Kristina Hardner trained at Joanne O'Kelly School of Dance, completing all her Cecchetti exams to Advanced 1. She received a perfect score (50) in VCE VET dance and was chosen to perform both her jazz and contemporary solos at the 2009 VCE Top Class concert, receiving a Premier's Award in the same year.
Kristina went on to complete a Certificate 4 in Dance from Spectrum Dance Full Time Performing Arts and since graduating has performed at numerous corporate functions and events across Melbourne. She has been a member of both the Melbourne Storm and Melbourne Stars cheerleading squads and has appeared on the AFL and NRL footy shows, Big Brother promotions and the TV Week Logie Awards. Kristina also performed with David Hasselhoff on his Australian tour in 2013.