Bboy Sambo
Sam is a trilingual
dancer and actor,he has English and French roots.
He was born on the 13th of February 1987 in Church village,Wales,United
Kingdom.At the age of 5 he moved to Paris France with his mother
Catherine Robert.They moved to Antwerp Belguim at the end of 1997 where
Sam then learnt to speak Dutch.
His passion for dancing began when was 12 yrs old after seeing the video
clip of Run DMC...'it s like that'and enrolled in a dance school for
breakdance and streetdance lessons.He soon enterd the Buldo competitions
and after a few years won the title of Breakdance Junior, and started
with freinds to dance in public places where he was soon noticed by Said
Assisi a known dancer and actor in Belguim.
Said introduced Sam to the urban world of street dance,bboys,competitions
and hip hop culture.The direct confrontation and adrenaline rush that
this gave made Sam just want to train harder.It gave him a total new
social network and at this point he started to give break dance lessons
to kids in dance schools.
A chance meeting at a break dance competition with Sam De Waele brought
things to a head as the two bboys got on like a house on fire and dance
wise were unbeatable,they wisely decided to form they re own dance group,
Team Shmetta in 2006.
Team Shmetta s goal was to make Belguim known to the breakdance world and
the two Sams went on to find the best break dancers in Flanders.A few
years later two Dutch b boys joined the dance team and made it even
stronger.
In 2009 everything changed for the boys and Sam as Team Shmetta won the
first round of two major batlles competitions: UK B BOY CHAMPIONSHIP and
BATLLE OF THE YEAR.This made them known to the rest of the world.
Sam s solo carrer also began to take off as he won the RED BULL TAKE ONE
competition and became Belguim champion,the invitations to battles came
poring in and Sam and Team Shmetta sarted to travel the
globe,USA,Korea,Moroco,France ext....
Amist all this Sam kept trainning to better himeself and his moves.
in 2010 Sam was noticed by the Sreetdance film scouting agents in
Monpelier France at the finale of BATLLE OF THE YEAR and was asked to
audition for a part in the film.Ater many castings he was chosen to play
'Tino' in the Streetdance 2 3D out in cinemas in the UK and world wide in
2012.
Today Sam is a dancer,coreographer,actor and dance teacher, his passion
for dancing and teaching to the next generation of b boys/girls lives on.
dancer and actor,he has English and French roots.
He was born on the 13th of February 1987 in Church village,Wales,United
Kingdom.At the age of 5 he moved to Paris France with his mother
Catherine Robert.They moved to Antwerp Belguim at the end of 1997 where
Sam then learnt to speak Dutch.
His passion for dancing began when was 12 yrs old after seeing the video
clip of Run DMC...'it s like that'and enrolled in a dance school for
breakdance and streetdance lessons.He soon enterd the Buldo competitions
and after a few years won the title of Breakdance Junior, and started
with freinds to dance in public places where he was soon noticed by Said
Assisi a known dancer and actor in Belguim.
Said introduced Sam to the urban world of street dance,bboys,competitions
and hip hop culture.The direct confrontation and adrenaline rush that
this gave made Sam just want to train harder.It gave him a total new
social network and at this point he started to give break dance lessons
to kids in dance schools.
A chance meeting at a break dance competition with Sam De Waele brought
things to a head as the two bboys got on like a house on fire and dance
wise were unbeatable,they wisely decided to form they re own dance group,
Team Shmetta in 2006.
Team Shmetta s goal was to make Belguim known to the breakdance world and
the two Sams went on to find the best break dancers in Flanders.A few
years later two Dutch b boys joined the dance team and made it even
stronger.
In 2009 everything changed for the boys and Sam as Team Shmetta won the
first round of two major batlles competitions: UK B BOY CHAMPIONSHIP and
BATLLE OF THE YEAR.This made them known to the rest of the world.
Sam s solo carrer also began to take off as he won the RED BULL TAKE ONE
competition and became Belguim champion,the invitations to battles came
poring in and Sam and Team Shmetta sarted to travel the
globe,USA,Korea,Moroco,France ext....
Amist all this Sam kept trainning to better himeself and his moves.
in 2010 Sam was noticed by the Sreetdance film scouting agents in
Monpelier France at the finale of BATLLE OF THE YEAR and was asked to
audition for a part in the film.Ater many castings he was chosen to play
'Tino' in the Streetdance 2 3D out in cinemas in the UK and world wide in
2012.
Today Sam is a dancer,coreographer,actor and dance teacher, his passion
for dancing and teaching to the next generation of b boys/girls lives on.