About Massey School of Dance, Inc
Our History
What began as the dream of a mother and a busy housewife has become an institution in the Zebulon Community for sixty five years. After the death of Mrs. Wade in 1960, Alma Doris Massey realized the need for dance to continue for the young people in this area. Her husband, Frank Massey, closed in their two car garage and in the fall of that year the journey began.
Meet Our teachers
Inga Beck - Assistant Director
Inga Beck is the Assistant Director of The Massey School of Dance. She is a native of Zebulon, North Carolina and has been dancing since the age of 5 studying tap, ballet, jazz, clogging, modern and contemporary. She also performed on a competitive level. She grew up in this studio and has been teaching dance for over 30 years. She had the privilege of competing in local competitions as well as in Atlanta, Florida and New York City. Inga also had the opportunity while at the Massey School of Dance to take classes at Broadway Dance Center, in New York City and perform in the half time shows of the Peach and Orange Bowls. She teaches pre-school classes, tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and several of our performing groups. She is also a certified Acrobatic Arts instructor.
Inga is a graduate of Meredith College, earning her Major in Dance, with K-12 Certification, student teaching in dance at Martin Middle School. While at Meredith, she was a member of the audition based, Meredith Dance Theatre, she had the opportunity to work with various guest artists, such as David Beadle and Kenneth Tosti, one of the former lead dancers for Paul Taylor Dance Company. She was chosen by Tosti as one of four lead dancers in his MDT piece and was invited to perform for the Dance and Dialogue of Women’s History Month at UNC-G.
Teaching and being a part of the Massey School of Dance family has brought many wonderful opportunities, master classes and workshops with Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Savion Glover, Mark Goodman, the Moscow Ballet, Frank Hatchett, Sheila Barker, Daryl Rhetter, Tammy Colucci and most recently Allison Holker, Alex Wong, Kent Boyd and many more. She had the opportunity to assist in rehearsals for the Moscow Ballet’s “Nutcracker” while they were in residence here at the studio and in the Russian Ballet’s “Nutcracker” .
Not only does the studio provide a place to dance and provide opportunities for furthering dancers dance education, most importantly, it is a place where life long friends are made, traditions are passed on and little dancers, are taught to become successful, polite and poised young people in this world. She is very proud to say she is so blessed to have a job that she loves and she is especially blessed to have her husband and three beautiful children by her side!
Monica Pearce
Monica has been teaching at Massey School of Dance for over 20 years. She began dance classes at the age of three under the supervision of “Miss” Debby. Dance has always been a big part of her life and some of her best memories have been made, right here, at the Massey School of Dance. Monica specializes in clogging, hip hop, and jazz. She is currently the teacher for our competitive hip hop team as well as our competitive clogging teams. We are blessed to have Monica!
Jodi Livesay
Jodi has been teaching at Massey School of Dance since 2007. She began dancing when she was two at MSD. She is currently part of three generations of dancers here at MSD. Her mother studied under the supervision of the founding director, “Miss” Alma Doris Massey. Jodi’s daughters are currently students at MSD. “Miss” Jodi, is experienced in ballet, lyrical, jazz, tap, clogging, and coaching competitive dance teams. She has a BK License and a degree in Early Intervention. She completes continuing education yearly for dance with trainings and workshops. Jodi teaches ages 3–18-year-old dancers with an emphasis on younger dancers. We are so lucky to have Jodi!
Sarah O'Neal
Sarah began dance at the age of two at MSD and graduated with 15 years of dance in 2015. While at MSD she was a part of the Competitive Troupes and Clogging Team as well as competing with solos that won awards such as "Most Entertaining," " AtmosFIERCE," and numerous judges choice awards. She has taken classes with teachers such as Tammy Colucci, Jacob Brent, Alex Wong, Eileen Juric, and many others.
In addition to her studio training, she attended Meredith College and minored in Dance Studies where she studied under Carol Finley, Eleanor Smith, Allyson Colwell-Waber, among others. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies.
Sarah specializes in lyrical and jazz, in addition to teaching turns, leaps, and conditioning, ballet, and classes in our preschool program. She also instructs our Mini Performance and Competitive Team.
Sarah is always seeking to further her dance training and education. She is currently Progressing Ballet Technique Level One Certified, and regularly attends webinars and conferences for dance instructors. Additionally, she assists in our office and helping to make sure that things run smoothly behind the scenes.
Miss Sarah LOVES MSD and is thankful to be back doing what she loves with her dance family!
Jamie Zinn
Jamie started clogging at 5 years old when she lived in Arkansas and hasnt stopped since! After teaching alongside her mom at their family owned clogging studio, Clogging Dynamics, Jamie danced her way to Massey School of Dance in 1997. Jamie teaches our clogging classes, solos and competition teams. You will likely hear her big voice and silly laugh throughout the studio - Jamie brings energy and excitement to all of her classes and loves seeing her student's feet fly!
Caroline Proctor
Caroline has been dancing for 19 years, beginning her training at 5 years old. Throughout her competitive dance career, she trained extensively in all styles both in-studio and through outside industry programs and intensives. She has had the opportunity to train under respected industry professionals including Dusty Button, Fik-Shun, Mike Curtis, the NC State Dance Team, and many others.
During her years as a competitive dancer, Caroline earned numerous overall awards, choreography awards, titles, and special judges’ recognitions including runner up at Americas Miss Dance. At 15 years old, she received her first choreography award for a self-choreographed solo, sparking a passion for choreography that continues to shape her teaching and creative style today.
Caroline also began teaching at the age of 15, originally specializing in contemporary and clogging before expanding into multiple styles. Alongside her dance training, she earned her Associate’s Degree in Business Administration and Early Childhood Education while continuing her education through online programs such as CLI conservatory.
Today, Caroline works for Expressions National Dance Competition while continuing to teach and mentor dancers in the studio. She is passionate about not only developing strong dancers, but also helping students grow through the confidence, discipline, and life lessons that dance provides.
Brianna Butters
Brianna began dancing at 8 years old with her first hip hop class in North Raleigh. After a few years, she joined their competitive team and added jazz, lyrical, acro, pointe, and ballet into the mix. Her love for hip hop always persisted, thanks to my dance teacher, Ms. Amanda and to the students she assisted throughout the years. Brianna was the team captain for Wakefield High School Dance Team where she found a love for kick line and pom routines. Dance team taught her the importance of teamwork and strength conditioning. Throughout college, she found various ways to get back into dance. In 2019, she co-choreographed for UNCC’s Airband, which won first place for the first time in her sorority’s campus history. Brianna graduated from UNC Charlotte in 2019 with a Bachelors Degree in Finance. She is a Senior Financial Analyst for a veterinary company in Wilson and resides in Wendell. Brianna is in her third year of teaching hip hop at Massey, and is so glad to still have dance in her life.
Kayla Scott
Miss Kayla is our office manager and we could not handle our day to day operations without her! She has a background in nursing and spent many years working in medical offices prior to joining our staff. We are thankful to have Miss Kayla as a part of our staff.
Experienced Instructors
Our instructors have years of experience in dance and teaching. They are dedicated to helping each student reach their full potential.