Get To Know The Dance Factory

 Lynn Bassett has been teaching dance since 1973. She is trained in tap, jazz, and ballet and is constantly learning and growing in the dance field. She started her studio in the basement of her parents home over 50 years ago and has since seen it grow. In 2000, she designed and purchased the building in which Dance Factory currently resides. Her three daughters, and now granddaughter have grown up dancing and she loves having a place for others to see their children grow and learn dance. You can see Lynn's choreography featured in many of the Greeley Stampede Troupe's musical productions, most recently in "Beauty & The Beast," "A Christmas Carol," and "The Music Man." In 2023 Lynn was inducted into the Greeley Arts Legacy's Hall of Fame for her contributions to the Arts Community in Greeley and was named an Outstanding Women of Weld County 2025 from Friends of a Women's Place. You can find her name outside on a stele at the Union Colony Civic Center. Lynn has always been dedicated to bringing the best of dance education and instruction to her dancers and the Greeley Community. 

 Gina has been teaching for us for over 10 years and we are so happy and excited to have her on our staff, not just as a teacher and choreographer, but as a Director! She graduated from the American Music and Drama Academy in Los Angeles in 2013 with her BFA in Dance Theatre and is back home  to share her talents with our wonderful students. She is excited to be teaching and her passion is choreography. She is currently certified in the Paula Morgan technique Level 1, which helps strengthen and advance our ballet curriculum. On the side, you can find her coaching the 4x State Champion University High School Varsity Pom Team and University of Northern Colorado's Sugar Bears Pom Team!

 Nicole graduated from Oklahoma City University with a Bachelors of Art in Dance in 2017 and brings with her more than 25 years of dance training in all styles to share with our DF dancers. She has additionally trained in the Broadway Dance Center's Training Program in New York City and spent a year expanding her dance knowledge in Chicago in classes with Chicago Tap Theater, MADD Rhythms, and Dovetail Studios. We are so happy to have her teaching dance classes as well as joining her sister and mother as a Director at the Dance Factory. In her spare time, Nicole travels and works with Encore Performing Arts Dance Competition.

 Andrea grew up in a small town in southern Colorado. She danced competitively until middle school where she began cheerleading. She was awarded NCA All American Team all four years of high school, and also participated in different programs such as the LDZ National Hispanic Institute at Colorado State University, Vision at the University of Notre Dame, and Math Science Upward Bound at Trinidad State College. After she graduated high school in 2014, she attended college and graduated in 2015 with an Associates in psychology. Andrea continues her love of dance when she became a dance mom in 2015 with her daughter Mia started dancing at the age of 2. She and her family moved to Greeley in 2018 and became part of Dance Factory when Mia began dancing at the studio, joining the competition team a few years later.  Her son Cristian loves participating in sports., and Andrea spends most of her time cheering them on while they do what the love most. 

Jessica is excited to be back at the Dance Factory to be teaching and sharing her passion for dance! She spent a total of 14 years at the Dance Factory learning and competing as well as assisting and teaching! She then spent 5 years dancing with the Colorado Dance Collective. Jessica specializes in ballet, jazz, and lyrical. She's looking forward to sharing her passion with the students!  

 Megan has grown up in the Dance Factory halls as a student and competition dancer, and we are so excited to now have her teaching and choreographing for our competitive company for the last 7 years. She has trained in all genres of dance and continues to grow and learn. Megan has danced for the Radio Disney Road Crew, Colorado Dance Collective, and the Traveling Performers. As well as, choreographed for the University High School Varsity Pom team, Windsor High School Varsity Pom Team, Severance High School Varsity Pom Team, Greeley West High School Varsity Pom Team,  and the Colorado Eagles Chicks. Her smile and energy is contagious, and she can’t wait to share her passion with you! 

 Lucy joins Dance Factory staff after being a gymnast for 14 years. She became a competitive cheerleader in 6th grade through high school, and started coaching all-star cheerleading out of high school. She was the Head coach of 8-11 year olds and assistant coach to high school aged kids. She successfully brought those teams to many competitions, and went to nationals in Orlando, Florida. Lucy moved to Colorado in 2008, and started coaching all star teams and a high school team as well. For the past few years she has been taking a break from coaching to stay home with her three kiddos.

Leslie is a graduate of Greeley West High School, class of 2021! Leslie has trained at the Dance Factory for 7 years in Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Ballet as a part of our Advanced Competition Team, and was featured as Mother Ginger in Dance Factory's Nutcracker All Jazz'd Up in 2020. She has earned her certification in Dance Factory's Teacher Trainer Program after two years of Pedagogy training in all styles of dance. You will catch her both teaching and assisting all styles and ages at the Dance Factory, where she also shares her passion of dance with both of her younger nieces who have danced as well!

