Staff Bios

KRISTEN JUSTICE – Instructor

Kristen has been studying dance at the Joan Harris Centre for over fourteen years where she continues to study ballet, tap, jazz and hip-hop. Miss Justice has performed in countless productions throughout her career as a dancer. During that time, she has held many roles including the lead role of the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Lisette’s Friend in La Fille Mal Gardee, Swanhilda’s Friend in Coppelia, Soloist in Puss in Boots, Nanny in Snow White, and Kitri’s Friend in Don Quixote. Kristen has also danced with the Moscow Ballet of Russia on multiple occasions in their ballets Swan Lake and The Great Russian Nutcracker. She has also taken part in several dance workshops and master classes instructed by performers from Broadway and the Moscow Ballet. Miss Justice is a 2008 graduate of Dallas Senior High School where she was an active member of the National Honor Society and was named in the “Who’s Who of American High School Students”. In the same year, Kristen was a semi-finalist is the Times Leader’s “Best and Brightest” competition in the performing arts category. Kristen is presently a student at King’s College where she received multiple scholarships for her academic and community service achievements including the Phelan Scholarship for Physician’s Assistant students. She is currently the vice president of the Pennsylvania Lambda Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, a national health care honor society. She successfully completed the undergraduate phase of the Physician Assistant program and obtained Dean’s List every semester. Kristen is currently enrolled in the highly competitive professional phase of the program.