Background

Sierra Tanji graduated from Cal State University Long Beach with a Bachelor of Science in Dance Science.  She has always been interested in injury prevention for young dancers, and one day intends to further this career in kinesiology.  However, she also has a strong drive towards making and starring in movie musicals, and bridging the gap between narrative film and dance film. Sierra has created a variety of work including dance films such as, "This Feeling" created in September 2024, and "C'est LA Vie" which premiered at the Long Beach Art Theater and will be featured in more film festivals coming up in 2025.  In 2023, Tanji partnered with fellow creative, Eliza Loran to create a theatrical concert dance work titled "1:23 AM 4th & Cherry Ave."  which fuses vaudeville acting, tap dance, and contemporary dance.  This work won them "Best Performance at the 2023 Socal Dance and Choreography Dance Festival. 

 

Sierra is trained in a variety of dance forms including, tap, contemporary-modern, jazz, hiphop, and ballet.  She is also skilled in a variety of backstage theater work, such as house managing and stage managing. Tanji tries to blend the variety of skills she has in order to create unique and new work to further the art industry in LA film and concert dance.