Kristen has been creating performance since 2002 and teaching since 2010.

She currently teaches performance process, contact improvisation, ballet, and contemporary dance in the Ottawa, ON area.

She has strong roots on Salt Spring Island, where her teaching practice grew from 2010 to 2017, and in Victoria, B.C., where she lived and taught from 2017 to 2023. Her formative training occurred in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Please email to find out about current classes, performances, and workshops - locations, times, pricing, etc.

Current weekly teaching includes:

• Sunday afternoon Ballet Class series for adults (beginner and intermediate), Kanata, ON

• Sunday evening Contact Improvisation drop-in class, Ottawa, ON

• Monday evening Intermediate Contemporary Class series, Kanata, ON

• Returning in January 2026: Performance Process Class: Relationship as Performance Process, 13 week performance intensive in Ottawa, ON - limited enrolment, contact for more info

• Retreats and workshops offered regularly- send me an email for more info

• one on one teaching and mentorship, in person or remote, available on a case by case basis (limited to a few students)

When not dancing, teaching dance, or mentoring a performance process, Kristen works as a lawyer. This perspective, as a dual professional in law and dance informs her teaching, mentorship, and performance practice.