It is my privilege to welcome you to the 2024-2025 performance season at Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA)! I am so honored to introduce this year’s amazing lineup of student performances and events.
This school year marks an exceptional milestone, as OCSA has now resided and flourished in the city of Santa Ana for 25 years! Over the past quarter of a century, the OCSA campus in Santa Ana has seen countless performances and served as the launching pad for thousands of dreams. Our campus has also provided a home away from home for students (and staff!) from Santa Ana and beyond. I cannot wait to see how our legacy within Santa Ana continues to grow and evolve.
As we open yet another exciting chapter in the history of the school, I would like to give a warm welcome to our new Chief Operations Officer, Dr. Gregory Endelman. Not only does he bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position, but he is also a great and caring human being who is ready to do what it takes to help our school be the best it can be for our students and staff.
I am looking forward to partnering with Dr. Endelman, along with our esteemed administrators, faculty, and staff, to take OCSA into this next chapter!
At this time, I want to express my heartfelt appreciation to our 2024-2025 corporate season sponsors, Pendry Newport Beach, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Boot Barn, and Yamaha, as well as to our Board of Trustees, Foundation Board of Directors, Emeritus Board, President’s Circle, and Encore members. The continued success of OCSA’s mission would not be possible without their support, leadership, and vision.
Finally, I must acknowledge our parents, alumni, administrators, faculty and staff, members of the local community, and most importantly, our student artists. Our students are the inspiration and driving force behind what we do every single day.
I am thrilled to have you join me in celebrating another impressive performance season. Please enjoy all of the magic OCSA has to offer!
With gratitude,
Teren M. Shaffer President & CEO Orange County School of the Arts
We provide an unparalleled arts and academic education in a creative, challenging, and nurturing environment to a diverse group of students who are passionate about the arts, preparing them to reach their highest potential.
Established in 1987, the nationally recognized Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) offers a dynamic school culture that enables students to flourish as artists and scholars. The school currently serves a diverse student body of approximately 2,300 students in grades 7-12 from more than 100 cities throughout Southern California.
In addition to offering a challenging college-preparatory academic program that produces high-achieving, motivated scholars, OCSA provides aspiring young artists with the opportunity to refine their skills and flourish in one of 17 arts conservatories. Each year, more than 200 concerts, recitals, staged performances, and exhibitions are presented at a variety of venues in Orange County and throughout the world, providing students with the unique experience of entertaining and inspiring thousands of audience members.
OCSA is a donation-dependent public charter school; no student is offered or denied admission based on financial capacity. The school’s rigorous academic education coupled with advanced arts training has impacted many students, molding generations of creative thinkers, leaders, artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
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Welcome to the show! As our sixth year of presenting “Dancing with the OCSA Stars”, there have been many conversations about tradition. If someone looks at the last few shows objectively, they could assume a few traditions are in place. For example, for the last several years, I have choreographed or Co-choreographed the opening number, our youngest level has worn teal dresses, the seniors have worn silver sequins for the senior piece, and every dancer usually squeezes together on stage to dance the last number of the show.
In putting together this show for the last 14 years, I never thought of these decisions as tradition, but more of ways I thought made sense when figuring out a presentable show from a logistical standpoint. Now, I understand that, whether I meant to or not, doing certain things a certain way for a few years in a row, creates traditions that students become fond of. A decision that seems arbitrary at the time and is kept the following year for no other reason than, “that’s what we did last year”, can easily become something special to people at an impressionable time in their lives. If that’s not tradition, I don’t know what is. I hope this year causes enough emotional connections to spark even more traditions that last for years to come.
I would like to give a huge shoutout to ALL of the students, teachers, and parents who have pushed through the long rehearsals, late nights, and endless fundraising, in pursuit of the ambitious artistic endeavors of this great conservatory. Speaking of tradition, Linda Reisian and Mary DePaoli deserve a ton of thanks year after year for the endless hours they spend making and fixing costumes so that these dancers look great on stage tonight, and all year long.
I also want to personally thank the OCSA staff members, our OCSA Stars, for standing up with these seniors in such an important time in their artistic journeys. Ms. Ally, Ms. Cortez, Ms. Hwang and Ms. Treas: as much as the Ballroom Seniors are teaching you about Ballroom Dance, you are teaching our seniors how to be there and support someone.
Of course, I would like to give a very personal thank you to my wife, Brittney Porch, and her mom and dad, David and Shelley Cole, who have been so enthusiastic about this show, and have worked endless hours on music editing, video production, advertising, social media, fundraising, costumes, and more!
I hope this show has been a labor of love for everyone involved, and I hope the audience feels this love while watching the show.
