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Actually, not many people know this, but I almost gave notice a year and a half ago. But I realized it wasn’t for the right reasons. I wasn’t in the best place mentally, so I gave myself more time to get over my own issues. This season included so many wonderful dances that I love doing: Esplanade, Musical Offering, Runes. I feel so artistically sa...
I’m not a choreographer; it’s not anything I strive to do. I’m so stuck in the Paul Taylor way of moving that I don’t have my own artistic style.
I feel so good. I think it’s another reason I decided to retire. I want to end on a good note—happy and healthy—not because I’m in pain with an injury.
I’ll enjoy creating my own schedule. I’ve been taking classes in interior design online at Penn Foster College, working toward my associate degree, and I only have one semester left. My business partner is Jamie-Rae Walker [also of Paul Taylor Dance Company]. We’ve already done a lot of projects together. We have a groove going. Our company is call...
I always loved design. Even as a kid, I would change my room around maybe once a month. I’d move my bed, my night stands. And my mom had a knack for design. She had good taste.
I started studying tap when I was 8. Mom took classes with me at this little studio that’s no longer there, The Academy of Dance in Jefferson City. I was the only boy. Samson in Orbs. Photo by Paul B. Goode, courtesy PTDC
Not at all. I got a lot of attention. I don’t remember ever getting made fun of. I did jazz, too, at the same school. But I was really young. I didn’t really dance much after fifth grade. In high school, I was always in the musicals.
College. I’m not sure I remember why. I wanted to study pre-med at first. I was planning to be an OB-GYN. But I also knew I wanted to study dance. I went to South West Missouri State University, now Missouri State. They had a small theater and dance program. I spoke to the counselor and told him I wanted to do pre-med and dance, and he said I kind ...
The teachers would tell me I looked like a Paul Taylor dancer. We watched a lot of videos of Paul Taylor in class and I loved the way they moved. When I left college, I got a scholarship in the Alvin Ailey summer intensive and took some open classes at Paul Taylor. I was pretty hooked.
I went to Charleston Ballet because I met a girl there who said they were looking for men. I was an apprentice one year, and a member of the corps the second year.
James Samson, who has been a Paul Taylor dancer for 17 years, talks about his career, his artistic satisfaction and his plans after retirement. He also shares his background in social dancing, his interest in interior design and his experience working with Paul Taylor.
2,704 Followers, 1,592 Following, 203 Posts - James Samson (@james.samson) on Instagram: "Pejus Letho Flagitium".
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Talkshowet Meyerheim: James Sampson var den musikalske gæst, og sang "Me and Mrs. Jones". Akkompagneret af Jan Glæsel og hans orkester.Links: http://www.jang...
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1,982 Followers, 776 Following, 469 Posts - James Samson (@jsamsonnyc) on Instagram: "📍NYC 💉Type 1 diabetic 🕺former Paul Taylor dancer 🌎 traveler ️ love life 🏡 Interior Designer 🙌🏼 masseur student".
