ABOUT ME

During her collegiate years at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Samantha investigated classical and contemporary ballet, modern, improvisation, choreography, pedagogy, teaching creative movement, and dance history with instructors Judy Bejarano, Chung-Fu Chang, and Madeline Harvey. She has had the opportunity to take masterclasses from artistic directors such as Esther Baker-Tarpaga of Baker and Tarpaga Dance Project, Janet Johnson of Ormao Dance Company,  Raffaele Morra of Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo, and Jessica Pittman of Industrial Dance Alliance. She has also taken masterclasses from PUSH Dance Theater, and Denise Vale of the Martha Graham Dance Company.

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Since graduating, Samantha has had the privilege to be featured or perform as a soloist in works by Moraporvida Contemporary Dance, Life/Art Dance Ensemble, T2 Dance Company, Evolving Doors Dance, and Edgar L. Page: Feel the Movement. In 2018, Samantha had the opportunity to attend ACDA in Boulder, CO and perform Madeline Harvey’s piece Ubuntu in the Regional Gala. In 2017, Samantha had the exciting opportunity to perform Cloud of Hometown by Chung-Fu Chang with Southwest University from China in the Chinese Spring Festival Gala performance at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center.

 

Along with performing, Samantha loves exploring her choreographic process. In her most recent work, she collaborated with visual artist Kyle Singer for the No Vacancy residency in the Rino Arts District. During her collegiate years, she adjudicated one solo and three group pieces: Moonlight, Tactus, Aching for Spring, and La Migración es Hermosa, all of which have been selected by CSU faculty through the adjudication process to be showcased at various CSU fall and spring dance concerts. Since her freshman year, Samantha has been awarded a spot on the Dean’s list, and is very grateful to have been awarded the Grace and Dwight Harris scholarship, along with the Creative and Performing Arts Award each year.