Kara is a classically-jazz trained dancer from Minnesota.  Starting at the age of 3, you could not keep Kara out of a dance studio.  Kara grew up in the midwest training and teaching at studios, summer intensives, and conventions across the country.  Her training took part at The Dance Shoppe, Summit School of Dance, Hopkins Dance Center, Ballet Arts, and MDT.  At the age of 16, she switched high schools, quit her studio, attended college, and finished her high school degree at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists.  Through out her studio career, Kara earned top awards and scholarships at Jump, WCDE, Nuvo, and Co. Dance allowing her to travel across the U.S. and work alongside the best of the best in the industry.
Kara’s professional career started when she moved to LA in 2007 to study Dance and Business at Loyola Marymount University. At LMU, Kara had a rigorous schedule that was not only mentally exhausting, but also physically. Here Kara not only grew in her craft, but also as a person. In 2009, Kara graduated at the age of 20 Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Business.  She certainly worked her butt off to graduate in two years!
A couple months after graduation, Kara moved back to the city of angels and signed with McDonald Selznick and Associates.  Kara can always be found living and continuously learning at EDGE PAC in Hollywood. Kara feels at home whenever she is in a studio or performing onstage.  Kara works along side leading names in LA and can be recently seen on The Mindy Project, ABC Family Bunheads, the Nickelodeon Teen Choice Awards with Paramore, the HBO movie “Behind the Candlelabra,” Lifetime’s “Starving in Suburbia,” 90210,The X-Factor and The Voice with Florence and the Machine,Victorious, Modern Family, the MTV Video Music Awards with Rihanna, industrials for Disney, performances throughout the city, and the Marcea and Kelle Company dance catalogs. You can also find Kara performing with dance companies SoleVita (Joelle Martinec), Escape Artists (Alex Little), and Revelations Dance company (Nichelle Bane).
Kara is a young woman who will always go out of her way to help others.  She is someone who is genuine and true to herself as well as to those around her.  Her happiness and positivity encourages others to be a better person.  Kara has a big heart and is never afraid to share and show it.  She enjoys making others smile and know that anything is possible if they just keep believing.  It is Kara’s faith that keeps her going.  She follows Gods will for guidance and continues to smile, spread joy, and be a positive influence in the lives she touches.

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