MEET OUR STAFF
     JENNIE GUERRERO has been dancing and instructiong at the Dance Factory for over 20 years and has extensive training in the areas of tap, jazz and ballet.  From dancer to Dance Factory Company performer, to instructor, to being a mother of three, Jennies's done it all.  Not only does she love to teach but the students love her too!  Jennie teaches combination classes of tap, ballet and jazz.  We are very honored to have her as a part of our Dance Factory Family.  WENDY KLEIN is from New Hampshire where she began taking ballet at the age of 2.  At 10 yeas of age she joined the Boston Ballet's pre-professional program and later in high school she began to dance at the Ballet Theater of Boston where she whas chosen to tour "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker" in which she danced the leading roles including Snow Queen and Dew Drop Fairy.  Wendy participated in 3 original Balanchine ballets and earned a performance/teaching certification from the Hartford Ballet.  She completed her BA at UNC and has sucessfully completed RAD, DES, and ISTD examinations. This is Wendy's 10th year at the Dance Factory.   TRACY BARGER has been teaching at the Dance Factory for 4 years.  She is very popular with our younger dancers instructing tap & ballet combo classes and Pre-jazz.  Tracy has 3 children of her own so she knows how to keep her student's focus in class and have fun at the same time.  ARMANDO SILVA  is beginning his 2nd year at the Dance Factory and the kids love him.   Hip Hop & Pop-n-Lock are his specialty.  Armando has choreographed extensively for the Northridge Dance Team, the "Greeley Fiesta" and "The Boyz" performing dance group.  BRITTANY STRINGER  comes to us from Ft Collins where she has been dancing and instructing at Westin Dance Arts since 1993.  She is now a Jumior at UNC majoring in Art Eduction with a dance minor.  Brittany has training in tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical and hip hop, has worked with pre-school through teenagers and has even done choreography for competition teams.  Besides teaching her own classes, you will see Brittany assisting, subing and even helping in our retail store.   KRISTY KARBOUSKY has joined our staff just recently.  She is from Colorado Springs where she trained at the Dance Center and Robin's Danceworks.  Kristy has done competitive dance since the age of 7, studing tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical and hip hop.  Once a member of the CU Express Dance Team she is now attending UNC as a Communication Major with a Minor in Sports and Recreation.  You will find Kristy in the Hip Hop classes both teaching and assisting, she brings loads of enery to her class.  JESSICA SEGURA a former Greeley West Pom and UNC Sugar Bear.  She is teaching our pom classes for the second year and the kids are having a great time!  Jessica is a senior at the University of Northern Colorado and is currently student teaching at Monfort Elementry School.  DANIELLE RUTZ recently graduated from Northridge High School and has been dancing and performing with the Dance Factory for 14 years.  Besides being a member of the Dance Factory competitive teams for most of those 14 years, Danielle was also on the dance team at Northridge.  We are very excited to have Danielle join our staff, we know she has the best of training and will pass it on to your dancer.  In addition to sharing her talent with our students, Danielle will be attending UNC majoring in Education.