Samantha Sam began her dance training at The Rock School for Dance Education under the leadership of Bojan & Stephanie Spassoff, where she was awarded a merit scholarship to train in their professional division. Throughout her years at the Rock School, she was given opportunities to perform, student teach, and compete in the Youth America Grand Prix. She was closely trained and mentored by Eva Greiner Szabo, co-founder of the Gyori Ballet & dancer with the Hungarian National Ballet, and Natalya Lushina Zeiger, soloist of The Bolshoi Ballet. During her 7 years at the Rock School, she was trained professionally in classical ballet, pointe, variations, and pas de deux.
After receiving offers to study at the Kirov Ballet Academy, Bolshoi Ballet Academy, and Ballet Austin, Samantha went on to study at the Ellison Ballet in NYC. There, she received training in a Vaganova-based curriculum from Jolanta Valeikaite, Edward Ellison, Olga Pavlova, and Evgenia Singur. In addition to the ballet training she received, she studied repertoire under Maina Gielgud, character dance under Vladimir Dvorovenko, and contemporary dance under Cody Berkeley. As well as working with BalletX, she currently teaches ballet at the Koresh School of Dance and various studios within Philadelphia.
