Sonya Tayeh

Sonya Tayeh
Born1977 or 1978 (age 46–47)[1]
New York City, New York
EducationDance (BS/BFA)
Alma materWayne State University
OccupationChoreographer
Years active2002–present

Sonya Tayeh is a New York City-based choreographer. She has worked nationally and internationally across the worlds of dance and theater.

She has earned several accolades for her work, including the Tony award for her choreography work on the Broadway production of Moulin Rouge!, Emmy nominations for Fox's So You Think You Can Dance, and the Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards for “Outstanding Choreography” for her work on David Henry Hwang's dance-play Kung Fu, for which she also received a Drama Desk nomination.

  1. ^ Montemurri, Patricia (March 20, 2014). "Choreographer Sonya Tayeh rockets to top of dance world". USA Today. Retrieved August 11, 2017.