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Gallery: Dance Marathon: 26 hours later

By Stella Huang, Dayoung Lee, Alyssa Dorn, Ken Shin, Emma Skinner, Grace Zhu, Wesley Hardin, Esmeralda Lopez, Aubrey Yeo

April 9, 2017 5:38 p.m.

Sean Jacobs, a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and producer also known as CVBZ, performed a pop/soul set Saturday night.

(Emma Skinner/Daily Bruin)

Ella, the daughter of Caleb Schultz, joins the dancers on the floor. Schultz plays drums for Sean Jacobs, who performs under the alias CVBZ.

(Emma Skinner/Daily Bruin)

Jan Ly, a third-year psychobiology student, morales students late Saturday night.

(Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)

A crowd of new moralers rush in at midnight to re-energize the crowd.

(Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)

Two students take a selfie with an onstage mascot.

(Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)

A moraler gets on the stage to excite the Dance Marathon crowd.

(Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)

Moralers dressed up with funky outfits to keep the crowd going.

(Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)

Michael de Virgilio, the vocalist and guitarist of the band Mr. Moon, began his Dance Marathon set at 3:20 in the morning.

(Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin)

A vigil was held early Sunday morning for children with pediatric AIDS.

(Grace Zhu/Daily Bruin)

NSU Modern, a student dance crew, showed off its routines in the 22nd hour of Dance Marathon.

(Wesley Hardin/Daily Bruin)

Exhausted students take a temporary break from dancing by leaning over empty platforms. Participants can continue for as long as they can stay on their feet, but are disqualified if they fully sit down.

(Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)

Moralers on stage get rowdy in between performances.

(Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)

The UCLA Bruin Marching Band joined in the 25th hour of the fundraiser.

(Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)

Participants power through the last hour of Dance Marathon.

(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)

After 26 hours, students sit together and wait for the total amount to be disclosed. This year Dance Marathon raised $434,515 to fight pediatric AIDS.

(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)

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Stella Huang | Photographer
Dayoung Lee
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Dayoung Lee | Photographer
Ken Shin
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Ken Shin | Photographer
Emma Skinner
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Emma Skinner | Photographer
Grace Zhu
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Grace Zhu | Photographer
Wesley Hardin
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Wesley Hardin | Photographer
Esmeralda Lopez
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Esmeralda Lopez | Photographer
Aubrey Yeo
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Aubrey Yeo | Alumnus
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