Sammy Stephens

Sammy is a Hot Springs, Arkansas native. He moved to Arizona to pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Dance at Arizona State University and graduated in May 2010. His undergraduate studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock consisted of theatre, dance, and health science. Theatrical credits include Hair, The Wiz, To Kill a Mockingbird, Spunk, and Revenge of a King. Sammy performed Jose Limon’s The Exiles at ASU and at the Congress on Research in Dance conference in NY.  Sammy has danced and instructed hip-hop/urban dance for over 15 years. He also danced with The Tidwell Project, a modern dance company in Little Rock, AR and founded Floor Rockers, a hip-hop dance company at UALR. In addition to facilitating workshops and master classes in Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, and Arizona, he taught and co-created Urban Movement Practices at Arizona State University. He also served as dance faculty at Mesa Community College and Chandler Community College. He has served on the judging panel for many regional and national competitions.