Sincerely,
Robert Porch Director, Ballroom
Dance
Conservatory
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HOSTS
Evani Gulati (MT’26), Sebastian Padilla (ACT’25), Daniel Peters (ACT’28), Joules Recana (PM’25), and Erin Tardibuono (MT’25)
GUEST ARTIST
Sharon Savoy
DIRECTOR OF THE BALLROOM DANCE CONSERVATORY
Robert Porch
BALLROOM DANCE CONSERVATORY FACULTY
Viktoriia Antoniuk – American Smooth, and Latin Formation Assistant Coach
Lacey Bihari – Latin
Jude Camaya – Conservatory Sub and Guest Choreographer – American Smooth
Tina Chang – Conservatory Sub - Latin
Stuart Cole – International Ballroom
Erik Cyr – Latin, and Latin Formation Team Coach
Melissa Cyr – Latin
Jennifer Kanchukova - Latin
Nadiya Lockitch – American Smooth
Ivan Romanov – Latin
Kris Suakjian – American Smooth, and Smooth Formation Team Coach
Briana Suakjian – American Smooth, and Smooth Formation Team Coach
John Swiger – Latin
Mikal Watkins – American Smooth
“RIGHT NOW”
Conservatory Formation Level - Smooth
Choreography by Viktoriia Antoniuk and Robert Porch
Vocal Performances by Evani Gulati (MT’26), Joules Recana (PM’25), and Erin Tardibuono (MT’25)
Introduction of teams
“FAST AND FURIOUS”
Intermediate Conservatory Level – Latin Choreography by Lacey Bihari, Nicole Prosser, Ivan Romanov, and John Swiger
Introduction of Judges
OCSA STAR TEAM #1
Ms. Cortez and Celeste Arvizu (BR’25)
“Kim Possible Saves Dancing with the OCSA Stars”
Choreography by Celeste Arvizu (BR’25) and Ms. Cortez
OCSA STAR TEAM #2
Ms. Treas and Brody Silva (BR’25)
“A Walk In The Park”
Choreography by Brody Silva (BR’25) and Ms. Treas
“LET’S GET IT STARTED”
Advanced Conservatory Level - Latin Choreography by Nicole Prosser and Ivan Romanov
OCSA STAR TEAM #3
Ms. Hwang and Diego Linn (CW’25)
“The Wizard and I Dance Through Life”
Choreography by Diego Linn (CW’25), Sean Sulit (BR’24) and Ms. Hwang
OCSA STAR TEAM #4
Ms. Ally Bushman and Arely Gutierrez (BR’25)
“Thunder And Glam”
Choreography by Arely Gutierrez (BR’25) and Ms. Ally
Including Presley Alvarez (BR’27), Jessica Sigala (BR’27) and Mila Soria (BR’28)
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“FRENCH CONNECTION”
OCSA Latin Formation Team
Choreography by Erik Cyr
Assisted by Viktoriia Antoniuk
Dresses by Linda Reisian
Music by Brittney Porch
Intermission
“THE STORY OF OZ”
Conservatory Formation Level - American Smooth
Choreographed by Kris & Briana Suakjian
Vocal Performance by Erin Tardibuono (MT’25)
“PIANO BAR SURPRISE”
Intermediate Conservatory Level – International Ballroom
Choreography by Stuart Cole
Vocal Performances by Sebastian Padilla (ACT’25), Daniel Peters (ACT’28)
“DIRTY DANCING MEDLEY”
OCSA Smooth Formation Team
Choreography by Briana and Kris Suakjian
Dresses by Linda Reisian
“PHANTOM OF THE OPERA”
Advanced Conservatory Level - Smooth
Choreography by Jude Camaya and Mikal Watkins
“DANCE TO FEEL ALIVE”
The opening number from the ballroom dance musical “FloorPlay”
Music by Danny Pravder
Lyrics by Sharon Savoy
Choreography by Erik Cyr & Sharon Savoy
Featuring the OCSA Gala Ballroom Dancers
Vocal Performances by Evani Gulati (MT’26), Sebastian Padilla (ACT’25), Daniel Peters (ACT’28), and Erin Tardibuono (MT’25)
“LAST MINUTE”
Advanced Conservatory Level – Latin Choreography by Jennifer Kanchukova and Ivan Romanov
Host check-in
Vocal Performance by Evani Gulati (MT’26)
“BRING ME TO LIFE”
Formation Conservatory Level – Latin Choreography by Jennifer Kanchukova
COMPETITION RESULTS
”DIE WITH A SMILE”
Graduating Seniors - Ballroom Dance Conservatory
Choreography by Ivan Romanov, and the Seniors
Vocal Performance by Joules Recana (PM’25)
”GIVE ME SOME LOVIN”
All Conservatory Dancers
Choreography by Jennifer Kanchukova, Ivan Romanov and Lacey Bihari
Vocal Performances by Sebastian Padilla (ACT ‘25), Daniel Peters (ACT ‘28)
SPECIAL THANK YOU
Ally Bushman (Director of Arts & Enterprise Conservatory),
Vanessa Cortez (Arts Administrative Assistant), Betty Hwang (Math Teacher), Terri Treas (MT, FTV Conservatory Teacher, and Electives Teacher), for all of their time, dance skills, and commitment to this show!
Nicole Prosser for giving her time and skills to our dancers.
