Kayla Giard is a native of Dallas, Texas and has studied and performed both nationally and internationally. She trained and graduated in the advanced level through the Vagonova syllabus. She has been instructing ballet for over a decade at various studios in the DFW area. Kayla has had the opportunity to teach and study alongside many renowned teachers and choreographers. Kayla was a member of Metropolitan Classical Ballet for a number of years under the direction of Alexander Vetrov of the Bolshoi Ballet and Paul Mejia of NYCB who studied closely under George Balanchine. She was also personally recruited by, ballet master, Ceyhun Oszoy at the Joffrey Ballet in New York City. She has performed soloist and principal roles in various major ballets and had the honor to be in the US premiere of Anatoly Emelianov's production of "The Time" In 2011, Kayla was asked to instruct and perform in Tokyo, Japan where she lived for a period of time. She performed a soloist role in the ballet Le Corsaire alongside performer Andrei Batalov and artists from Staatsballett Berlin. Kayla headlined a performance at the Majestic in Dallas alongside artists from Texas Ballet Theater in 2012 with the company International Ballet Theater out of Southlake, Texas. Kayla currently performs with Contemporary Ballet Dallas. Kayla has modeled since she was a child with such agencies as Campbell and Page Parkes with commercial, acting, print, and runway experience. She frequently models on Good Morning Texas and was featured in a dance documentary in 2010. She was also nominated for 'Best Action Female Talent' in the 2010 Cache awards held in Dallas for her work on 'Chase' and 'Good Christian Belles' on ABC. Kayla has also been a guest judge for the Cinderella scholarship pageant in the US.