Aubrie is a graduate of Windsor Charter Academy in class of 2020 and 2024 graduate of University of Northern Colorado! Aubrie has danced for 15 years here at Dance Factory and was part of our Competitive team. Aubrie is currently on company and directing and performing with the Colorado Dance Collective here in Greeley. We are excited to have her as part of our staff teaching classes in Tap, Ballet, and Jazz. Even though Aubrie has trained in all styles of dance, her favorite is Lyrical. She is looking forward to sharing her love of dance, and is a huge Harry Potter and Star Wars fan!

Eva's love for dance started at a very young age. Though she didn’t start dance classes until the age of 7, she's always seen the magic of dance and her growing passion for it developed here at the Dance Factory! There was not a whole lot that she loved to do more than come and take class and compete! Eva competed and trained in Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, and more, being apart of the DF family for 8 years.  At the age of 17 the first week of her senior year of high school Eva was in an accident resulting in a traumatic brain injury,  broken neck, ribs, collarbone and collapsed lunges. She was is a coma for two weeks and in the hospital for a few months, which was a blessing for the level of injuries Eva received. She truly believes it was thanks to the strength (mentally and physically) acquired training at The Dance Factory, that she was able to recover completely.  Also from the love and support Eva received from the studio with the messages and gift at my bedside.  As soon as she could walk again she came straight back to classes then to eventually assist classes before taking a break and starting a family.  After a few years Eva opened a dance studio of her own and got certified at Dance Teacher University in Las Vegas also attending a few of their dance teacher conferences. She started a competition team and competed for 3 years before closing at the 9th year. Now Eva has a photography studio and enjoys stepping back and just teaching at the studio she grew up in. 

 Meloney returns “home” to the Dance Factory after taking some time off from teaching to start a family. Born and raised in Greeley, Meloney grew up competing with the Dance Factory. She began assisting classes during high school and then teaching on her own shortly after. She is trained in all forms of dance and enjoys teaching it all! Meloney has 10+ years of teaching and coaching experience and has worked with dancers at all ages/levels. She is also the former Head Coach of the Northridge Cheer and Dance, and Greeley Central Dance teams. Her passion for dance has continued through adulthood and she is very excited to get back at it and share it with others. She has two children, Braeden the sports junkie, and Emercyn the volleyball and softball girlie.  Weekends are spent being their biggest fan and cheerleader! 

 Kate grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado and started dancing at age 6. She's trained in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, and Pointe from Fountain Arts Center and Revolution Dance Academy for a total of 10 years. She recently received her Bachelor's Degree in  Biology at the University of Northern Colorado, and Master's in Athletic Training. Kate is excited to be teaching and to be back in the dance world! 

Maeve completed her Bachelor of Arts Dance Degree at Oberlin College and graduated with a focus in Physical Technique as well as the Distinction in Dance Award. Additionally, Maeve holds a Hispanic Studies Degree, a minor in Physics and a concentration in Education Studies. Maeve danced as a company member of the Stavna Ballet for their 2022-2023 season, a guest dancer with Starr Foster Dance in 2023 and an Apprentice for Inlet Dance Theatre in 2024-2025. Maeve has taught in studios across several states and, after a recent move to the area, is looking forward to joining the Dance Factory teaching staff. 

Makenna is celebrating her 6th year on staff at The Dance Factory! You will see her in Preschool, Tap, Ballet, Jazz, and Hip Hop with all ages! She is also an assistant coach for the University Cheerleading Varsity Squad, placing 3rd at State in 2022, and coach of the University High School JV Cheerleading Squad!

McCartney grew up in Castle Rock, Colorado.  She started dancing at 3 years old and started competing at the 7 years old. She has trained in tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop, musical theatre and contemporary. She is a graduate of Castle View High School, where she was a member of the varsity poms team for 2 years and dance captain of 2 musical theater productions.  McCartney is currently attending the University of Northern Colorado and is studying elementary education. She is so excited to share her passion with students and continuing her dance journey! 

 Mackenzie is coming back home to The Dance Factory! 

She began her dance journey here at just 5 years old, quickly growing into a passionate performer and competitor. She was trained in all styles and loved spending her days with her team/instructors. Her love of dance led her to the University Poms team, where she helped bring home a State Championship in 2016. 

After high school, Mackenzie continued her dance career at Colorado State University, where she had the incredible opportunity to cheer and perform at the NCAA March Madness in 2022. 

