Family of the Month (FOM) is awarded to parents that go the extra mile to help other families at Pas De Deux Hawaii! This family will receive a free month of tuition, compliments of owners Wendy and Jeremy Gilbert. Want to nominate a deserving family? Email us!
The Tsukamoto Family
Our family came to Pas De Deux twelve years ago looking for a place where our four-year-old daughter Bostyn could see if she liked dance. We tried other activities such as soccer and quickly found that running around for hours in the hot sun was not her thing. The studio, however, was indoors and cool and the people friendly and warm. Miss Allicia made class seem so exciting and fun that Bostyn wanted to keep coming back each week. A few months later, she made her dance debut as a Smurfette in Pop Rocks and the Tsukamoto’s officially became a dance family.
Like all parents, we wanted a safe space for our child to experience new things and find herself in the world -a place that would be challenging and yet nurturing, somewhere that would make her work hard to achieve goals and be a place of joy and comfort as well. Pas de deux has been all those things and more.
Over the years as the studio grew, we have watched our daughter grow with it. She started to push herself to become more confident in her dancing and in 2023 she achieved Teen Studio Dancer of the Year. We have watched her develop and foster a nurturing part of herself through being a mentor to younger dancers. She has learned lessons well beyond executing a plié in first position. Pas De Deux has helped her grow as a dancer and more importantly as an individual and we are thankful to have been a part of that journey.
Having been a part of the Pas De Deux family for so many years, we are happy to be selected as the PDD family for this month. What started out as a casual search for something our daughter would enjoy has turned into a meaningful part of our lives, and here we are twelve years and thirty dance costumes later. Thanks again to Wendy, Jeremy, and the rest of the Pas De Deux team for everything you do. We hope that other families will find the joy and satisfaction that PDD has given our ohana.
