Fall 2015 BC Beat Choreographer
SONYA TAYEH

Stage credits include: An Audience with Meow Meow (Arts Emerson); Iphigenia in Aulis (Classic Stage Company); Martha Graham Dance Company/Lamentation Variation (Joyce Theatre); The Wild Party (Encores/City Center); 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", "Endurance To Move", and “Battles" (Tayeh Dance Company). Sonya has won many accolades for her choreography, including the Lucille Lortel award and the Obie award for her work on David Henry Hwang's "Kung Fu", she also received a Drama Desk nomination. Additionally, Sonya is a two time Emmy nominated choreographer forFOX’s So You Think You Can Dance. She also created world tours and stage performances for Florence and the Machine, Kylie Minogue, and Miley Cyrus.