Meet the Team

Kristin Hagen

Kristin grew up in Orange County, California and started dancing at 3 years old. She trained and performed in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, and contemporary at Huntington Academy of Dance and the Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts for 15 years before becoming a dance teacher. She completed twelve exams through the Cecchetti method program. While teaching, Kristin pursued her Bachelor’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering at University of California Irvine, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from University of Colorado Boulder.

Kristin loves teaching kids to love expression through movement and have fun, alongside discipline and physical and mental exercise. She loves teaching tiny toddlers to learn just how capable they are, and seeing them grow into confident teens and adults who know that they can do hard things. Kristin is super excited to teach at MCDA!