Live gallery: Dance Marathon 2015
By Daniel Alcazar, Miriam Bribiesca, Heidy Cadena, Matt Cummings, Owen Emerson, Maryrose Kulick, Kailey Rishovd, Julie Song, Aubrey Yeo
April 18, 2015 12:13 p.m.
Members of the Pediatric AIDS Coalition join to celebrate their achievements.
(Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)
Members of the Pediatric AIDS Coalition perform on stage.
(Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
This year, dancers raised $446,157.05 in support of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Coalition.
(Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
Dancers collapse on the floor after dancing for 26 hours.
(Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)
After 26 hours of their feet, dancers sit on the floor in Pauley Pavilion.
(Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
Dancers perform the morale dance for the last time.
(Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)
Members of the Pediatric AIDS Coalition cheer dancers through the end of the event.
(Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
Dancers partake in one of the final morale dances of the Marathon.
(Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
Random Voices a cappella group performs on-stage for participants.
(Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
Mack Dimler, third-year musical education student plays his sousaphone during the marching band routine on Sunday morning of dance marathon.
(Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
Mike Bendavid leads participants in a line dancing tutorial on the concourse of Pauley Pavilion with three hours left in Dance Marathon.
(Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
At 8 AM, the Morale Dancers take the stage to introduce the new theme, Surf's Up.
(Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
Bassist Ian Schroeder of Atomic Walrus wags his tongue as he jams for the participants.
(Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
For hour 19's Spook theme, Atomic Walrus band members clad themselves in blood-stained shirts and zombie-esque makeup while performing a mix of original songs and covers from "It's Getting Hot in Here" to Rebecca Black's "Friday."
(Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
A yoga session is held by participants in the upper concourse of Pauley Pavilion.
(Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
Bruin Harmony performed in Pauley Pavilion on Sunday.
(Matt Cummings/Daily Bruin)
Samahang Modern, a campus dance team, performed during Dance Marathon 2015.
(Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
Participants dance to Disney-themed songs as the 20th hour of Dance Marathon 2015 approaches.
(Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
First-year nursing student Becky Stepp raises her fist during the vigil.
(Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
Dancers parade around the floor of Pauley Pavilion with the flag of New Mexico.
(Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Participants rally early Sunday morning.
(Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
UCLA alumna Gabrielle Kasley and her dog Burrito wear matching penguin onesies.
(Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin)
Participants form a dance circle during the marathon.
(Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin)
Members of Pediatric AIDS Coalition at UCLA run through the crowd.
(Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin)
YouTubers Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider performed covers and originals in Pauley Pavilion.
(Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin)
Dancers approach the event's halfway mark.
(Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)
Participants dance into the twelfth hour of the marathon.
(Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
Titus band members perform their song "We Are Strong," which they wrote for Dance Marathon.
(Mary Kate Turner/Daily Bruin)
Team Purple cheers on its representatives as they walk the runway.
(Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
FASTco. LA, a campus dance company, performed after the third hour of Dance Marathon 2015.
(Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)
D'vonte Johnson, a Los Angeles native and 19-year-old AIDS survivor, joined Project Kindle eight years ago. This is his fourth consecutive year attending Dance Marathon.
(Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Jeet Kune Do instructor Anna Bolognese demonstrates a self-defense strategy.
(Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
"You represent the best of UCLA," said Mick Deluca, the assistant vice chancellor of campus life. Deluca introduced the Special Olympics, which will be held in Los Angeles this summer.
(Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Third-year art history student Lashon Halley performs with Signature A Cappella.
(Sonja Bartlett/Daily Bruin)
Fred Foos, a second-year cognitive science student and Dance Marathon DJ also known as #CAKE, spins for the dancers Saturday afternoon.
(Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Ten-year-old Wendonisha Ortiz is Team Magenta's Camp Kindle ambassador.
(Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Dancers participate in the first of 26 hourly power dances.
(Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Dance Marathon 2015 kicks off on Saturday at 11 a.m. in Pauley Pavilion.
