As a dancer, her image is forever remembered as the “polka dot dress girl” which opens and closes the iconic dance film Dirty Dancing.

Well known for creating beautiful and extraordinary images for stage and screen Doriana Sanchez has gone on to become one of the most successful Director/Choreographers in entertainment.

Ryan Seacrest on E News! Has called her the “Dancing Queen” and Tu Ciudad magazine named her one of the 25 “Hip Hot Now” Hispanics in arts and entertainment for 2006.

Doriana Conceived, Directed and Choreographed Cher’s Farewell “Living Proof” Tour which received 4 Emmy Awards including the Emmy for Outstanding Musical Variety Special. The show played 325 dates, was one of the highest grossing tours ever, playing to over 3 million people worldwide, and grossing over 200 million dollars, making it the most successful tour in history for a female artist. Doriana was also nominated for an Emmy for choreography on Cher’s HBO Special.
Doriana was honored to choreograph the World Premier of Frank Loesser's musical "Senor Discretion Himself", for which she received a Helen Hayes Award Nomination for choreography. The show won the award for Best New Musical.

Her great love of circus arts led her to China where she created "The Galaxy Star Circus" in Guangzhou, China. Other circus credits include "Circo Fantastico", an all Latin circus which she directed, choreographed and wrote, as well as "Odyssey", the first circus ever on a cruise ship, for Princess Cruises.

She has directed and choreographed numerous live stage productions and concerts, including the groundbreaking Video Games Live and Jane's Addiction's "Jubilee Tour." Doriana also choreographed Peter Gabriel's "Secret World Tour." Her production of Barry Manilow's "Copacabana" was nominated for best New Musical at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. She has worked with musical legends such as Gladys Knight and the Pips, Natalie Cole, Rita Moreno, and Latin superstar Shakira. Her television credits include the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards, the Euro VMA's, Divas Live, and 2 seasons as resident choreographer on Fox's hit show So You Think You Can Dance.

Corporate clients include, Redken, Target, Toyota, Gillette, Mattel Toys and Canon.

Currently she is working on a documentary film, and is creating installations for major entertainment venues in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and throughout the world.

She is a two time American Choreography Award Nominee.