Covenant Ballet Theatre of

Born and raised in Hilo, Hawai’i, Marla A. Hirokawa began her dance training at the Hilo School of Ballet and apprenticed with the Honolulu City Ballet. She earned her B.A. in Dance, cum laude, from the University of California, Irvine, where she received multiple awards including the Distinguished Student Scholar Award. After performing in Hawai’i, California, and New York City, Marla founded Covenant Dance Studio in 1987 and Covenant Dance Theatre in 1989, which evolved into Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn, Inc. (CBT) in 2007—a nonprofit dedicated to artistic excellence and arts education.