. Stage credits include: Martha Graham Dance Company/LamentationVariation (Joyce
Theatre); Kung Fu (Signature Theatre); The Last
Goodbye (Old Globe, Williamstown); Spring Awakening (San
Jose Repertory Theatre); Walk for Water (Cirque du
Soleil); WAVE, NEXT WAVE, QUARTET; (Los Angeles
Ballet); "The Root of Me", "EnduranceTo Move",
and Battles" (Tayeh Dance Company).