Emilia Sandoval

Emilia Sandoval, a native of Sacramento, California, is a choreographer and professional dancer based in Memphis, TN. Sandoval received her formal training under the direction of Barbara Crockett and Allyson Deane at Deane Dance Center in Sacramento. She continued receiving a diverse range of training through her studies with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Graduate Program, and summers spent on full merit scholarships with Nederlands Dans Theatre, Alonzo King LINES Ballet (She is a 2018 Discovery Project Winner), San Francisco Ballet, and Gaga USA. 

In 2017, Sandoval joined Nashville Ballet 2, where she was a Second Company dancer for two seasons, and created her first choreographic work for the School of Nashville Ballet’s inaugural Winter Choreographic Workshop. 
Sandoval joined Ballet Memphis as a Company Artist in 2019 and debuted her first Choreographic work for the company in the Fall of 2020 with her ballet "Aura" for their virtual dance film series. 

Since then, she has been commissioned to create main stage works for Chattanooga Ballet, Nashville Ballet 2, Resilience Dance Company, the ADC/IBC Finals Gala, several main stage ballets for Ballet Memphis’ Mixed Rep Programs and Interiorworks productions, and is a 2024/25 Arts Memphis ARTSassist Choreographic Grant Awardee. 

Taking influences from her varied background in dance languages, Sandoval’s choreography challenges dancers to play with sensation, move between languages, explore limitations, and create more possibilities for communication. She strives to intrigue and inspire audiences through themes that examine the human condition, investigating what it is that moves us.