Pacific Festival Ballet

Luna making full circle dancing her dream role, Guinevere, in Kim Maselli 's original ballet, "Camelot", alongside California Dance Theatre - Official Site 's honorable teacher, Jonathon Sharp. From instructor to dance partner, Luna shares her favorite memories of her time spent with Pacific Festival Ballet.

This week's featured alumni, Luna! Luna's ballet passions began when she started her dance training at California Dance Theatre - Official Site and performing with PFB. She studied ballet in New York City and continued her exploration of dance through her time at CDT and PFB. Luna shares her love for ballet through her social media platforms and YouTube channel, where she speaks out on body image in the dance world for young females. She has become a positive influence on ...her generation, using her platforms to speak about social issues as a strong, young woman herself. Luna started her entrepreneurial engagements at a very young age with her YouTube channel, that has now provided her self-sufficiency and financial support at such a young age. Luna is an inspirational influence on our generation of young aspiring individuals. She now lives in Los Angeles where she dances daily, teaches, and is involved in a multitude of dance projects when presented; and continues to spread her impact on her audience through social media platforms, in our ever evolving world. #thentonow See more

Interview with CDT Alumni: Satori Folkes-Stone California Dance Theatre - Official Site

Alumni featured dancer, Satori, shares some highlights from moments of her collegic career at USC: Glorya Kaufman. "Ritual" (d. Sabela grimes)

Alumni featured dancer, Satori, shares some highlights from her earlier dancing days with PFB in California Dance Theatre - Official Site's teacher, Meghan Sanett's Solo Piece for "Kaleidoscope". "Ritual" (d. Sabela grimes)

Welcome the lovely Satori as this week's featured alumni for "Then to Now"! Satori graduated from USC's school of dance: Glorya Kaufman with a BFA in their first graduating class in 2019. She thereafter began dancing in the Broadway revival of "Westside Story" as one of the Sharks Women, 'Marguerita', following the footsteps of her Broadway performing mother, Nisha. Satori is a widely diverse dancer who discovered her affinity for teaching and choreography while attending USC..., graduating with a concentration in choreography for stage and cinematic arts, as well as carrying out her opportunity to teach children in China. Satori began her dedication to the performing arts with her beloved PFB and CDT family, and continues her passion while living in New York City today. @__satori___ @usckaufman @westsidestorybway #thentonow

Interview wit CDT Alumni: Sarah Morris California Dance Theatre - Official Site

Alumni featured dancer, Sarah Morris, shares a preview of one of her choreographic works and one her favorite moments on the stage, at Butler University. "Like Water for Dancers" (Ramon Flowers)

PFB Alumni for our digital special of "Then to Now", features Sarah Morris! Sarah began her dance training at California Dance Theatre, then continued at San Francisco Ballet on full scholarship. She graduated from Butler University in 2019 with a BFA in Performance Dance and Psychology. Sarah served as the director of the Butler Ballet Student Choreography Showcase and continues her passion for choreogrpahic collaboration in her second season with PDX Contemporary Ballet. Ta...ke a look at some highlights from Sarah's early days training with Pacific Festival Ballet's artistic director, Kim Maselli, to one of her favorite roles as Gazelle in the original production of "Noah's Ark", to her contemporary ballet professional moments now! #thentonow

An upcoming project our PFB company is working on... An original dance film encompassing new works chroegorpahed by the faculty of our CDT family. Look out for this special presentation in December as our angel brings us the holiday spirit from around the world!

Some sneak peak preview moments of this week's alumni, @whitneyjwalsh, as she shares with us a special project she is working on with @americanmidwestballet. Whitney will be featured in artistic director, Erika Overturff's, original choreography: "Lady of the Lake". Representing her southern California roots, Whitney has been working on this marvelous mermaid solo, in part with the company's "Going Solo" series to be shown visually in the upcoming months. ... Stay tuned for each episode of this innovative film series on @americanmidwestballet 's site and social media! : @jlwilliamsomaha