Mary DePaoli: Costume seamstress extraordinaire
Linda Reisian: Amazing costume designs and creations
Greg McCollum and Jeff Van Hoosear for their continued support with events
David Cole (BFD Productions): Star video packages, voiceovers, and creative team
Shelley Cole: Porch kid wrangling, crafting maven, and creative team
Brittney Porch: Costume supervisor, music editor, Co-Director/Assistant to Mr. Porch, photographer, video editor, technical support, social media & creative team
7TH GRADE
Charlie Bailey (BR’30)
Arabella Bryson (BR’30)
Candy Chen (BR’30)
Kaylee Chin (BR’30)
Nuriel Cho (BR’30)
Lolita Dai (BR’30)
Juno Jun (BR’30)
Angie Lee (BR’30)
Angelo Lin (BR’30)
David Liu (BR’30)
Evan Mai (BR’30)
Jenny Mai (BR’30)
Hayden Oh (BR’30)
Bella Sun (BR’30)
Jacob Wan (BR’30)
Leo Wu (BR’30)
Kat Zhang (BR’30)
Alina Xu (BR’30)
8TH GRADE
Nicholas Cheng (BR’29)
Luca De Gregoris (BR’29)
Johanna Tsai (BR’29)
Shaan Duggal (BR’29)
Ivy Lee (BR’29)
Vivi Li (BR’29)
Delila George-Taylor (BR’29)
Kiyomi Tolliver (BR’29)
Simon He (BR’29)
Shya Puvvada (BR’29)
Derrick Zhang (BR’29)
9TH GRADE
Nataly Adamcik (BR’28)
Cali Cassidy (BR’28)
Simba Guan (BR’28)
Amber Janio (BR’28)
Jackie Li (BR’28)
Christopher Perales Haro (BR’28)
Mila Soria (BR’28)
Lucy Zhou (BR’28)
10TH GRADE
Presley Alvarez (BR’27)
James Brown (BR’27)
Dean Jackson (BR’27)
Nina Le Coz (BR’27)
Donny LeDuc (BR’27)
Liam Majerus (BR’27)
Aiden McGrath (BR’27)
Mary Ou (DM’27)
Jessica Shen (BR’27)
Maddie Sieger (BR’27)
Jessica Sigala (BR’27)
Kaylee Tran (BR‘27)
Felix Wang (BR‘27)
Selina You (BR’27)
Cynthia Zhang (BR’27)
Daniel Zhang (BR’27)
David Zhang (BR’27)
11TH GRADE
Elizabeth Bancroft (BR’26)
Presley Herthel (BR’26)
Jack Hillebrecht (BR’26)
Samantha Okada-Lam (BR’26)
Marina Pitt (BR’26)
Heather Torres-Cancino (BR’26)
James Williams (BR’26)
12TH GRADE
Celeste Arvizu (BR’25)
Arely Gutierrez (BR’25)
Diego Linn (CW‘25)
Brody Silva (BR’25)
PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION CREW
Production Stage Manager: Teresa Kunrath
Lightboard Operator: Jonathan Tafoya
Projections/Playback Operator: Rhys Cogswell, Claire Bae, Jonathan Doiron
Audio: Rhys Cogswell, Claire Bae
Followspot Operators: Eden Phillips, Kal-El Oquendo
Lighting Designer: Kennedy Harrison
Asst. Lighting Designer: Joseph Dallstream
Costumes/Wardrobe: Abigail Sobolewski, Ruby Lau
Deck Hands: Cooper Olin, Hannah Chang
P&D Show Supervisor: Tiffany May
Lighting Designer: Blake Huntley
Audio Engineer: Jonathan Doiron
Wardrobe Supervisor: Tatiana MacGregor
Deck: Katie Michel
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Operations Manager: Lori Solomon
Operations Manager Assistant: Alicia Cruz
BOX OFFICE
Box Office Manager: Eric Hamme
Box Office Coordinators: Alexi McGinness, Alyssa Felix Garcia, Nichole Smith
BALLROOM PARENT COORDINATORS
Mike Silva and Mei Tsang
BALLROOM PAC PARENTS
Jason Lee (Alumni PAC)
Greg McCollum and Jeff Van Hoosear (Alumni PAC)
Mike and Juli Silva
Mei Tsang and Steve Brown
Lisa Nguyen
Monika Taylor-George
Aurora He
Katie Majerus
Lynn Zhang
Steve and Denise Okada-Lam
Shuyan Wang
MJ Park
Jason Wan and Cindy Chen
Viki Lang
Anouska Bryson
Tiffany Bailey
SHARON SAVORY, GUEST ARTIST
Sharon Savoy is a Balanchine trained ballerina, who after dancing with several professional ballet companies entered the ballroom world where she became a 4X Blackpool, 3X World and 7X U.S.Open Cabaret, Exhibition, Champion. Ms Savoy is the author of Ballroom! Obsession and Passion Inside the World of Competitive Dance. Her biography is the inspiration for her musical FloorPlay.
VIKTORIIA ANTONIUK
Viktoriia Antoniuk is a professional Latin dancer with 19 years of experience, adjudicator of international category IDSA, European champion Professional Lat 2020-21 IDSA, Bronze medalist of IDSA World Open Championship 2019 IDSA, Winner of IDSA World Cup Professional Lat 2019 IDSA, European champion Adult Lat 2019 IDSA, participant of “Dancing with the Stars” (Ukraine). She owns a title “International Master of Sport of Ukraine”. Viktoriia has been teaching since the age of 14.
She believes that “ the art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.”
LACEY BIHARI
Lacey Bihari (BR, ‘17) is a Professional American Rhythm Finalist and Ballroom Dance Dance Conservatory Instructor. She began dancing at the age of 10 and later attended Orange County School of the Arts, Ballroom Dance Conservatory. While at OCSA, she participated in numerous ballroom dance competitions and performances, including becoming a Youth Latin Champion at Embassy Ball. Lacey has been teaching since the age of 16 and enjoys sharing her passion for dancing, performing, and fitness with children, teens, and adults.
JUDE CAMAYA
Jude Camaya (BR ‘23) is a working Entertainment Industry Dancer and Performer. He began dancing at the age of 7 and has been trained in competitive Ballroom and Hip Hop individually as well as in competitive teams, including both formation teams in the Ballroom Conservatory at the Orange County School of the Arts. Since graduating, he has been working for Disneyland as a parade performer while also being one of the Ballroom Conservatory’s substitute instructors.
TINA CHANG
Tina Chang is dedicated to showcasing the elegance and expressive power of body language through dance. With a degree from UCLA and training at the Beijing Dance Academy, she has performed, choreographed, and taught across North America and Asia. Her diverse background in dance, gymnastics, and martial arts has earned her acclaim for her innovative techniques and dynamic performances. Tina has worked alongside Hollywood stars such as Britney Spears for her MTV series tour, Eko Superyanto in Broadway’s The Lion King, and Xiaoling Yang with the New York Chinese Folk Dance Company. She has also collaborated with the American Chinese Dance Association’s dance company. Beyond performing, Tina has been commissioned by renowned choreographers, including postmodern dance pioneer Simone Forti, and has worked with esteemed companies such as Crossroads and The Yard. She has also brought her expertise to the fashion and beauty industry, working with brands like L’Oréal and Paul Mitchell. Additionally, she has led workshops and lectures for professional models, cheerleaders, and dance teams across North America.”
