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. 

Suze DeArmond currently teaches a variety of dance classes including Ballet, Zumba Fitness, Barre Fitness, Bodyflow, and Swing Dancing. She was primarily trained in Classical Ballet with Martha Knight of the Bakersfield Ballet Theatre. Suze went on to experience a wide variety of genres of dance from ballroom to Lindy Hop to African jazz. To fuse together several styles of dance and fitness makes an interesting and challenging experience that Ms. Suze would like to share with the local community. Ballet is a time honored art form that needs to be shared with our entire community, no matter what gender, ethnicity, or body type.

Miss Krissy has been dancing since she was 3. She grew up competing in all styles. Miss Krissy started assisting at 15 to her Aunt Jenny Hashim. She is a full time hair stylist and teaches for the studio and company team. She loves all styles of dance primarily tap, lyrical and Afro and continues to educate herself by observing and taking classes. She loves kids and wants to share her passion for dance with them. In her spare time she serves along side her husband at their church and spends time with friends and family!

 Ms Myka is a Senior at Stockdale High School. She began competitive cheer at the age of 3 and then at the age of 7 began competitive dance. At 14 years old she began to TA classes. She loves teaching hip hop and working with the young students here at the studio. She is involved with Kern Dance Alliance with the books in motion and adaptidance programs. After she graduates she wants to be a special education teacher and plans on attending BC and then transferring to CSUB. 

 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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