Meet Our Staff!

Miss Kyli has been dancing in the arts for over 25 years. She has been dancing and competing since she was 12. She has choreographed many award-winning competition numbers and helped train many dancers that have taken their careers to a professional level. After receiving her BA Degree from California State University of Bakersfield in Education, she moved on to San Diego where she became an NFL cheerleader for the San Diego Chargers and was selected as "Rookie of the Year." She also taught at different dance studios in San Diego, CA and ran the competitive program at Stars Dance Academy. Miss Kyli was very active in the community with the San Diego Charger Girls. In 2005, Ms Kyli opened up for Cedric the Entertainer in his Rockin the Corps Marine performance. Miss Kyli has served on the KDA "Books in Motion" Board in Kern County that helps bring children's books to life through dance, where her studio has been an active member for the past four years. She also has two beautiful children of her own, Peter & Charlotte. She has always loved the dance arts and wanted to help inspire young dancers with the love for dance and the arts out of her own dance studio, Dancers Turnout Academy, established in 2005. 

Miss Brea grew up as a competetive cheerleader and dancer. She started training Ballet, Jazz, Acro, Lyrical, and tap at age 6. She began assisting classes at Dancers Turnout at age 15 and is now a full-time teacher for the studio and company team. She loves working with children and hopes to be an Elementary teacher after finishing college. Miss Brea is currently attending Bakersfield College and will soon be transferring to CSUB to continue her education in Liberal Arts. Miss Brea is currently volunteering in the nursery at Valley Bible Felllowship and loves doing things throughout her community. In her free time, she likes to spend time with her family, friends, and boyfriend.

 Miss Jenny is a third generation performer, instructor, and choreographer. 2020 marks her 40th year of educating Kern County’s children and adults. With a passion for continual learning, Miss Jenny is a Lifetime Member of Dance Educators of America, where she also served on the National Board of Directors, and is certified with the Cecchetti Council of America. She studied Early Childhood Education, as well as Kinesiology for Dancers. She is also a former Adjunct Faculty Member at CSUB in Physical Education and Kinesiology. Miss Jenny also created a Pre-K Dance Syllabus that’s both dance and education based. It’s currently being used in multiple studios in the US. Miss Jenny has had the honor of studying under many of the world’s legendary dance educators, including Gus Giordano, Frank Hatchett, Louis DuPron, Jo Rowan, Jackie Sleight, Joe Tremaine, Mia Michaels, Michael Rooney, Marcus Bugler, and more. Throughout her career, she has received many overall high score awards and special recognitions for her choreography at competitions and shows held across the country. Miss Jenny is very proud to have some 35 students who have worked in all aspects of the entertainment industry (dance, theatre, film, television, and modeling), or received college scholarships to further their dance education. Some have become instructors themselves.
Among her greatest achievements, though, are Miss Jenny’s two adult sons, Brock and Beau.
 

 Ms Tara grew up dancing starting at the age of 6 years old and was a competitive dancer all throughout high school. She was also a cheerleader during high school years. After high school, she coached gymnastics and competitive cheer for 14 years. Tara earned her Bachelors in Liberal Studies from CSUB. She Currently works as a bookkeeper and helps manage the desk at DTA. Ms Tara teaches the acro classes at DTA & enjoys working with all different levels. She Has been married for 21 years and has four children, Brea, Myka, Dakota, (all who also work and/or dance at DTA) and her son Zachery.
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