Larisa Pagan studied at Stagedoor Dance Centre in Phoenix, AZ. She has won numerous dance competitions and performed throughout the U.S. including such places as Disneyland and Las Vegas. She later became a soloist with Syzokrily Ukrainian Folk Ensemble in New York City, under the direction of Pryma Roma Bohevchevsky. She toured the Ukraine in 1992 with Syzokrily. Currently a soloist of Syzokrily and Obrij Dance Ensemble. She has been an instructor/choreographer and costume couturier for groups in Hartford, CT; Syracuse, NY;, Hempstead, L.I.; and Lehighton, PA.