STUART COLE
Stuart Cole has more than 50 years experience in the world of ballroom and latin: as a competitor, coach, and judge. Stuart had an extensive and illustrious competitive career as both an Amateur and Professional. During his amateur career, he reached the British Open (Blackpool) Youth Finalist 5 times, and was both the Scottish International Ballroom Champion and Scottish 10-Dance champion. During Stuart’s professional career, he placed 1st or 2nd in every major competition in the United States- reaching the national final 5 times, was the Vice- Champion of the United States, the national representative to the World Championships, and a U.S. National representative for the British Open (Blackpool) Team Match- and domestically was generally regarded as the best male dancer of his era. In his current role, he is an active coach and judge of dancesport- teaching and judging both at home and abroad. Stuart was most recently selected to judge at last year’s United States National Championships held in September in Orlando, Florida. He is also the owner of Fullerton Dancesport.
MELISSA CYR
Melissa Cyr has been competing and teaching in the ballroom industry for the past twenty years. Prior to ballroom, she trained in ballet and jazz in NYC and Los Angeles. In her professional competitive career, Melissa has won many events in both the Latin and American Rhythm divisions, including highlights of U.S. Rising Star Latin Couple of the Year and Canadian National Open Latin finalist. Her pro- am students have won scholarship titles in all levels and styles. Melissa has also been a professional partner in two Vietnamese reality dancing shows, including winning one of them with her amateur contestant. Along with her partner/husband Erik, Melissa is now sharing her experience and training with Dancesport competitors everywhere, with the launch of their competitor-focused website, dancesportplace.com. After a lifetime of pursuing her passion of dancing, Melissa is excited to share her knowledge with the students at OCSA for her 10th year.
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ERIK CYR
Erik Cyr started dancing at the age of five and entered the dance competition arena when he was nine. By twelve, he’d won the title of Junior American Style Champion at the North American Dance Competition held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. That same year, Erik started competing in International Latin Style. Since eighteen, Erik’s talents and efforts in dancing continuously landed him a spot in the finals of Amateur Canadian and United States Dance Competitions. In 1996, Erik ranked second in the North American Dance Championships. He had a featured roles in Canadian television shows and major fundraising events. Erik was a featured dancer with Van Dance Creations by Louis Van Amstel. He has been the Dance Director at South Coast Ballroom Center in Irvine, CA and a coach for Avant Garde, Londance, Vivo Dance Center, Dance North County, Champion, South Bay Dance Club, and Club 2005. Erik has been OCSA’s Master Guest Choreographer for the Ballroom Conservatory for the past several years and has had his choreography featured at Gala and Season Finale.
JENNIFER KANCHUKOVA
Jennifer Kanchukova holds a master’s degree from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She is a professional Latin dance instructor and competitor. She studied dance with many top coaches and world champions. She is the owner and founder of Dancier Ballroom Company and Dance Code Ballroom Studio, one of the largest studios in Orange County. In the course of her dance career she was a champion and finalist of many local competitions in the USA, including Ohio Starball Championships. Internationally among her best achievements are: being semi-finalist at Dutch Open in Netherlands, at International Championship in England, at Blackpool Dance Festival China in China, and quarterfinalist at the largest and most prestigious competition in the world, Blackpool Dance Festival in England. The highlights of her teaching experience include, raising US National Junior 1 champions and having one of her Junior students win in a nationwide televised talent project Pequeños Gigantes in Mexico, where she was a guest choreographer.
NADIYA LOCKITCH
Nadiya Lockitch began her dance career at the age of 14 in Ukraine and is still just as passionate about ballroom dancing as she was when she first stepped out onto the dance floor. With a lot of hard work and determination she entered competitive dance while in her teens, competing in both the International Latin and standard styles. She climbed to first and second place in local and regional competitions, and ultimately won the Ukrainian National Championships. Along with competing, Ms. Lockitch became a highly successful instructor and choreographer for younger competitors, many of whom went on to take top places at European level competitions. In 2007, Ms. Lockitch was offered a position as a dance instructor at a franchise studio in New York. There she rounded out her ballroom dancing knowledge and capabilities by adding the American smooth and rhythm styles to her repertoire. During her time in New York, Ms. Lockitch competed in several professionalamateur and professional competitions, and performed in many dance showcases. She also trained young students pursuing professional level dancing in the International style. In 2014, Ms. Lockitch relocated to Irvine where she has taught at the LePort Schools, Intellect
Factory Tutoring Center, and Phill’s Ballroom Dance Studio. Currently, Ms. Lockitch is an independent instructor of children and adults.
IVAN ROMANOV
Mr. Romanov is Professional Latin and Ballroom finalist and medalist in both the USA and Russia. He embarked on his dance journey at the age of 7 and commenced teaching at 16. Some of his notable achievements include, 3rd place in the UK Open 10 Dance, 8th place in the Blackpool Dance Festival Under 21 category, Semi-finalist in the NDCA Nationals Amateur Ballroom, 4th place in the USA Dance Nationals Amateur Latin, and 3rd place in the USA Dance Nationals Amateur 10 Dance. Mr. Romanov also serves as a Ballroom Dance conservatory instructor at OCSA Ballroom.
