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Carissa Martin

Carissa Martin is a Newport Beach native and mother of 2 with a lifelong passion for dance and fitness.  Carissa started dancing at an early age and has never stopped.  Studying ballet, jazz etc throughout her childhood, Carissa was President of Orchesis, her high school dance club.  After high school Carissa moved to New York where she studied dance at Steps on Broadway and then went on to travel through Europe.

Returning home to Orange County in 2003, Carissa started teaching and studying ballet at Chorus line Dance studio in Corona del Mar.  Her love for dance was truly reignited though when she was pregnant with her daughter Mila and started taking dance classes while pregnant.  Throughout her pregnancy with Mila (now 3) and her son Remington (1), she kept practicing yoga, pilates and of course dance.  For Carissa, Studio Seaside is the culmination of two of her life’s greatest passions…. Dance and motherhood.

carissa@studioseaside.com