Naomi Sorkin was one of America's leading classical and dramatic ballerinas. She began her career at 14, dancing with the Chicago Lyric Opera, joined American Ballet Theatre at 17 where she rose quickly through the ranks to become a principal artist, there as well as with both the Eliot Feld company and the San Francisco Ballet. She became known for her varied repetoire which spanned dramatic, classical, lyrical and contemporary dance. Her dramatic power and lyricism combined with a strong classical technique made her a favourite with choreographers world wide and a leading guest artist.

She became a freelance artist to pursue an even broader repertoire, guesting with many of the major dance companies (both ballet and contemporary) and shortly thereafter starred in the PBS film Swan Lake Minnesota, a critically acclaimed avant garde version of Swan lake, well ahead of it's time. She came to Europe as a guest artist with the Lindsay Kemp company, where she created the Ballerina role in his Nijinsky Il Matto, touring Italy and the settling in London. As a guest artist with William Forsythe's Ballet Frankfurt she performed the central speaking role in his full length masterpiece Artifact in Stockholm, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Yokohama and Lisbon. In London she played principal roles in two West End shows, Grand Hotel and Brigadoon. While in London she also began work as an actress. Theatre work includes The Creditors at the Gate Theatre, The Dancing Master at the BAC, Blue Eyes red at The White bear, amongst others.

Henryk Baranowski, twice winner of Russia's Golden Mask award adapted The idiot for her to play Nastyasia Filippovna in London at the Riverside Studios, as well as creating the role of The Black Angel for her in his Macbeth in Poland. She inspired and starred in Madame Ida which was shown at the V&A, London Short Film Festival as well as in Paris, Capri, Brescia, and St Petersburg, where it resides permanently in the collection of the Theatre Museum of St Petersburg. She also starred in Roman Fever, based on the Edith Wharton short story of the same name which screened at Riverside Studios and the Aesthetica Film Festival.

Most recently she played the leading role of Anna in the Devil's Choice by Russian writer Irina Ionnyasen and with her collaborator Christian Holder, Naomi created Isolation Waltz, a short film in response to the lockdown.

She will be playing Ida Rubinstein, in Ida Rubinstein, The Final Act in September 2021 at The playground Theatre.