Meet the Team

BALLET PROGRAM DIRECTOR/ BALLET TEACHER/POINTE TEACHER

Kathryn was raised in the Midwest and received her earliest classical training at The Ballet Academy, Inc. in Cedar Rapids, IA. This is also where she taught her first ballet class, and it was love at first lesson. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Dance with a Minor in Psychology from the University of Iowa. During her time at U of I she continued teaching at The Ballet Academy, Inc and taught children of all ages at City Ballet of Iowa. After graduating Kathryn moved to Denver to pursue her teaching career and is happy to have been part of the VDC family since 2015. With 15+ years of teaching experience, Kathryn teaches ballet at Virtuosity Dance Centre as an American Ballet Theatre® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She is also certified in Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT).

TAP TEACHER/JAZZ TEACHER/MODERN TEACHER/COMPANY CHOREOGRAPHER

Marissa Moschette is a born and raised Jersey girl who after college relocated to the beautiful foothills of Golden Colorado. Marissa has been studying dance since the age of 3 and was heavily involved in the National Competition Dance world since five. She has studied in many areas including: Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Hip-Hop, Tap, and Ballroom. During her training, she has had the honor and pleasure of dancing with tappers such as Anthony Morigerato, Hillary-Marie, Toby Harris, Mike Minery, and even the feet of “Mummbles”, the penguin of happy feet, Savion Glover. Marissa attended Rutgers University and graduated with a Bachelor in Science as well as a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Mason Gross School of Performing Arts. Before moving to Colorado, Marissa had been teaching and guest choreographing at numerous competitive studios throughout the Tri- State Area in styles of Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop, and Tap for the past 9 years. While creating and building new tap programs for three different studios, she was also very successful in her choreography for competitions. Not only has she received many choreography and special judges awards for her dances but has also received an invitation to The World Dance Championship with the Star Dance Alliance for the Junior Tap Production “Welcome to Bikini Bottom” and recently a Jazz Teen “Snap Clap”. Miss Marissa Moschette is no stranger to the competition dance world but more than competition she loves the life lessons dance teaches each student. It is so much more than dance and the passion she has for it is what she hopes most that she gets to pass on to her students. Marissa absolutely loves her VDC family and is honored to be a part of something so amazing. She looks forward to many years and a lot of growth with her VDC family!

TOT PROGRAM COORDINATOR/TOT TEACHER/ACRO TEACHER

Abbey Krostue is originally from Minnesota and is the Tot Program Director. She is so excited to work with our younger Hip-Hop and Tumbling dancers. Abbey has been dancing since age 3 and began dancing competitively in 5th grade. She then was on her high school dance team for 6 years (7th-12th grade) where she was awarded an All-Conference Award and held a Captain position her senior year. Abbey then came to Mines for school and joined the Mines Dance Team! She graduated from Mines with both her M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science in the Spring of 2023. Abbey now coaches the Chaparral High School JV Poms team in Parker and works as a Cyber Security Engineer in Centennial.

CONTEMPORARY TEACHER/GROOVALICIOUS TEACHER

Alicia Lindauer grew up in Rochester, NY. She took her first dance class at the age of 10 at the Draper Center for Dance Education and was hooked. Alicia attended School of the Arts in Rochester, NY where she studied theatre and dance along with her regular academic course load. She also took classes with Garth Fagan Dance, a contemporary dance company that fuses modern and Afro-Caribbean dance styles. While in college, Alicia danced and choreographed for Boston University’s Dance Theatre Group. She took weekly classes in modern, jazz, hip hop ballet and tap as well as master classes in an array of styles including breakdancing, belly dancing and movement improvisation. After college, Alicia spent a year teaching ballet and tap at A Leap Above Dance and ran the dance program for Discovering Dance Arts, a non-profit community group focused on bringing arts to youth in a rural community outside of Madison, WI. Alicia has continued to take dance classes wherever she finds herself in the world, including in Ann Arbor, MI, NYC, and Washington, DC. Alicia began taking Contemporary and Groovalicious at VDC in 2015. She has been a member of both the Groovalicious Troupe and Vivid Visions Dance Collective at VDC. She is very excited to be able to both dance and teach at VDC. She strives to keep her classes fun and challenge students to push the boundaries of their comfort zones. Her choreography is grounded in modern dance and she loves to mix in different styles. Alicia has a master’s degree from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Boston University with minors in Mathematics and Dance. When not dancing, climbing, or exploring the outdoors, she works as a Technology Manager for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office managing a portfolio of renewable energy R&D projects.

