Pacific Dance Presents
Applause 2026
We are so grateful for all our wonderful dancers and families!!
This has been a fantastic year with some wonderful new opportunities for our dancers.
In addition to winning multiple awards and honors, our competition dancers performed at Disneyland and various community events. They are on their way to Nationals next month and we know they will do well! We are excited to welcome our new PG dancers for next season.
Dancers, thank you for your hard work and dedication in your classes, we are so proud of you. Parents, thank you for your endless support and commitment to your dancers and our studio. Jill, and all the staff, thank you for making Pacific Dance, Pacific Dancewear and every aspect of our recital run so smoothly. Stacey and our competition teachers, thank you for doing a great job with our PG kids. Finally, teachers you are the best, your talents and love of dance are amazing and your students and I appreciate you all.
Your children have worked hard for this day so enjoy the performance!
With Love,
Lori Murphy
Director/Pacific Dance
Senior Shout Out
lauryn chew
lauryn recently resumed ballet classes and hopes to continue recreationally in college. Next year, she plans to study Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford.
Lauren Cilderman
Lauren has been dancing at Pacific Dance since she was 3 years old. She started in the Mommy & Me dance class and has since focused on Ballet and Lyrical classes. Lauren has also been dancing on Northwood High School’s Dance Team where she has served as a Captain this past year. She plans to attend BYU in the fall majoring in Psychology and minoring in Dance.
Ava Kissel
Ava has been dancing at Pacific Dance since she was 4 years old. She will be studying dance and psychology at Loyola Marymount University in the fall. Feeling so blessed and grateful for all the teachers she has been able to work with over the years.
Zeshan Li
Zeshan plans to study biology at a 4 year college and explore different healthcare careers. She’s interested in going to medical school and becoming a doctor.
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