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JOÃO SAMPAIO
João Sampaio trained in classical ballet in his hometown of Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. He has won national and international dance
competitions, including YAGP and the World Ballet Competition.
Sampaio joined Tulsa Ballet in 2014, where he performed featured
roles in Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, Wayne McGregor’s Infra, Nacho
Duato’s Remanso, Kurt Jooss’ The Green Table, Yuri Possokhov’s
Classical Symphony, and Edwaard Liang’s Romeo and Juliet and Age of
Innocence. In 2018, he joined Festival Ballet Providence, performing
lead roles in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Swan Lake, and The
Nutcracker. Sampaio joined Smuin in 2019.
BRENNAN WALL
Brennan Wall, originally from Cape Cod, MA, studied at Los
Angeles Ballet Academy. She danced with Silicon Valley Ballet
(previously Ballet San Jose) as a trainee before joining The
New Ballet’s Studio Company. In 2017, Wall joined Ballet de
Monterrey under director José Manuel Carreño. She performed
in Luis Serrano’s La Bayadère, Swan Lake, and Don Quijote, and
danced soloist roles in The Nutcracker, Alberto Méndez’s Phantom
of the Opera, and Diego Landin’s Shorthand of Emotion. Wall joined
Smuin in 2019.
COMPANY TEACHERS
Brett Conway
Robin Dekkers
Valerie Harmon
Amy London
Rika Onizuka
Jane Rehm
Amy Seiwert
Julianne Spratlin
Benjamin Warner
COMPANY PIANISTS
Lynn Inglese
Daniel Sullivan
Sky Tan
Donald White
WELLNESS TEAM
LEAD PHYSICAL THERAPIST
Kendall Alway, PT, DPT
Ariell Gross, PT, DPT
Suzanne Martin, DPT
ACUPUNCTURISTS
Andrew Castellanos
Stephen Coleman
Devin Wu
Kristina Yotive
CHIROPRACTORS
John DeRoy
Leonard Stein
VISITING PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
Shirley Kollmann, DPT
Elizabeth Maples, DPT
Meaghann Oakes-Rust, DPT
Dr. Bob Schroedter, PT, DPT
ORTHOPEDIC & PHYSICAL THERAPY
Dr. Michael Dillingham SOAR
Dr. Jeffrey Mann, Cal Sports and
Orthopaedic Institute
Dr. Kevin Stone and the Stone Clinic
Dr. Alicia Knee Center for Sports Medicine
Lisa Giannone Active Care Physical Therapy
MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Carolyn Hart
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