Education
Bachelor of Arts, Dance
A full degree in dance: the anatomy, history, and craft underneath the movement, not just the steps.
The Instructor
Meet
Kamryn Cruise
Dancer, performer, and instructor. She teaches heels the way she performs, with technique, musicality, and presence. That is what her class is built around.
Saturdays • 7:30–9:00 PM • Poway, CA
Her Story
Meet Kamryn
Kamryn Cruise is a dancer, performer, and instructor whose work is grounded in the same three ideas at the heart of Siren Heels: embodiment, musicality, and artistry.
For Kamryn, great dancing starts with understanding your own body. Movement becomes more powerful when a dancer can feel her weight, control her balance, use her strength, and move with intention instead of simply reproducing shapes.
From there comes musicality. Kamryn teaches dancers to listen beyond the beat and begin hearing phrasing, texture, accents, pauses, and emotion. The goal is not just to perform choreography to music, but to let the music shape the way the movement lives.
And when body and music begin working together, choreography becomes artistry. A dancer is no longer simply completing steps. She is communicating, creating a feeling, and telling a story.
Connect to yourself.
Feel the music.
Tell the story.
That progression defines the way Kamryn teaches.
Her classes combine technical development with body awareness, musical understanding, and performance quality. Dancers are challenged to build stronger control and cleaner movement while also learning how to soften, breathe, take space, play with timing, and make choreography their own.
The result is a class that is serious about growth without losing the joy of dancing.
Training & Experience
The work behind the choreography.
Kamryn’s approach is supported by a broad foundation of education, performance, and continued professional training.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Dance and has trained and performed in ballet, jazz, Latin, and heels. She currently competes in Latin ballroom.
Kamryn studies Latin at D-Space Academy with Dmitry Dmytrenko and works with Sarah Nolan of Brooklyn DanceSport Club LA. Her heels and performance training has included work with Janelle Murphy and the Play Studio Dance Team, and in New York she trains at Fusion Exercise NYC and studies precision dance with world-renowned coach Rhonda Malkin.
Foundation
Ballet, Jazz & Latin
Three disciplines that teach three different things: line, groove, and partnership. Heels borrows from all of them.
International
Performed & Trained Abroad
International performance and training experience. Time spent in rooms that raise the standard of what a class can feel like.
Company
Play Studio Dance Team
A member of the Play Studio Dance Team, where she trained and worked with Janelle Murphy.
Competition
Competes in Latin Ballroom
Still on the competitive floor, which is why she teaches performance from the inside rather than in theory.
Latin Coaching
Dmitry Dmytrenko
Ongoing Latin training at D-Space Academy in Poway, the same studio Siren Heels calls home.
Coaching
Sarah Nolan
Training with Sarah Nolan of Brooklyn DanceSport Club LA.
New York
Fusion Exercise NYC
Conditioning and training in New York. The strength work that makes heels sustainable instead of punishing.
Precision
Rhonda Malkin
Precision dance training with world-renowned coach Rhonda Malkin, where clean lines and exact timing get built.
Her continued training keeps her teaching evolving, but the purpose remains the same:
Embodiment • Musicality • Artistry
To understand the movement.
To feel the music.
And ultimately, to tell the story.
Teaching Philosophy
Supportive room. Elevated standard.
Kamryn’s class is built on the idea that confidence is a skill rather than a personality trait, and that skills can be taught. Embodiment, musicality, and artistry are the three things she keeps coming back to.
Confidence is built, not faked
Presence comes from knowing what your body is doing. Technique first, attitude follows. That order matters.
Movement quality over volume
One phrase danced well beats eight rushed. Control, weight, and timing are the whole point of heels.
Performance, not just choreography
You learn to perform the material, not only remember it: where to look, how to finish a line, how to hold a moment.
Feminine expression, your version
Sensual, sharp, playful, powerful. Heels has room for all of it. Kamryn coaches your interpretation rather than a copy of hers.
Strength makes it sustainable
Heels asks a lot of the ankles, core, and legs. Conditioning is part of the craft, so you can dance hard without paying for it later.
Beginner-friendly, genuinely
No experience needed and no one watching to judge. The room is warm, the pace is kind, and everyone is figuring something out.
First Class Free
Ready to dance with Kamryn?
Saturdays, 7:30–9:00 PM at D-Space Academy in Poway. Bring heels you can stand in and she’ll handle the rest.