Samuel Hall is a dancer and choreographer from Sacramento, California where he spent his formative years training at a local studio. Since the age of three he has trained in multiple styles of dance providing a well rounded education.

In his training years he went on to dance for a youth company at Leighton Dance Project and professional company CORE Contemporary Dance. With CORE he participated in a show that would change his life called the Doorway that ran for 10 seasons. Starting off as a guest, he worked his way to an apprentice then finally a company member. 

After graduating from the youth program Sam moved away to Boston Conservatory in Massachusetts where he took a deep dive into modern dance, pedagoge, multimedia collaboration, and choreography. He credits his English Professor with the inspiration for one of his favorite multimedia works “The Clown”. Another notable work that has impacted Sam is a project done in collaboration with a Boston cemetery. This work offered the chance to walk around, dance, sing, and interact with those that came to watch. This being a fully improvisation site specific work opened his mind to expand the boundaries of what we think is art.

Following the conservatory he came back home to begin working at his home studio and traveling as an assistant to the convention world. Getting both sides of youth programming and professional dance work, he experienced many sides of the dance world coast to coast in the U.S.

Sam now continues his work traveling as a choreographer to create works on youth companies, and maintains his Artistic Directorship at Leighton Dance Project. 

Sam’s process of choreography, he says, is his interpretation of a collection of ideas and thoughts from his former mentors such as Anthony Morigerato, Stacey Tooky, Francisco Gella, Adam Peterson, Kelli Leighton, Will Johnston, and more. He credits them for expanding his knowledge and allowing him deeper thought into a concept or coming at it with a new perspective.