Sonya Tayeh has worked nationally and internationally across the worlds of dance and theater.
10 Facts About Sonya Tayeh
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Sonya Tayeh started dancing at age 15 when she began frequenting hip-hop and house dance parties with her sister.
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Sonya Tayeh graduated Wayne State in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Dance.
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Sonya Tayeh has choreographed for Steed Lord and spent three years in residence with the Los Angeles Ballet.
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Sonya Tayeh choreographed the rock musical The Last Goodbye which is based on Romeo and Juliet and set to a soundtrack of music by Jeff Buckley.
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Sonya Tayeh earned a Tony award for her choreography of the Broadway musical, "Moulin Rouge".
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Sonya Tayeh was replaced for the evening by season 7's Robert Roldan and was automatically in danger of going home.
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Sonya Tayeh is a faculty member at the Edge Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles.
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Sonya Tayeh has taught classes at The Hip Drop Dance Complex, Monsters of Contemporary, Broadway Dance Center, 24 Seven Dance, Hall of Fame Dance Challenge, Loyola Marymount University, NUVO, and Spotlight Dance Works.
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In January 2009, Sonya Tayeh was named one of Dance magazine's "25 to Watch".