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YeonSeo Choi
Seoul, South Korea
Biography
Photo: Rod Brayman.
YeonSeo Choi was born in Seoul, Korea, and began dancing at age six. At age 10, she began training at Mechowlah Art Center, under the coaching of JoonHa Kang. She went on to win several gold medals and scholarships in Korea’s top competitions. Choi was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne in 2022 and was offered a full scholarship to the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. After participating in ABT’s New York Summer Intensive in 2022, she was invited to join ABT Studio Company in September 2022.
In ABT Studio Company, she created roles in works by Gemma Bond, Houston Thomas, and James Whiteside and performed in new ballets by Hope Boykin, Amy Hall Garner, Lauren Lovette, Madison Brown, and Brady Farrar. Choi’s repertoire with ABT Studio Company also included Jerome Robbins’ Interplay, the Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty, and pas de deux from Swan Lake, Paquita, Raymonda, Alexei Ratmansky’s The Seasons, Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations, and Diana and Acteon.
Choi joined American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in September 2025.