Sam Robbins, choreographer and dancer: Sam received a BFA in Dance at the University at Buffalo, graduating in spring of 2011. After performing with various artists in Buffalo and Upper Michigan, Sam returned to school for a master’s in dance from Sarah Lawrence College, graduating spring of 2016. It was there that Sam rediscovered a love of origami and paper art, and explored puppetry and dance together for the first time. Sam also pursues a career teaching yoga, and has performed works under LeAnn Yannelli in Westchester and Northern New Jersey for the past year. This is Sam’s New York debut work.

Stephanie Coleman, dancer: Stephanie hails from small town Ohio where she grew up taking lessons at Jeraldyne’s School of the Dance. In high school, she performed with DCDC II of Dayton, Ohio and continued dancing through her college years. She moved to New York three years ago for a job in the library of her alma mater, Sarah Lawrence College. It was there that her study and practice in dance was rekindled. She has been daylighting as an archivist and moonlighting as a dancer ever since.

Emily Goucher, dancer: Emily Goucher is an information technology professional and dancer at her alma mater, Sarah Lawrence College, where she has had the pleasure of studying and performing with many talented artists over the years. In her free time, she runs her own web development/hosting company and explores NYC infrastructure.