Our Staff

	Cindy
	Cindy started dancing at age 3 at Carousel of Dance in Illinois. She danced there until age 20. Cindy became a teacher's assistant at the studio at age 13. At 16, Cindy became a teacher at Carousel of Dance, teaching all styles of dance to students of all ages. She continued in this position for four years. Cindy then moved to Colorado Springs and started dancing at the Barbara Ellis Studio of Dance. Cindy was a teacher at the Barbara Ellis Studio for 9 years. In 2000, Cindy and her family moved to Gleneagle and Cindy opened her own studio. Cindy now uses her 24 years of teaching experience to provide dance students of all ages with fun and challenging instruction. Seeing students succeed, learn, and feel great is the main goal at Cindy's Dance Factory.
	Ashley
	Ashley Duncan started dancing at the age of 3, studying ballet and tap. She started teaching at the age of 14 at Barbara Ellis Studio of Dance. Based in classical ballet, her training credits include Nancy Derby, Patti Hoffman, Debbie Mercer, Lindsay Fischer and Xavier Hicks. After college she spent four years at Derby Dance Arts teaching ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, Fosse jazz, lyrical, modern, flamenco, belly dance, musical theater, swing and salsa as well as offering workshops in folklorico, Bharat Natiyam, korobushka, poms/ high kick and choreographing for competition teams. As a teacher, Ashley's focus is to present many different styles and flavors of each discipline of dance while still conveying proper technique and injury prevention.