BRIANA SUAKJIAN
With her natural rhythmic aptitude and musicality, she started formal dance classes at the age of 2 1/2 and continued on with training in classical ballet, jazz, tap, modern/ contemporary, hip-hop, musical theatre, pas de deux, pointe, and musical theater. Having received the title of Miss Teen Dance in 1999, and Miss Dance of Southern California in 2002, she continued on to complete her degree in dance. As a principle ballerina for Ballet Repertory Theater, she performed in The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, and many others. She then continued her training in International Ballroom and Latin, as well as American Smooth and Rhythm. In 2010 she won United States Pro/am Closed Silver Championship title, United States Pro/am Open Smooth Championship title, United States Pro/am Grand Championship title, World Pro/am Rising Star title, and World Pro/am Open Smooth Championship title. Since turning professional in 2011, she has continued to teach and choreograph assisting in shows such as “So You Think You Can Dance”, and the stage production of “Where’s My Money”.
KRIS SUAKJIAN
As a child and teen, Kris Suakjian trained in football, soccer, baseball, and track, giving him the athleticism and coordination necessary to continue into the artistic arena of dance. He captured the attention of a Fred Astaire representative during a school dance, who convinced him to audition for a teacher training program. Passing with flying colors, he continued on to teach and compete with his students in American smooth and rhythm. At the same time, he attended college and earned his degree in psychology, making the decision to become a full-time independent ballroom professional after graduation. He started competing with his professional rhythm partner in 2004 and became a United States Rising Star Finalist in 2007. He continued his training in international ballroom and Latin and by 2010, he and his professional partner had earned the U.S. Professional Rising Star American Smooth title and became a World Open Professional American Smooth Finalist. He has choreographed and assisted on the show “So You Think You Can Dance” with Toni Redpath and Toni Meredith, and has also worked on “Dancing With The Stars” helping Donnie Osmond and Kim with Heather Smith.
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JOHN SWIGER
John Swiger (BR, ‘17) is a proud graduate of the OCSA Ballroom program. John is an Amateur youth and Under 21 Latin Champion and Finalist. He won first place in Youth Latin at the Great Gatsby Dancesport Championships in SanDiego, he is an Under 21 Latin finalist at the USA Dance Nationals in Baltimore, and Under 21 Latin Jr. Olympic Gold medalist. While at OCSA, John received BR’s highest honor - The Director’s Award and was the Captain of OCSA’s award winning Latin Formation Team. John is currently a Professional American Rhythm Finalist.
MIKAL WATKINS
Mikal Watkins is a US Terpsichore Certified Adjudicator, an NDCA registered Professional Competitor and Adjudicator, and the Co-Organizer of the Vegas Open Dance Challenge which is held annually in Las Vegas, NV commencing in March 2003. As a competitor, Mikal has been a world-wide participant as an Amateur, Professional, and Pro-Am teams from Canada, Australia, England, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and throughout the USA. Mikal Was a professional Open Rythm finalist at Southwest Regional, California Open, Emerald Ball, and California Star Ball. He was also Rising Star Rhythm Champion at Ohio Star Ball. Mikal has won the prestigious top Teacher award at Embassy Ball and was 7th Place Overall Top Teacher in the US. MIkal has been a Teacher, Dance Director, Supervisor and co- Manager at Arthur Murray Studios, in Albuquerque, NM, where he Certified as a Gold Level Instructor with High Honors, Certified as a National Adjudicator with High Honors, qualified for Medal Testing, and served as Dance Director in charge of staff Dance Training. Mikal teaches Ballroom and Latin in the Senior conservatory.
About Orange County School of the Arts Ballroom Dance Conservatory
CONSERVATORY OVERVIEW
The Ballroom Dance Conservatory is designed for ambitious dancers who desire comprehensive training in the art forms of ballroom and Latin dance. Students explore the diverse rhythms, techniques, and characteristics of the five international Latin dance styles (cha cha, samba, rumba, paso doble, and jive), the five international ballroom dance styles (waltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep, and Viennese waltz), as well as the American smooth dance styles. The Ballroom Dance Conservatory’s faculty is composed of well-known professionals in the industry, including champion competitors, judges, and studio owners, providing students with one-of-a-kind classes and world-class training. The curriculum is designed to train students to become well-rounded dancers and artists who are prepared to enter the professional ballroom dance industry.
ROBERT PORCH Director, Ballroom Dance
UNIQUE EXPERIENCES
Throughout the school year, Ballroom Dance Conservatory students compete at world-class events across Southern California. Competition opportunities include the California Chic Classic, California Open, Journey Dancesport Championships, and West Coast Junior Olympics. Recently, at the U.S. National Amateur Dancesport Championships in Provo, Utah, the conservatory’s Ballroom and Latin Formation teams placed in the top five in Division 1.
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES
Ballroom Dance presents an annual spring concert that showcases pieces from the entire school year. The conservatory also provides students with the opportunity to participate in championship award-winning Ballroom and Latin Formation teams, as well as two community outreach performance groups, Ballroom Blitz and Ballroom Stars. Additionally, Ballroom Dance students can perform in OCSA’s Season Finale at the prestigious Segerstrom Center for the Arts at the end of the year.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Robert Porch earned a Master of Fine Art’s degree in theatre performance from University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating, he was a full-time instructor and competitor with Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Florida and New York City. Mr. Porch has been fortunate to dance professionally in several ballroom touring shows with his wife, Brittney. This included the US tour of “Simply Ballroom: with Host Debbie Reynolds” as well as a Las Vegas residency show and the filming of the U.K. tour of “Simply Ballroom.” They also served as the Ballroom Specialist and Featured Ballroom Couple for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise Lines for several years.
