Kristen Greto joined the LIU dance team as head coach in 2020.
Greto has been dancing and training in tap, jazz, ballet and hip-hop for more than 20 years.
Her extensive training allowed her to perform throughout Westchester County and New York City. Notable venues in which she has performed include Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center, Lincoln Center and St. Luke’s Theater.
Greto has been dancing professionally with the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets since 2017.
As an NBA Brooklynette, she serves as a brand ambassador — dancing, performing, traveling and serving the community of Brooklyn.
She has danced internationally with the team in China twice as well as in Mexico.
Prior to her NBA debut, she spent three seasons dancing with the NBA’s G-League Westchester Knicks Dancers, serving as captain for two of those seasons.
Greto was a member of the St. John’s University dance team for four years, and served as captain for two.
During her senior year, the dance team made school history by placing first at the Universal Dance Association College Nationals in the Division 1 Hip-Hop category. Greto helped lead her team to its first-ever national championship at ESPN Wide World of Sports at Disney World.
Since then, she has choreographed and worked with several high school and collegiate dance teams and programs: Sacred Heart University, St. John’s University, Kellenberg Memorial High School and Harrison High School, to name a few.
For the first time in the LIU dance team’s history, Greto and her squad brought home a top-10 finish in the 2021-22 Division 1 Hip Hop category at UDA Nationals in Orlando (sixth place).
Greto graduated from St. John’s University with a bachelor’s degree in communication arts and a minor in business administration. She earned an MBA in executive management from the Peter J. Tobin College of Business. She is a native of White Plains, N.Y.
