Sanford Placide was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and trained at Ballet Etudes of South Florida, Manhattan Youth Ballet, The French Académie of Ballet, Nadege Hottier, American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ballet Austin, Ballet Hispánico, LINES Ballet, and Miami City Ballet. His professional experience includes Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alberta Ballet in Canada, Ballet West, Charlotte Ballet, Ballet Etudes of South Florida, Vorhees Ballet Theatre, Ballet Des Amériques, Fjkdance, Collage Dance Collective, Black Iris Dance Project, Boca Ballet Theatre, Ballet Northwest, Traverse City Dance Project, and Accent Dance. Sanford's honors include, in commemoration of Haitian Flag Day 2018, partnering with the Consulate General of Haiti in New York to organize and produce UNI. In this art collective, he premiered the riveting ballet MAGA. In 2019, Sanford produced Sans-Souci, the second staging in the UNI series and was honored by the Consulate General of Haiti in New York for his work in preserving Haitian culture. Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Glenn Tetley, Desmond Richardson, Robert Garland, Mark Diamond, Yukicchi Hattori, Wen Wei Wang, and Aszure.