Since Mr. Porch became the Coordinator/Director of the Ballroom Dance Conservatory, 14 years ago, the program has tripled in size and has attracted some of the finest ballroom dancers and teachers in the area. Along with directing the “Bring OCSA To You” team, Ballroom Blitz, he also directs the Ballroom Dance Conservatory showcase, “Dancing with the OCSA Stars,” every year.
Most recently, Mr. Porch has been certified as a Grand Master of Dance in International Ballroom and Latin through DVIDA, and has been hired to judge USA Dance competitions. He has also judged the Journey Dancesport California State Youth Championships and the AAU West Coast Junior Olympics in the category of DanceSport for several years. Mr.
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President & CEO
Teren Shaffer
Chief Operations Officer
Gregory Endelman, Ed.D.
Principal
Michael Ciecek
Assistant Principal of Instruction
Kimberly Barraza Lyons, Ph.D.
Assistant Principal of Student Services
Becca Freeland
Assistant Principal of Arts
Maria Lazarova, D.M.A.
Assistant Principal of Student Supervision
Abbe Levine
Director of Special Services
Lauren Reynolds
Learning Specialist
Shelley Stanphill
FOUNDATION
Vice President of Communications
Kelly Andrews
Vice President of Development
Elizabeth Ton
CONSERVATORY
Director of Productions
Eric Hamme
SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS
Arts & Enterprise
Ally Bushman, Director
Mekjian Family Culinary Arts & Hospitality
Daniel Mattos, Chef Director
SCHOOL OF DANCE
Ballet & Contemporary Dance
Steven B. Hyde, Director
Ballet Folklórico Dance
Marlene Peña-Marin, Director
Ballroom Dance
Robert Porch, Director
Commercial Dance
Nicole Berger, Director
SCHOOL OF FINE & MEDIA ARTS
Creative Writing
Joshua Wood, Director
Martin & Cynthia Howard
Design & Media
Patrick Williams, Director
Film & Television
Aaron Orullian, Director
Integrated Arts
Charna Lopez, Director
Cassandra Foster, Conservatory Manager
Visual Arts
Paige Oden, Director
Randy Au, Assistant Director
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Classical Voice
Ryan Reithmeier, D.M.A., Director
Instrumental Music
Sarkis Baltaian, D.M.A., Director
Pianist Program
Strings & Orchestra Program
John Reynolds, D.M.A., Director
The Garn Family Jazz Studies Program
Frederick Fennell Wind Studies Program
Nicholaus Yee, D.M.A., Coordinator
Strings & Orchestra Program
Popular Music
Natasha Pasternak, Director
SCHOOL OF THEATRE
El-Erian Family Acting
John Walcutt, Director
Donald Amerson, Conservatory Manager
Musical Theatre
Ryan Miller, Director
Amelia Barron, Conservatory Manager
Production & Design
Kelly Marie Pate, Director
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Officers
Paul Satkin, Chair
Gary Humphreys, Secretary
Members
Hon. Halim Dhanidina (Ret.)
Vincent Foley, Jr.
Jessica Herthel
FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers
Jason Herthel, Chair
Teren Shaffer, President & CEO
Jennifer Sternshein, Secretary
Michael Laven, Treasurer
Hon. Halim Dhanidina (Ret.), Board of Trustees Representative
Jennie Johanson-Maya, Vice Chair, Public Relations & Marketing
Eoin L. Kreditor, J.D., Vice Chair, Legacy Giving
Kimberley Lakes, Ph.D., Vice Chair, Human Capital
Christine Walker-Bowman, Vice Chair, Finance
Directors
Lisa Argyros
Jim Bergman
Lisa Brennan
Miaad Bushala
Bruce E. Chapman
Jim Conroy
Julia Feldman
Lamia Gabal, M.D.
Julie Garn
Jason Gwin
Gillian Hayes, Ph.D.
Steven Ho
Martin Howard
Michael Le, M.D.
Lee Runnels
Don Steiner
EMERITUS BOARD
Julia Argyros
John Daniels
Sandy Segerstrom Daniels
Mohamed El-Erian
Brad Ellis, J.D.
Maria Newkirk Fong
John Gates
Carol Green
Jerry Mandel
Michal Mekjian, Jr.
James “Walkie” Ray
Judy Sabbagh
Susan Samueli, Ph.D.
Janice Frey Smith
Kate St. Clair
Russell Stern
John Vestri
Scott Woolsey
In Memoriam
Paul Folino
Doug Garn
Sebastian Paul Musco
Lew Webb
The OCSA Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing financial support to the school The Foundation accomplishes this through individual contributions (in addition to families’ annual Conservatory Funding Agreements); membership support and social groups, including Encore; corporate sponsorships; special events; foundation grants; legacy giving; capital campaigns; and community engagement programs and classes.
All Foundation gifts and membership contributions provide invaluable support toward important schoolwide initiatives that directly benefit our talented students.
