“She’s always been special and brilliant,” says Ramirez. Traveling back and forth between the island and California, Sienna began to grow her reputation with the organization before officially making the move to the West Coast in late 2017, after helping The Lab win Hip Hop International’s Varsity Division. She began working with The Lab back in November of 2016, while still living in her home state of Hawaii. Sienna’s work with BTS largely stems from her roots at The Lab, a training studio for world-class dancers. And as she talks about BTS, her voice lights up with clear admiration for what the group has accomplished, and for how proud she feels about the work she’s created with them, as she rightfully should. “Being in the same room with them is just so amazing to witness, because you instantly feel their passion and their energy, and you feel how much they care about their fans and their work,” Sienna says. That moment eventually led to her work with global superstars BTS, with whom she’s developed a close relationship over the years.
With one day to put together the full routine (“I was up until about 5 am,” she recalls), it was a stressful experience, but one that showed her the possibilities that could arise ahead. A longtime fan of the genre-a love so deeply rooted that Korean dramas have become her obsession throughout the pandemic-Sienna’s first experience choreographing for a K-pop group was with Exo. That sense of a universal language is a large part of the reason Sienna has felt so deeply moved by K-pop and its influence on the dance world.
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