Kristianne began training at the Dance Center of Spokane at the age of seven. She began taking jazz a couple years later. In addition to these styles, she spent two years dancing competitively with Dance Center of Spokane and Artistry in Motion before going to Spokane Ballet Studios in order to focus more on her ballet training, finding more passion and artistry in that style. Kristianne has always been passionate about ballet, starting pointe-work at twelve and dedicating most of her earlier training to further her classical technique. At Spokane Ballet, she was trained in ballet and modern, and took private lessons in jazz and tap with Angela Pearson.

Kris began training at CSU in 2021 as a BFA, and has performed in multiple CSU performances. She worked with guest artist Vincent Thomas in the spring of 2022, as well as participating in student choreography pieces and faculty pieces with Madeline Harvey and Grace Gallagher. In fall of 2022, Kris choreographed and performed in Dandelions, a pointe-contemporary piece. In Fall of 2024, she choreographed a contemporary duet to spoken word she wrote called Soliloquy. Her capstone in May of 2025 featured a queer retelling of the second act of Giselle, respecting the original work while expanding on its story and the ideas it brings forward. Kris was able to perform as a company member of Canyon Concert Ballet in Fall of 2022 as well in their production of The Nutcracker. In the summer of 2022, she was able to assistant teach at Spokane Ballet summer intensive. Kris has participated in CSU’s teaching creative movement class, where she taught third graders at Laurel elementary and the Pedagogy classes where she taught beginning modern and ballet classes. In CSU’s repertory engagement class, she helped to facilitate Sterling’s day of dance as well as touring through elementary schools around Aspen in the springs of 2023 and 2025. She was a student representative in CSU’s dance student advisory committee from spring of 2024 to fall of 2025. Kris has also taken classes in tap and flamenco.

Kristianne would like to continue working with ballet in contemporary, both in performance and choreography. As a writer and pianist, Kris wants to find more ways to incorporate these into her dancing and choreography. She wants to explore how dance can be used in ways that are more progressive and inclusive to different identities. She is currently dancing in her first season with Confluence Ballet Company, where she hopes to continually nurture her technique and artistry at the professional level.