SEASON SPONSORS
Thank you to the following 2024-2025 President’s Circle members:
Armi and Ron Abiera
Cheryl Alderson and Charles Dominguez
Courtney and James Banaag
Autumn and Frank Bignami
Alyson and Alfredo Cartagena
Kara and Rob Casola
Kathy and William Chang
Joy Chao and Jason Lee
Arpi and Bobby Charlu
Julia and Lewis Cho
Gretchen and Jim Conroy
Michelle and Tim Danaher
Neeti and Sandeep Dang
Saranya and Halim Dhanidina
Malisa and Kanwal Duggal
Julia Feldman and Ryan Malone
Sally and Dan Fleet
Laura Forbes and Mike Huntley
Betsy and Luke Freiler
Lamia Gabal and Charlie Wilcoxson
Stacy and Jason Gwin
Sameena and Ali Habib
Allison and Brian Herman
Jason and Jessica Herthel
Jennie Johanson-Maya and Sal Maya
Karen Kim and Spencer Ho
Annu Khemka and Maneesh Goyal
Cheryl and Michael Laven
Debbie and Bonaparte Liu
Sherry and Paul Main
Greg McCollum and Jeff Van Hoosear
Matt and Diana McCutchen
Maeesha Merchant and Gaurav Diwan
Jessica Miley and Alejandro Brubaker
Tita Nguyen and Michael Le
Rose Paguirian-Steiner and Don Steiner
Allison and Jim Panetta
Amy Parekh and Jay Shah
Brad Pivar and Rod Escobedo
Ami and Rakesh Puvvada
Alexis and Julian Recana
Catey and Chris Reese
Trilby and Michael Robinson-Dorn
Melissa and Jeffrey Ruderman
Anna Schlotzhauer and Jim Bergman
Jennifer and Brad Smith
Karen Smith and Jay Jerrier
Mohini and Vip Soni
Jeannette and John Soumbasakis
Lisa Stevens Wegner and Jed Stevens
Rina Stinson
Kim and Bert Tavares
Mei Tsang and Steve Brown
Ivy Wang and Patryk Symchych
Courtney and Andrew Wittkop
Manuella and Michael Yassa
Michelle and Gary Yoshino
Sandy and David Young
Jinny and Ed Yun
Thank you to the following 2024-2025 Season Sponsors:
Thank you to the following 2024-2025 Encore members:
Armi and Ron Abiera
Acting Conservatory Mom
Anonymous
Justin Aragon and Laura Boysen-Aragon
Ms. Jyothi Atluri
The Bailey Family
James and Courtney Banaag
Edgar and Julie Barajas
Team Bignami
The Bittel Family
Ronald and Dawne Both
Lisa and Jack Brennan
Christe Bruderlin
The Bullock Family
Dr. Alyson and Alfredo Cartagena
The Casola Family
Kathy and William Chang
Joy Chao and Jason Lee
Arpi and Bobby Charlu
Tim and Rita Chen
Julia and Lewis Cho
Vincent and Karla Chung
Cogswell Design Inc.
Dr. Gretchen and Mr. James Conroy
Kristy Crownover
CV Programs
The Dale Family
Tim and Michelle Danaher
Neeti and Sandeep Dang
Ramit and Rakhi Dayal
The Deutschman Family
The Dhanidina Family
Joe and Jessica DiPenta
DM
The Dominguez Family
Isabel Dong
Kyle and Courtney Duff
Malisa and Kanwal Duggal
The Elder Family
Dr. & Mrs. Gregory and Lisa Endelman
The Engle Family
Julia Feldman and Ryan Malone
Sally and Dan Fleet
Laura Forbes and Mike Huntley
Luke and Betsy Freiler
Lamia Gabal and Charlie Wilcoxson
Kim Gangnes
Byron and Raquel Gillen
The Goodemote Family
The Gourley Family
Apra and Rahul Gupta
Mala and Neeraj Gupta
Brandi and Javier Gutierrez
Jason and Stacy Gwin
Sameena and Ali Habib
Aurora He
The Herman Family
Jason and Jessica Herthel
Stacey and Justin Hill
Andy and Gracie Hinton
Scott Holty and Emilie Albert
Angela Huang
Cindy Hughes and Paul Schmidhauser
The Idriss Family
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Jenii Jacobson
Jennie Johanson-Maya and Sal Maya
Angela Kent
David and Sara Kerrane
Andrew and Chinyee Keyoung
Annu Khemka and Maneesh Goyal
Karen Kim and Spencer Ho
Kevin and Kelly Kelley
Barbara and Keith Kuntz
Jason and Susan Lai
Cheryl and Michael Laven
Rosemarie and Michael Le Coz
My Lee
The Lee Family
Scott and Susan Lee
The Liu Family
Debbie and Bonaparte Liu
Kevin and Louise Lloyd
The Ly-Pang Family
Jay and Danielle Madison
Molly Mahoney and John Dominguez
Paul and Sherry Main
Greg McCollum and Jeff Van Hoosear
Matt and Diana McCutchen
Paul Mendoza
Maeesha Merchant and Gaurav Diwan
Val and Larry Miles
Jessica Miley and Alejandro Brubaker
The Mitras
Olga, Geoff, and Avery Mizrahi
Moon’s Family
Yvonne Naranjo
Tita Nguyen and Michael Le
Niu Family of FTV
The Oh Family
The Ortiz Family
Molly Ortwein
Rosemarie Paguirigan-Steiner and Don Steiner
Jim and Allison Panetta
The Parekh Shah Family
Oscar and Jessica Parra
The Passalacqua Family
The Pennor Family
Peters Architecture Inc.
The Pivar-Escobedo Family
Rakesh and Ami Puvvada
The Ransford Family
Hon. Julian and Alexis Recana
Chris and Catey Reese
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos and Nancy Reyes
Savalai and Brent Ridley
Trilby and Michael Robinson-Dorn
Logan and Carol Ross
The Rossfeld Family
Melissa and Jeff Ruderman
Anna Schlotzhauer and Jim Bergman
The Schultz Family
David and Tina Sidoni
Bandana and Jolly Singh
Brad and Jennifer Smith
Karen Smith and Jay Jerrier
Mo and Vip Soni
Lisa Stevens Wegner and Jed Wegner
Rina Stinson
John and Jeannette Soumbasakis
Patryk Symchych and Ivy Wang
Kim and Bert Tavares
Elliot Tong
The Truong/Kondo Family
Mei Tsang and Steve Brown
Reagan Vallejo
Michael and Nicole Vicioso
The Vik Family
The Villanueva Family Foundation
The Vitta Kama Family
The Voros Family
The Weaver Family
Courtney and Andrew Wittkop
Parents of David Wong (CW, ‘26)
Brenda Wooding and Eric Adler
Brian Yan’s Family
Michael and Manuella Yassa
Michelle and Gary Yoshino
Drs. Edward and Jinny Yun
The Zazik Family
The goal of Students First: A Capital Campaign is to create an enhanced campus environment that will benefit the entire OCSA community.
