Bio

Sorah Yang is a Choreographer, Educator, Movement Coach, and Entrepreneur who was born and raised in the Bay Area, and received her B.S. in Business Administration from USC. Her style is described as highly emotive and dynamic, fusing her unique world-class training in multiple genres of dance. Her work has led to digital creative partnerships with brands like Hyundai, Adobe, Canva, Clifbar, and Pocari Sweat, as well as an international commercial campaign with Nike. Other dance career highlights include being invited to 30 countries worldwide and over 30 colleges around the US to teach, speak, and perform, choreographing for the award-winning dance companies GRV and GRaVy Babies, providing choreography and movement coaching for major K-pop and global artists (New Jeans, Katseye, Monsta X, Treasure, SF9, The Boyz, &Team, Amber Liu, Chris Lee, and more), choreographing for NBA and NFL dance teams, choreographing for award-winning competition studios, performing with Billie Eilish at Coachella, miscellaneous industry work (TV shows, commercials, etc.), working as an Associate Choreographer on Broadway, and founding various training programs (SUPER10 all-womens program, Voyage Training Team, The Choreography Mentorship, etc). In 2019, she delivered a TEDx Talk where she discussed her nonlinear path from a Marketing 9-to-5 to a career in the arts. She has been recognized by the World of Dance Awards as a two-time nominee for Female Choreographer of the Year, as well as being named one of Dance Magazines “25 to Watch in 2021.”

Sorah operates a clothing brand for dancers (ShopSorah), which frequently partners and gives back to nonprofit initiatives that prioritize supporting WOC in underserved communities.

In 2020, she developed an online course called “The Artful Balance of Business and Dance,” (ABBD) providing in-depth mentorship, creative development, and career guidance for students around the world. In 2022 she taught ABBD as a semester-long course at the Peabody Institute at John’s Hopkins University, where she also served as the Spring ‘22 Artist-In-Residence.

As an empathetic educator, Sorah is passionate about offering inclusive, empowering, and genuinely impactful programming.