students in the spotlight
  
Liz Martinez: Modern dance student Liz Martinez auditioned and was accepted into the 2007 American Dance Festival at Duke University where she received six weeks of modern dance training (the Foundation provided Liz with a scholarship to cover program costs). 
  
Tian Tan: Ballet student Tian Tan was a semi−finalist in the 2008 Los Angeles County Music Center Spotlight Awards and received a scholarship for the Miami City Ballet summer program.
  
Nicholas Doede: Ballet student Nicholas Doede competed in the prestigious Prix de Lausanne competition in February, 2008 and received a two−year scholarship to attend the Hamburg Ballet School in Germany.
  
Alice Kim, Yasmin Torres, Ines Hernandez and Taylor Beveridge were accepted to the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
  
Rai Garcia:Ballet student Rai Garcia received a scholarship to the Boston Ballet’s 2008 summer program.
  
Luis Del Cid: Ballet student Luis Del Cid received sponsorship to attend the 2008 Kirov Academy Summer Program in Washington DC. 
  
Alumni Ashleigh Doede: Alumni Ashleigh Doede has been working as an apprentice with the Milwaukee Ballet for the past year and was just offered another year with the company as an apprentice.
  
Alumni Norbert de la Cruz III: Alumni Norbert de la Cruz III, who won first place in the non−classical dance category of the 2006 Los Angeles County Music Center Spotlight Awards; won first place in the dance category of the Emerging Young Artists Awards; and was awarded a full scholarship to attend the San Francisco Ballet’s summer session; is currently attending Juilliard on scholarship.
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photograph by Jay Binkly