DaYoung Jung is an award-winning choreographer, dance educator, and former principal dancer. Originally from South Korea, she trained at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, graduating with honors and earning a master’s degree in Ballet Pedagogy. In 2006, she was a semifinalist at the Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Jung joined Oklahoma City Ballet in 2012, was promoted to soloist in 2014, and to principal dancer in 2017. Throughout her career, she performed principal roles in several classical works including Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake, The Firebird, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty. She also performed works by renowned choreographers such as George Balanchine, Jiří Kylián, Twyla Tharp, Stanton Welch, Septime Weber, Michael Pink, Robert Mills, and many others. Her final performance with Oklahoma City Ballet was in May 2022 as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, after which she transitioned into her current role as a Rehearsal Director.

Jung's choreographic works have been commissioned by companies and projects across the United States, including the Oklahoma City Ballet, National Choreographers Initiative, Milwaukee Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, and PointeWorks, among others. Her work, Vignettes, created in 2022, was chosen as the audience favorite at the Milwaukee Ballet’s Genesis: International Choreographic Competition.