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SONYA TAYEH Contemporary Jazz Detroit, MI is the home of Motown, Techno and many forms of inventive dance. Growing up in such a diverse environment, sound and movement became Sonya Tayeh’s nature. Listening, feeling and analyzing music as a child allowed Sonya to move according to the sounds she heard and felt. She experienced the freedom of freestyle movement until she reached the age of seventeen. At this time, Sonya realized that with this rooted style there had to be a base, a form and a technique. Searching for a foundation, she decided to study dance at Wayne State University. She received her B.S. in dance studying dance history, anatomy and performance. Indulging herself in this art, she graduated one year early. Sonya now teaches a style she calls Combat Jazz, which incorporates her deeply rooted form with the essence of contemporary technique mixed with her own quirky style. This stylized, free-flowing movement is aggressively formulated through very athletic and endurance-filled technique. In this form of movement, the importance of core strength and body awareness is a constant. Tayeh now resides in Los Angeles where she is on faculty at Edge Performing Arts Center and Loyola Marymount University. She is proud to be represented by MSA for choreography. Her work has gleamed through television screens on So You Think You Can Dance and the new promo for Dancing with the Stars. Sonya is currently the artistic director for the upcoming artist Kerli who has a new video out for the soundtrack to the “Alice in Wonderland” feature film. She also travels the world teaching workshops, intensive master classes and setting works of choreography. Sonya has had the pleasure of collaborating with artists such as Tabitha & Napoleon, Beat Freaks and many more. She has received much recognition and many prestigious accolades at various choreography shows and DANCE MAGAZINE where she was named “THE CHOREOGRAPHER TO WATCH.” In 2010 Sonya was also named “Women of Wayne” by the Detroit Arts Council. She has a scholarship entitled the “Sonya Tayeh Endowment Fund” awarded to students who work toward a dance degree at Wayne State University. |
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