TYLER CHANG

New York City

Performing Apprentice since 2026

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Tyler Chang, a multidisciplinary Chinese-American artist, was born and raised in New York City. They began their dance education at LaGuardia High School, additionally training at Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Hispánico, and MOVE|NYC|. 

 

Tyler earned their Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California (USC) Glorya Kaufman School of Dance on an artistic-excellence scholarship with a concentration in performance and a minor in Business Finance. Throughout their time at USC Kaufman, they performed original works by Kyle Abraham, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Saleemah E. Knight, Bret Easterling, Tyce Diorio, and Jennifer Lott as well as restaged works by Christopher Wheeldon, Jiří Kylián, Hope Boykin, and Shahar Binyamini.

 

Professionally, Tyler has performed in In Search of an Exit, an evening length work by Thomas Ford and Steven Atwater, and in DiscoFoot by Tom Caley and Petter Jacobsson.

 

In addition to their collegiate studies, Tyler studied at The School at Jacob’s Pillows contemporary program, Springboard Danse Pittsburgh, Orsolina 28, and the Ballets Jazz Montréal summer intensive, where they performed works by Wayne McGregor, Sharon Eyal, Laja Field, Juliano Nunes, Florian Lochner/Alice Klock (FLOCK), and Andonis Foniadakis. They additionally were a 2025 Arnhold summer fellow studying dance education and leadership. 

 

Beginning in 2025 the interdisciplinary collaborative short film Tyler choreographed and executive produced, i see, began gaining national and international acclaim through film festival recognition with 7 official selections. Tyler became the first director of multi-disciplinary events for Southern California Choreographic Collective that same year, continuing on to become one of the co-presidents of the organization in their senior year. Their newest choreographic project Look at me Lillia!, directed by Chloe Eloise-Mallet, is set to premiere at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. in November of 2026. 

 

Tyler is thrilled to begin their first season with Visceral Dance Chicago where they look forward to continued growth and exploration as a dance artist and maker.