Meet the Bonjour Ballet Team

Ms. Kayla is the Owner and Founder of Bonjour Ballet. Growing up, Kayla was immersed in the whole world of performing arts – ballet being especially close to her heart. She believes passion, beauty, strength, and inspiration, are found within ballet, and should be shared and taught in a supportive environment. She has always dreamt of sharing her passion with others and after having children of her own she decided it was time to make it a reality. With a background in business, she brings together her true passion combined with her experience to operate Bonjour Ballet. She believes that all children can learn not just movement from ballet – but also gain confidence, socialization, discipline, and an overall appreciation for the arts and culture. 

Ms. Kim is our Studio Manager and Director of Choreography. She began dancing when she was eight years old and instantly fell in love. From that point forward, the dance studio was where she always wanted to be. By the time she was ten, she was competing in jazz, tap, hip-hop, lyrical, and musical theater. She trained at The Talent Factory Dance Studio in Chino, California. Ms. Kim continued to dance and compete through high school and made Captain sophomore year. She continued to compete at the collegiate level at Fullerton College and from there studied Kinesiology and Health Promotion at Cal Poly Pomona with an emphasis in Pilates and Dance Conditioning. After settling down with her family in San Clemente, she is so happy to live the dance life through the eyes of her wonderful students. She gets to teach her own little girl and watch her grow as a beautiful dancer. Ms. Kim’s goal as a teacher is to build confidence and perseverance. She believes it doesn’t matter the age you start dancing, all that matters is the love for dance in your heart.

Miss Liliana started dancing at the age of 4 in Phoenix, Arizona. She trained in all styles of dance, including jazz, hip hop, tap, lyrical, contemporary, pom, and of course, ballet. She began formal ballet and pointe training at age 11, where she learned from many master ballet instructors from across the world. She also performed in the Ahwatukee Foothills Nutcracker Ballet for 7 years, in both corps and lead roles. In addition to ballet, she was also a competitive dancer and college cheerleader. She’s now lived in beautiful San Clemente for 4 years and she’s so excited to be a part of the Bonjour Ballet team, who teaches and inspires the next generation of dancers to love dance and have fun doing it!

Miss Elizabeth is a professional dancer with over 18 years of experience and training from The Dancers Studio, Joffrey Ballet Summer Intensives, and Academy of Ballet Arts. She grew up doing all styles of dance, but favored ballet. She participated in The Nutcracker for ten years fulfilling roles of Sugar Plum Fairy, Clara, Dew Drop and more. She competed with dance extensively in New York, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. Elizabeth has also performed professional in musicals such as White Christmas, and Beauty and the Beast with the company Theatre Royale. Elizabeth received her Bachelors degree in Psychology from Cal State Fullerton which aides in her understanding of children and education in dance. She is currently continuing her education at CSUF for her Masters in Psychology to one day become a Clinical Psychologist (while still teaching ballet of course)! Her love of teaching ballet extends to all ages no matter their prior experience. Elizabeth is passionate about passing on the technique, beauty, and joy of ballet to all her students. She encourages each of them to reach their potential not only in dance, but in all areas of education!

Ms. Erin is a multi-passionate individual with a deep love for the creative arts and movement. She experienced firsthand the healing and uplifting power of intentional movement— and transitioned her entire career path to guide others to feel the same joy. She inspires her students to develop an early love for ballet and music through whimsical and mindfully designed classes. Erin is also an ERYT certified Yoga Teacher, and she brings her knowledge of body awareness and eye for form and shape to the dance floor. Erin’s calm and patience welcomes our petite ballerinas to learn structure, attention and cooperation in a fun and engaging environment.