FEATURE FRIDAY // It's
#FeatureFriday with new Artist Sam Stampleman. Originally from San Francisco, he started his classical training at age 5 at Heartbeat Dance Academy in Belmont, CA and joined the Company this season.
🕺 Favorite role to perform: The trio from Stanton Welch's Clear, and the lead couple in Allegro Brillante!
🍿 Favorite dance movie: West Side Story and Black Swan
🎼 Favorite ballet & score: Favorite ballet would be Onegin, and favorite score is Romeo and Juliet
💃 Favorite choreographers: George Balanchine, Jiří Kylián, Kenneth Macmillan, and Crystal Pite
👣 Favorite dance step: Coda turns and grand allegro!
🧇 Favorite midday snack: Eggos with peanut butter, or a Slim Jim
🤳🍪 🫂 Can't live without: FaceTime, chocolate chip cookies, and my sister
✈️ Best place ever traveled to: The Galapagos Islands when I was 13!
💫 Superpower wish: Probably water bending, but only if it means I can also talk to the animals. Otherwise, teleportation!
😎 Guilty pleasure: I don't b...