
Steven Sofia
Instructor
Dance, College of Performing Arts
Office Location: Sandi Simon Center for Dance 003A
Email: sofia@chapman.edu
Biography
Steven Sofia is a Broadway performer, dance captain, choreographer and dance and Pilates
teacher. His Broadway and National tours credits include: Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s
Life, Chicago, Kiss Me Kate, Beauty and The Beast, Guys and Dolls (‘92 revival) and
Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story. Some other credits include: A Chorus Line at Olney
Theatre (Helen Hayes Award winner for the Best Musical in 2013), An evening with Betty
Buckley at Carnegie Hall, Applause at City Center’s Encores, Susan Stroman’s Contact
with Sarasota Ballet at Asolo Rep. Theatre, and several Tony Awards and Macy’s Thanksgiving
Day parade presentations. He also danced with The American Dance Machine where he
worked with such choreographers as Ron Field, Agnes DeMille, Buzz Miller and Gwen
Verdon, to name a few. He has been an assistant to Broadway choreographers Tony Stevens
and Chris Chadman. Steven choreographed the National Tour of Chicago for Troika, a
number for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Andy Williams, productions of Pippin
and Anything Goes at the UW, a production for the Wings Theater, and directed and
choreographed Pippin for NYU’s Cap21. Steven has been on the dance faculty with NYU,
Cap21, SUNY Purchase, Marymount College, Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway.
Steven is also a certified classical Pilates instructor.