Stepping into her new chapter, Mackenzie started teaching as the coach of the JV University Poms team- leading them to their first ever state title in 2024! 

She is beyond excited and grateful to return to her roots and call Dance Factory her home again. 

Isabela, or her nickname Bela, is another one of our students who has completed Dance Factory's Teacher Training Pedagogy program, after training a full year in learning how to teach all styles of dance to all ages. Isabela has been dancing with Dance Factory for 13 years. She is also a member of our Senior Competitive Team and a member University High School's Poms Team, winning State Champion in 2020 and 2022. Bela was featured in our Production of "Scrooge: Jazz'd Up Like The Dickens" as the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Grandma Clairnela  in "The Grinch". She loves sharing her love of dance with her younger cousins, who have followed in her foot steps and dance at Dance Factory!

Haley grew up in Arvada, Colorado where she started dancing at the age of 2. She went on to join her competitive team at the age of 10 and stuck with competition until the age of 20. At the same time , she was a 4 year Varsity member for her high school , Arvada West , and throughout her time there she was a Captain for 2 years , has received 2 All-American titles , 2 MVP titles , and an All-State Athlete title. She recently graduated from the University of Northern Colorado where she spent four years on the Sugar Bears Dance team. Haley has also spend 2 season cheering on the Spartans Football  as a member of their dance team. Throughout trying all of the styles of dance there are , her favorite styles are tap and lyrical. She is  excited to be at the Dance Factory and to share her love and passion she has for dance with everyone around her. 

Dance Factory welcomes Anisa to our staff after her 14 years of training in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, and more! Anisa completed her two year teacher training program at Dance Factory that focus on the pedagogy of dance training Anisa was featured as the "Ghost of Christmas Future" in Dance Factory's Production of "Scrooge: Jazz'd Up Like The Dickens" and  as the Family Maid in "Nutcracker: All Jazz'd Up." She also travels with her Dance Factory teammates during the summer to continue her training in classes at the Broadway Dance Center, taking from professional dancers in New York City. Look at for Anisa on the schedule, as she shares her passions for dance with all her DF Family.

 Caitlin has been a part of Dance Factory for 12 years, training in many styles such as tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and musical theatre and completed the two year Dance Factory Teacher Trainer Pedagogy program. After learning to teach all styles to all ages, she looks forward to sharing her passion of dance with the future generations! Outside of the studio she enjoys volunteering at different locations such as Life Stories and The Community Grief Center. Along with volunteering, she puts lots of focus on her education at Aims Early College Academy to graduate with her Associates of Arts degree in summer of 2024. 

Kailee was born and raised in Houston, Texas, where she began dancing at the age of 3. Training in ballet, tap, jazz, and contemporary styles, she quickly fell in love with dance and joined her home studio's competition team at the age of 10. From then on through high school, Kailee competed regionally and nationally before joining 713 Dance Ensemble as a pre-professional company member. During this time, Kailee got the opportunity to work with Broadway Performer Thayne Jasperson and 3 time Tap World Champion, Sergii Ostapenko. Kailee currently attends University of Northern Colorado where she studies Musical Theatre. She is thrilled to be joining the Dance Factory Family, and can't wait to shar her joy for dance with you all!

Makayla joins Dance Factory staff as an alumni from the class of 2025! Recently graduated from University High School, Makayla brings her training in all styles, not only as a part of Dance Factory Senior Company Competition Team, but as a 2x Pom State Champion with University High School, also receiving 2 All-American UDA awards.  Makayla was featured in Dance Factory's Winter Productions "Scrooge," "Nutcracker All Jazz'd Up," "The Grinch," as  Belle, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Grandma Rose. Makayla recently completed Dance Factory's Teacher Trainer Pedagogy program and looks forward to bringing her fun, whimsical, and hard-working personality to every class she teaches. Makayla will now be attending the University of Northern Colorado, majoring in Speech Language Pathology and minor in American Sign Language. Catch her on the sidelines at all games, as she continues dancing as a member of the UNC Sugar Bears Dance Team. GO Bears!

Alayna celebrates her graduation from  Aims Community College as a home-schooled student, her 12 years of Dance Factory training, and completion of Dance Factory's Teacher Trainer Pedagogy Program by joining our DF Staff! Alayna was also featured as "The Ghost Of Christmas Present," in Dance Factory's Winter Production of "Scrooge," and was a member of Dance Factory's Competitive Team for the past 4 years.  She plans to continue her education at Aims Community College to earn an additional associate’s degree in graphic design. She hopes to inspire, challenge, encourage, and teach her DF students as her instructors growing up did for her.