Samba Diallo is an international choreographer, performer and instructor. As a native of the Ivory Coast (known as Cote d’Ivoire, in west Africa), Samba has toured nationally and internationally with the National Ballet before relocating to the USA.                           Since his relocation, Samba’s passion for dance and education has not waived. In 1996 Samba was invited to perform at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympic Games, opening and closing ceremonies. He has also assisted in the choreography for the Paralympic Games. Samba has been choreographing and performing for the Atlanta Ballet Community Outreach Program, Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance, Ohio University, KSU, UGA, Carver Museum, The High Museum, Mansfield, Ohio Libraries and Schools, Georgia Public Schools and Libraries, National Black Art Festival, Georgia State Fair. With Total Dance Dancical Production, Samba has toured and performed for universities around the USA,