HIP HOP TEACHER/JAZZ TEACHER/CONDITIONING TEACHER

Priya Kumar grew up in Colorado. She teaches Hip Hop I, Jazz I, and Tot Hop and feels lucky to have her dream job at Virtuosity Dance Center in Golden, Colorado. Priya has been dancing since she could walk, but has been dancing at VDC since 2016. Her favorite styles of dance are hip hop and jazz. Priya was on Virtuosity's company team where she danced at local events, danced for a band in a music video, and made friendships that will last a lifetime. During her time on VDC's Elite team, she competed throughout the Denver area. Because of Priya's passion for dance, she started a dance team at her high school. She was able to dance with all of her school friends, which was a blast. Priya is currently attending University of Colorado Denver, studying Integrated Health Sciences. She plans to further her dance career on her college dance team. Dance is Priya's favorite way to express herself and cannot wait to teach her favorite little students about the art that she loves so much.

JAZZ TEACHER/COMPANY TEACHER

From Golden, CO, Olivia began dancing at VDC when she was 11 years old, a semester after the studio opened and is now a part of the Jazz and Company programs. She started assistance-teaching Creative Movement, Ballet, and Jazz classes when she was 14 and started teaching in the tots program when she was 16. She loves to focus on technique and teaching kids how to be expressive and comfortable in their own skin, while empowering them to be vulnerable. Her favorite styles of dance are Ballet and Jazz, but Contemporary has always been the style where she feels the most herself. Dance has always been Olivia's outlet and she knows she wouldn't be who she is today without her time at VDC. She recently graduated from MSU Denver with a degree in Exercise Science and is pursuing a career as a Physical Therapist for dancers. She hopes she can combine her love of anatomy with her passion for dance to help future dancers prevent and recover from injuries so that they can feel strong and always do what they love.

JAZZ TEACHER

Taylor Bazewicz grew up right here in Golden Colorado. She danced at Virtuosity Dance Centre for 6 years, where she learned to love dance. She started competing when she was 14 and found new inspiration in the competitive world. Taylor believes that getting training from new teachers is one of the best ways to improve as a dancer. She currently is going to Golden High School and is formerly on the dance team there. While on this team, Taylor was able to compete more as well as perform in football and basketball games, while learning to be on a team. She enjoys all types of dance and has been trained in all styles. Some of her favorites include Contemporary and Ballet. After highscool Taylor plans to continue dancing and it's her dream to work on a cruise ship before going to college and studying more in the art of dance. She is very excited to go into this new experience of teaching and learn from her students and help guide the young dancers into this lovely world of dance!

LYRICAL TEACHER

Lily Renneker grew up in Massachusetts, right outside of Boston, and moved to Golden, Colorado 2 years ago. She started dancing at age 2 and attended Creative Steps Dance Studio for 17 years. Her training was in a multitude of different styles, including tap, lyrical, jazz, and many more! At 7 years old, she started her training at Boston Ballet; training in ballet, pointe, character dance, and modern. During this time, she fell in love with ballet and everything the style has to offer, from technique, to discipline, to artistry. Towards the end of highschool, she delved into the world of choreography, where she co-directed her local theatre’s Choreography Project. During this project, she led a group of choreographers in creating 15+ pieces for over 45 dancers, including 3 of her own, in ballet, contemporary, and tap. In her free time, Lily loves choreographing! Currently, she is in her final year at Colorado School of Mines completing her bachelors in Computational and Applied Mathematics. She attends the ballroom dance club twice a week, participating in tango and country swing. Lily is so excited to start at VDC and bring her love of dance and choreography to the younger dance generation!