MEET SCDC'S 2021-2022 MEMBERS
Photography by Michelle Bowen
We are so proud to have them on our team!
We are so proud to have them on our team!
ASHLEY KAOAshley Kao, 17 years old, is from Carlsbad, California. Ashley began dancing around the age of three, starting at Carlsbad Dance Center, and later moving on to Pacific Motion Dance Center. She is trained in all styles, but contemporary is her favorite. Her interests include hanging out with friends, going to the beach, and watching Netflix. Ashley is currently a senior at Sage Creek High School and this is her fourth year being a part of Sage Creek Dance Company. She feels grateful and proud to be the captain of SCDC this year. Ashley is looking forward to the 2021-2022 season and graduating with her teammates!
LONDON ROSSLondon Ross, 17, is a senior Sage Creek High School in sunny Carlsbad, California. She enjoys hanging out with her family, going to the beach, and dancing. At the age of eleven, London began extensive dance training at Dance Images with teacher Linda Wilkerson. She quickly developed a love for Lyrical, Jazz and Hip Hop, while also being skillfully, previously trained in Ballet and Tap. She is honored to have made the Sage Creek Dance Company in the 2020-21 school year and is looking forward to her future as a professional dancer.
ARIANNA DEZFULIANArianna Dezfulian is currently seventeen years old and a junior in Sage Creek High. She was born and raised in the heart of Carlsbad and is thankful to live in such a beautiful city. This is her third year being a part of the Sage Creek Dance Company and is ecstatic to take on greater roles through choreographing for pep rallies and our shows. Dancing on this team has taught her many lessons that she is forever grateful to carry with her throughout her life. She has trained and competed in various styles, ranging from ballet and contemporary to jazz, modern, and tap. Arianna has trained under the direction of Mary White at Carlsbad Performing Arts Academy and has been a part of their competition team for seven years now. She also recently booked a dance job, working as an assistant to Auti Kamal who has 31.7k followers on instagram and 453k subscribers on youtube. Kamal is also the founder of the Ti and Me app, and you can see Arianna on that app as well. When Arianna is not busy dancing, you can find her hiking trails or working hard on her studies to achieve her goal of becoming a dermatologist.
ARIANA RAMOSAriana Ramos is a 15 year old Sophomore at Sage Creek High School. She was born in San Jose, California and moved to Carlsbad in 2017. She has loved living here ever since! Ariana has trained at multiple studios in both San Jose and Carlsbad, including California Sports Center, Atlas Dance Company, Carlsbad Dance Centre, and Evoke Dance Movement. She also performed in the Nutcracker with San Jose Dance Theatre. Currently, she trains at Carlsbad Performing Arts Academy. Throughout her years of dance she has trained in Contemporary, Modern, Lyrical, Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre, Tap, and Ballroom! This is Ariana’s first year on Sage Creek Dance Company, and she is so grateful and excited for this opportunity. She can’t wait to perform more and get closer with all her team members! Along with dance, Ariana has also been a Girl Scout for 11 years. Additionally, she is currently serving as the Class of 2024 President and is a member of ASB. She can’t wait for you to see the show!!
CHLOE CHRISTIANSENChloe Christiansen is from Carlsbad California and is 14 years old. She trained at Carlsbad Performing Arts Academy for 5 years in every style, but her favorite is tap or contemporary. Some other hobbies she has is surfing, tubing, and snowboarding! This is her first year in the dance company and she cannot wait to continue her experience on the team.
LILLIAN BROWN*Lillian Brown is a 15 year old sophomore at Sage Creek High School. She is from Oceanside, California and has lived there her whole life. She began dancing at the age of three at a local studio but later switched to her current studio, Cadence Dance Project, where she trains in ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, and hip hop. During her free time, Lillian is often found spending time with her friends or going to the beach.
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RACHEL PLOTKINRachel Plotkin is a 17 year old senior at Sage Creek High School born and raised in Carlsbad, California. She trained for ten years at Carlsbad Dance Centre in hip hop, jazz, and technique. This is Rachel’s third year on Sage Creek Dance Company! Her favorite thing about being part of the dance team is getting to do what she loves everyday and being with her best friends. When Rachel isn’t dancing she can be found spending time with her friends and family, playing beach volleyball, and exploring new adventures. She can’t wait to see what her last year on the team holds for her!
AVA ZAMOFFAva Zamoff is currently a 17 year old senior at Sage Creek High School. Ava was born in New Jersey but has been living in beautiful Carlsbad, California since she was 5. Aside from being on dance company, Ava’s dance experience consists of extensive training at Evolution Dance Center for the past eight years. She was on their traveling competition team for five years, attending numerous dance conventions/competitions annually where she learned from the industry’s best and won awards and scholarships with her team. She has been training in all styles of dance under the direction of Allen Cooper, Autumn Cooper, Alli Esposito, David Silvas, Katie Reese, Aaron Czuprenzki, and more! Outside of dance, you can always find Ava out with her friends and traveling to new places. This is Ava’s second year in dance company and she loves getting to dance with her teammates and can’t wait for more memories to come in the rest of her senior year.
ALEENA SHINAleena Shin, 11th grade from Carlsbad, CA. Aleena trained at Carlsbad Dance Center in tap, jazz, contemporary, ballet, and pointe. It’s her first year on the team, and she enjoys reading outside of school.
