Sophie Tosh

Sophie Tosh began her training in Wales, Wisconsin, under the direction of Christa Smutek. She continued her early training at several Wisconsin conservatories, including Milwaukee Ballet and Artistic Edge Dance Centre, before entering NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2023. She will graduate in the spring of 2025 with a BFA in Dance under the direction of Pam Pietro. At Tisch, Sophie has performed works by Kayla Farrish, Baye & Asa, Sophia Nappi, Dual Rivet, Doug Varone, and David Dorfman. She also completed programs at Orsolina28, Flockworks Intensive, Complexions Contemporary Ballet Intensive, and the B12 Summer Festival, where she studied repertoire by Sol León, Paul Lightfoot, Chloé Albaret, Alice Klock, Florian Lochner, Pau Aran, Olivia Ancona, Dwight Roden, Tom English, and Evangelos Poulinas. In 2023, Sophie was recognized as a YoungArts Winner in Choreography and a 2022 Honorable Mention Winner in Modern-Contemporary Dance. Expanding into the commercial dance sphere, she appeared as a contestant on Season 18 of So You Think You Can Dance and has assisted Talia Favia on DanceOne’s JUMP Tour and at Favia’s ATLAS Intensive. She currently works as a professional assistant on Derek Hough and Talia Favia’s Ovation Dance Convention Tour. Her performance credits also include works by Christa Smutek at national festivals such as WhiteWave SoloDuo Festival, CDCFest Orlando, Dumbo Dance Festival, Columbus Arts Festival, and Detroit Dance City Festival. Beyond performance, Sophie is equally passionate about choreography. She has created competitive works for studios in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Colorado, in addition to new works presented at NYU Tisch Dance Works and Tisch’s Second Avenue Dance Company.

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1. 2024

   So You Think You Can Dance

   Dancer · 19 Entertainment & Sony Pictures Television