Sam Sinns spent 10 years as a performer and dance captain at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park in Florida before moving to Pennsylvania to open Twirl, a dance studio in Newtown Square. So when he heard that the pandemic had forced Disney to lay off many of his former colleagues last year, he quickly came up with a plan to hire some of them…
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Dancers from one dance studio in Delaware County, Pennsylvania are spreading holiday cheer in a year that desperately needs it. Every December, students from Twirl dance studio in Newtown Square take holiday shows on the road to local nursing homes. But with the pandemic, owner Sam Sinns said they had to reimagine their game plan.
6abc Action News reporter, Katherine Scott, features a Twirl student who created a viral social media challenge to raise money and awareness for the medical condition PANDAS/PANS. Included in the story is Twirl’s support of the challenge when owner Sam Sinns shaves his head live on social media after Twirl families meet donation goals.
Reporter Denise Nakano from NBC 10 News produced this beautiful story about Twirl’s Down syndrome dance program and Twirl teaching artist, Samantha Ambrico Custer.
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP>> When Sam Sinns of Orlando, Florida was only 16 and in high school, he had a friend who told him she was on her way to audition for the Disney Christmas Parade. On the spur of the moment, Sinns decided to join her at the auditions, even though he had never taken a dance lesson in his life…
NEWTOWN>> Classes begin Monday, Sept. 12, at Twirl, a brand new dance studio owned by former Disney dancer Sam Sinns. Twirl is located at the Newtown Square Shopping Center, 3590 West Chester Pike. Sinns has over 20 years of professional dance experience, the majority of which has been spent working for The Walt Disney Company…