PAYTON LOCHNERPayton Lochner is 15 years old and a sophomore at Sage Creek High School. She has been on the team for 2 years and plans to stay on the team until she graduates. Payton has been dancing for about 13 years now and plans to continue dancing throughout college. She has 8 siblings and loves to play with them every single day, despite the challenges of being the oldest out of all of them! Her training comes from two studios, Shadowridge Dance Center and Pacific Motion Dance center. Although she is not dancing at a studio currently, she wants to join one soon! Payton loves the energy of the dance team and can’t wait to show everyone what she can do!
SELAH VARGASelah Varga is 15 years and a sophomore from Carlsbad, California, and has actually never moved in her entire life! She has trained in dance with Tony Simmons and Clarence Peters along with others from the same studio as Clarence. Although she has only been dancing for 2 ½ years, she has trained with the YMCA as well as CPAA,where she currently trained in hip hop, ballet, contemporary, acro, and jazz. This is her first year being on company and she is more than thrilled to be a part of this fun, supportive dance community where she can make new friends and feel very welcomed. It has been so fun to her so far, and a great place for her to decompress and pursue one of her passions. She loves participating in sports and activities like volleyball, snowboarding, surfing, and she also enjoys hanging out with friends, going to the beach, and baking. She is very grateful for the opportunity to be on company and is excited for future events and pep rallies to come!
KAYDEN COMER*Kayden Comer, 16 years old, was born and raised in California. She has trained at Fx Dance in various dance styles including hip hop, jazz, and contemporary. This is her first year as an apprentice dancer on SCDC and she is excited and grateful for the opportunity to be able to train and dance with the company. Kayden enjoys many activities like hanging out with her friends, skiing, fishing, scuba diving, and sailing.
*This year, SCDC was honored to invite apprentices to grow with our company!
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NATALIE IRVINGNatalie Irving, 17, is a returning member of the Sage Creek Dance Company, this year being the second year on the team. She has lived in Carlsbad, California her whole life. She has trained in ballet, pointe, contemporary, jazz, and hip hop at Carlsbad Performing Arts Academy for 5 years and adores being on Sage Creek Dance Company. Natalie’s personal interests and hobbies are related to fashion and sewing, as she makes her own clothes. This year she is a senior and plans to move to New York and study fashion after graduating high school.
SIENNA DOSSSienna Doss is 16 years old and is currently a junior at Sage Creek High School. She is from Carlsbad, California and has lived there her whole life. This is her third year on Sage Creek Dance Company after making it her freshman year, and she could not be more excited to dance with this team! Sienna started dancing with Carlsbad Performing Arts Academy when she was 4 years old and has been dancing there since. Sienna has trained in many styles including contemporary, tap, ballet, lyrical, hip hop and jazz. Sienna competed with her studio for a year before the pandemic hit, and she hopes she will be able to do it again! When Sienna isn’t dancing you can find her at the beach, hanging out with her friends and family, or watching the sunset!
DANIELLE BUTCHERDanielle Butcher is a 15-year-old student who was born and raised in Carlsbad. Danielle has been training in dance for 9 years with the Carlsbad Performing Arts academy. She has been training in and loves every style of dance . She has been in Sage Creek Dance Company for 1 year and is continuing next year as well. The feeling of being with friends and performing is what she looks forward to. The games, pep rallies, and showcases that dance company does throughout the year makes her feel full of light and happy; all the girls on the team are so inspiring and friendly, it makes her feel at home. In addition to dance, Danielle enjoys baking and traveling: baking is another way to escape the world and be creative, and travel is always a great way for her to experience this amazing world. The biggest thing in her life is dance and she will always have a passion for dancing and performing, having people watch her when she knows she can do it well or knowing how to make herself better in it is what makes her continue this part of her life.
KIANA LOPEZKiana Lopez is 15 years old and from Carlsbad, CA. For about nine years, Kiana trained as a gymnast but not too long ago started dancing at Carlsbad Performing Arts Academy. This is Kiana’s second year on company, and she thinks that the team is such a committed and warm-hearted group of girls who she always feels safe around. Kiana enjoys spending time with her friends and going to the beach during her free time. She will forever cherish the precious and unforgettable memories and friendships that were made.
ISABEL VIDALIzzy Vidal is 15 and grew up in Oceanside before moving to Carlsbad after grade 5. They started dancing when they were three at Dance Unlimited. After they turned seven, they moved to A Step Above Dance Studio, where they have been dancing since. They recently started taking classes from Carlsbad Dance Centre as well. Currently, Izzy does hip-hop, lyrical, contemporary, ballet, and pointe on a regular basis. In previous years, they have done jazz. This is Izzy’s first year on the company and they are already enjoying it a lot! All the members are very chill and the company has a nice energy. Some of Izzy’s personal interests outside of dance are videogames, content creation, music, and sometimes writing.
GIANA REENAN*Giana Reenan is 15 years old, and a sophomore at Sage Creek High School. She was born in Newport Beach, California, but moved to Carlsbad at the age of 4. Giana has trained at dance studios but is currently dancing at Carlsbad Performing Arts Academy. Along with her training there, she is also competing with Carlsbad Performing Arts Academy this year. At school, Giana is a member of ASB and many clubs. Giana is very excited to be training with the dance company and can’t wait to get closer with all the team members!
LAUREN TRANISI*Lauren Tranisi is a 14 year old freshman at Sage Creek! She moved from Scottsdale, Arizona a week before freshman year. She danced for 3 years, two of which were at Pinnacle Dance North. She was on the competition team and trained in many styles: Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary, Lyrical, Tumbling, Hip-Hop, POM, and Technique. Her favorite types of dance are ballet and jazz. Lauren loves traveling, baking and shopping! This is her first year on the Sage Creek Dance Company, and she is super excited to continue her dance journey!
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