Meet Kari

Kari is a professional dancer, actress and group fitness instructor in LA and OC. She is a certified Group Fitness Instructor (AFAA) with over 12 years of teaching experience and multiple formats and certifications under her belt. She currently teaches for Equinox and Rumble Boxing in LA and OC and has had opportunities to work with celebrities, like with Amanda Kloots and be featured on Good Morning America with her Equinox colleagues. Her specialties are dance, barre, boxing, HIIT, Strength and Sculpt. 

She previously lived in NYC for 12 years and graduated with her BA in Theatre from Hunter College. Experiencing the toughest city in the nation she has learned how to pivot in all situations and not give up on her dreams! She has performed off broadway and uses her passion for theatre and dance to create an uplifting and FUN atmosphere in her classes with science backed intention.  She values form and control over moving “fast and furious” but when we pick up the beat… it’s a party!

She loves to see personal improvement in her clients in and out of class and feels inspired to see the hard work others put in. 3 fun facts about Kari - she has been to Italy 3 times, she has met Leonardo Dicaprio and she loves to quote old 90’s and early 2000’s movies.