Samantha Knobloch, a graduate of the California Ballet School, joined the company in 2007 as apprentice and was promoted to the Corps de Ballet in 2008.  She received additional training at Summer Dance Lab in Walla Walla, Washington.  Samantha has enjoyed being featured in the roles of Clara in The Nutcracker, and The Witch in Snow White.  She also danced in A Midsummer Nights Dream, Coppelia, Giselle, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Suite Vivaldi, Souvenir, Over The Face of The Water and Charles Bennett’s Dracula. She currently attends Mesa College in addition to helping with her family’s business.