Hyoyeon SNSD

Hyoyeon

Background information

Birth name Kim Hyo-yeon (김효연)
Born September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22)
Origin Incheon, South Korea
Genres K-pop
Occupations Singer, dancer
Years active 2007–present
Labels SM Entertainment
Associated acts Girls' Generation, SM Town

Biography

Hyoyeon was born in Incheon, South Korea on September 22, 1989. She is ambidextrous and grew up with her parents and her younger brother Kim Min Gu. She auditioned for SM Entertainment at the age of 11 through SM 2000 Casting System and trained for 6 years and one month. She's the fourth longest SM-trained Girls' Generation member after Jessica (7 years and 6 months), Yoona (7 years and two months) and Seohyun (6 years and 6 months). Hyoyeon herself said she had no intentions to audition. Her mother was a fan of SM Entertainment's boy band H.O.T. and brought her to the SM offices in the hopes, perhaps, of seeing them. For her audition, Hyoyeon danced. In 2004, she was sent to study Mandarin Chinese in Beijing, China alongside with Choi Siwon.

Career
Girls' Generation

Hyoyeon's formal dance training started in elementary school. At her neighborhood's small hip-hop school, she learned Hip-Hop, Jazz and Latin dance. In 1999, she enrolled in Winners Dance School, a famous dance school in South Korea specializing in popping, locking, animation and various other hip-hop styles. At the school she met Miss A's Min, with whom she formed the dance team Little Winners (리틀위너스). The duo performed at various showcases and was spotlighted by HipHoper.com in 2004.

She received dance instruction from the Electric Boogaloos and top choreographers such as Kim Hye Rang, Poppin Seen, Kwang Hoo (aka Crazy Monkey), Poppin DS, Kwon Seok-Jin (aka Locking Khan) and Black Beat's Shim Jae Won. She also worked with one of Justin Timberlake's choreographers and a few foreign teachers.

She was BoA's silhouette dancer during a performance at M.net KM Music Festival 2005. In 2007, she teamed up with Jae Won for a dance collaboration to "Anonymous".

Solo activities

On March 7, 2010 she played a cameo role on SBS Oh My Lady! starring Choi Siwon and Chae Rim with fellow members Jessica and Sooyoung.

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