Thank you to the following individuals and organizations who have donated in support of this transformational campaign:
Acting Conservatory Families, Class of 2025
Anonymous
Julia and George Argyros
Lisa Argyros
Albert and Miaad Bushala
The Cha Family
Dr. Gretchen and Mr. James Conroy
The DeVoe Family
DevTo Support Foundation
The Dhanidina Family
The Dirk Family
El-Erian Family Foundation
Roberta Estrin
Farmers & Merchants Bank
The Garn Family
The Harold Struck Charitable Fund
Shelley and Steven Ho
The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation
Martin and Cynthia Howard / Howard CDM
Chinyee and Dr. J. Andrew Keyoung
N&D Kim Family
Tina and Eoin Kreditor / Cleo A Bluth Charitable Foundation
Dr. Kimberley Lakes and Dr. James Kay
Cheryl and Michael Laven
Hsueh Chun Lo
The Malone Family
Jennifer and Paul Meyhoefer
Mrs. Tita Nguyen, Esq. and Dr. Michael Le
Ryan and Jin O’Grady
The Park Family
Debbie and Joe Rogoff
Samueli Foundation
Anna Schlotzhauer and Jim Bergman
Karen Smith and Jay Jerrier
The Sternshein Family
The Tioleco-Cheng Malabarba Family
Ryan and Nicole Warne-McGraw
The Wegner Family
Michelle and Gary Yoshino
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If you are interested in supporting the OCSA Foundation, please reach out to Vice President of Development Elizabeth Ton at elizabeth.ton@ocsarts.net or visit www.ocsarts.net/DonateNow
Special Thanks To Our Families
Thank you to all of our OCSA families who have contributed this year through the Conservatory Funding Agreement (CFA) in support of their child’s arts conservatory experience. Your contributions specifically support conservatory salaries, facilities, equipment and supplies, performance opportunities, guest artist master teachers, and field trips.
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WHEREVER THE FUTURE TAKES YOU
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CREATE ENRICHING OPPORTUNITIES
The Hearts for the Arts campaign provides additional support for arts conservatory needs beyond each conservatory’s annual budget. Donations help to fund special equipment and supplies, performances, field trips, and other arts enrichment opportunities for our talented OCSA students.
HELP STUDENTS IN NEED
The Artist Scholar Sponsorship Program supports economically disadvantaged students who attend OCSA. Donations help to fund the arts conservatory portion of their school day and ensure they have access to the full OCSA experience, including yearbooks, technology, school supplies, and more.
PROVIDE GUEST ARTIST EXPERIENCES
The Master Artist Series supports high-profile visiting artists who create meaningful experiences for our student artists. Donations help to bring master artists and industry leaders to OCSA’s campus to share their career stories and expertise with students through residencies, master classes, lectures, and performances.
CSArts Academy offers extracurricular arts courses to student artists of various ages from throughout the community. Join us for fun and rewarding classes in the fall, spring, or summer!
FALL SATURDAY SERIES
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Registration opens in late August
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Registration opens in January
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Registration opens in January
BECOME A SPONSOR!
Promote your business at a specific conservatory performance or throughout the entire conservatory season! Hear your company’s name announced from the stage, promote your brand to a loyal target audience, and receive complimentary tickets!
$2,500 PER CONSERVATORY PERFORMANCE SEASON
BENEFITS
•Recognition in conservatory-specific promotional materials and communications
•Customized speech from the stage at select performances in your conservatory’s season*
•Two (2) complimentary tickets to each performance** in your conservatory’s season
•Recognition on OCSA’s Digital Donor Wall in the Tower Lobby, Center for the Arts Lobby, and DMS Lobby
$1,000 PER SPECIFIC CONSERVATORY PERFORMANCE
BENEFITS
•Recognition in conservatory-specific promotional materials and communications
•Customized speech from the stage at your selected conservatory performance*
•Two (2) complimentary tickets to your selected conservatory performance**
•Recognition on OCSA’s Digital Donor Wall in the Tower Lobby, Center for the Arts Lobby, and DMS Lobby
PROCEEDS WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE CONSERVATORY OF YOUR CHOICE!
To view a list of upcoming performances, please visit www.ocsarts.net/BoxOffice.
*Also applicable to conservatory-specific events.
**Some exclusions may apply, including special events and performances at outside venues.
Support from businesses directly impacts the transformational education and creative opportunities provided for our students.
Current OCSA Families: Please note that donations from businesses to this campaign cannot be allocated toward your Conservatory Funding Agreement (CFA). All OCSA families are encouraged to contribute the requested amount toward their child’s conservatory through the CFA prior to supporting other OCSA initiatives.
To secure your Spotlight Sponsorship, please contact Greg McCollum, Director of Corporate & Business Relations, at gregory.mccollum@ocsarts.net or 714.560.0900 ext. 6616
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CNH KIWIN’S (California, Nevada, Haiwaii), similar to its KEY CLUB counterparts, is an student-led club that stretches among multiple schools, including OCSA. This club promotes a sense of community and allows students easy access to various COMMUNITY SERVICE events. Students can learn to strengthen skills such as LEADERSHIP, collaborating with others, and can learn the significance of supporting your community. This looks great on COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, especially since joining this club can open up opportunities for SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, and NETWORKING.
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