ESTHER CHOI Apprentice Esther Choi, born in Seoul, Korea, began dancing at age five. She later received professional ballet training in California under the instruction of David Wilcox and Shani Englert at Long Beach Ballet. Esther attended the Orange County High School of the Arts, where she continued her dance training in the Classical/Contemporary Dance Department. She then received a Bachelor of Arts in World Arts and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. Esther first received the calling to use dance to share the gospel through His Grace Dance Ministry. In 2005, the Lord opened a way to pursue her calling through the Ballet Magnificat! Trainee Program. In August of 2007, she was promoted to Apprentice with the Ballet Magnificat! Alpha company.