The owner/director of Ignite Dance Center, which opened its doors in 2018 out of her living room. She has been a teacher and choreographer for over 22 years. As a child she trained at Backstage Academy of Dance in Turlock, CA. She also continued her dance education by taking classes at Edge Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, in college at CSU Sacramento, and countless dance conventions.

Lisa has received choreography awards from Dance Educators of America and various organizations over the years. She has also received local and national recognition for her choreography. She continues to study dance professionally by attending dance conventions and specific training seminars for studio owners.

Lisa has her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies. Before owning a dance studio, she was a director for seven years for a highly successful national education franchise. She also was a new franchisee trainer and travelled out of state to coach small businesses. She specializes in marketing, web site design, social media strategy, and photography.

Lisa cares deeply about providing kids with a fun and positive outlet at IDC. As a mom with two kids herself, it is very important to her that IDC is a family friendly studio that teaches kids important values to be successful in life. She and her Husband both feel very blessed to own Ignite Dance Center.

Kelly, born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, has been involved with performing arts for over 60 years starting out with ballet when she was 5. Her first ballet teacher was from Russia, and the teacher would walk through the class with a cane, whacking anyone that didn’t point their toes! Old school for sure! Kelly also participated in tap, jazz and was a competitive baton twirler for many years.

During her time as the Director of Education she created a Home School Performing Arts Program, increased the six-week summer program from sixty to eighty-five students and created an intensive two-week theatre program for advanced theatre students. Kelly also organized fund raising that allowed her to organize two six nights/seven-day trips to NYC where the theatre’s performing arts group, The Shooting Stars, performed in an off Broadway Theatre, attended classes at Broadway Dance Centre and Steps on Broadway, as well as attended Broadway shows, danced with Rosie’s Kids, participated in back stage tours of some theatres and even had discussions with Broadway performers. A true theatre learning experience.

Kelly is always willing to “just get it done” for the betterment of the group. Her greatest joy is seeing a young child arrive at our studio, quiet and unsure, some not even knowing how to put on their shoes and then watching them change, grow and develop into confident and productive young people.

Katie grew up in Henderson, NV where she started dancing at a young age and is an Ignite Dance Center ALUMNI. She has studied all styles of dance and was a member of the prestigious UNLV Rebel Girl Dance Team. She has been in various performance groups and part of two international dance tours. This Spring she will graduate from UNLV with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and is going to become a Physical Therapist.

Katie has been teaching several years and has travelled out of state to teach master classes. She danced competitively for eight years and is one of our competition team choreographers. Katie loves teaching dance and continuing to be part of IDC!

AJ Ocampo was born and raised in Minnesota and trained in all dance disciplines at the famed Larkin Dance Studio. His training also extended from New York to Los Angeles. AJ was given the first award of Male Dancer of the Year by jazz master Joe Tremaine before heading off onto his professional career.

Some of his performing credits include two European tours with recording artist Mylene Farmer, the Country Music Awards, Shania Twain, recording artist Prince, the International Music Awards, Penn and Teller, Super Bowl, Gloria Estefan, Divas Live with Anastasia, Mary J. Blige, Cher, the Dixie Chicks and many more. He has worked in many shows along the Las Vegas strip, from being the featured tap soloist in Splash at the Riviera, dance captain for SpellBound at Harrahs to working with famed director and choreographer Jamie King in Storm at Mandalay Bay. While keeping busy at night performing in shows, AJ kept busy during the day performing in many Las Vegas conventions and trade shows. He also has theatre credits from coast to coast including the original Fosse Project and a run of Journey to the West the musical in New York. His teaching credits include conventions and master classes in tap, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, acro, contemporary and improv.

His teaching style is challenging and technical yet fun and his choreography has won both regional and national awards. Teaching for almost 20 years, some of his former students can be found on stages all over the globe. AJ is honored and grateful to be joining the IGNITE DANCE family and looking forward to the magic that will definitely be made.

Ashton grew up on a small farm in California’s central valley and began dancing at the age of seven. She was trained and competed in many styles growing up including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, musical theater and contemporary. In college, she performed with the Portable Dance Troupe and Contemporary Dance Ensemble at California State University, Fresno and attended the American College Dance Festival to perform and learn from world renowned choreographers. Throughout her undergraduate career she studied dance and kinesiology and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science. She also has a master’s degree in Fitness Management from St. Mary’s College of California.

Ashton uses her knowledge of dance and movement to keep her dancers healthy and improving. A lover of all things exercise, she hopes to keep developing dancer specific training and support dancers of all ages.

Born and raised in Henderson, Nevada, Alexa started dancing at the early age of 4 years old. Shortly after, Alexa started dance competition where she trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, musical theater, and many more. She competed for many years until she graduated high school from Del Sol Academy in 2020

Alexa knew that her dance career could not be over after high school, so she decided to continue perusing dance as a college degree. Now, Alexa is a senior who is perusing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography and a business minor. After graduation, she hopes to dance professionally in commercial work such as cruise ships, Cirque Du Soleil, or Disney. Eventually she plans on opening up her own dance studio to pass on her love for the arts.

Alexa has previous experience teaching dance to ages ranging from 2 to 21 years old. Alexa is so excited to be joining the amazing Ignite Dance Center staff as it’s her first year teaching at our studio. She is very grateful for this opportunity and is ready to touch the lives of many young dancers.

Kami Day was born and raised in Las Vegas. She moved to Henderson when she was eight years old. She will be attending Foothill High School as a senior this year, making this her last year as a company dancer at Ignite!

Kami started dancing at 3 years old with her grandmother, and her love for it has only grown since. She especially excelled in the tap and jazz genres and was able to sprinkle in others as she continued to dance. She started dancing at Ignite in 2020 and joined the tap company team. She has danced with the team ever since. She has earned several awards not only with her team but also for her tap solos, including first place at nationals last competition season. This will be her fourth year competing with Ignite's company team and her third year competing a solo.

Last season Kami joined our teaching staff and has worked as a teaching assistant for many years. A natural leader, she has received so much praise for her teaching skills from parents and dancers alike. She is looking forward to another amazing season at IDC!

Heidi was born in Henderson, Nevada, and is one of the original dancers for IDC. She has been dancing since she was four years old and competing since she was five. She has won many regional awards and has earned numerous dance scholarships throughout the years. She also holds a 2018 National Title.

She currently trains in acro, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, jazz, pointe, and tap. She has also participated in theater and music programs. She even has had the opportunity to perform at Disneyland! In her spare time she enjoys riding dirt bikes, swimming, playing golf, and working out. She has been assisting classes at IDC for many years and is looking forward to teaching this upcoming season.