Neva Lang is a Chicago-based dancer interested in choreography, performance, and teaching, cultivating community through dance! She graduated with degrees in Dance and Psychology in the Interdisciplinary Honors Program from Loyola University Chicago in May of 2025. Neva has performed in works choreographed by Sandra Kaufmann, Sarah Cullen Fuller, Amy Wilkinson, Raúl Casasola, Vershawn Sanders-Ward, Martha Graham, José Limón, Mandy Milligan, and Elijah Richardson. Neva enjoys collaborating with other artists, and in the previous year has served as an intern for Hedwig Dances, and developed a choreographic work to be performed alongside faculty and guest artist works at Loyola’s 2024 MainStage Dance Concert and the 2025 American College Dance Association Festival. She was awarded the 2025 Loyola Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award, and in 2024 was awarded the Praxis and Poesis Award for Service in Action and as 2024 Outstanding Choreographer of the Year by the dance faculty. Currently, Neva is a dance educator, freelance dance artist, and graduate student at the University of Chicago. She is excited to be a part of the YDA family for her second season!