Windfall Dance Company Member Bios
Shirin Ansari
Shirin Ansari, a Bloomington native, has been dancing for many years. She has trained in ballet, tap, jazz, and modern, in addition to studying classical Indian dance while abroad in India. Shirin joined Windfall in January 2002.
Nicole Brooks
Nicole took up dance as a teenager in her hometown of Lafayette and studied ballet and modern at Lafayette Ballet Company. She earned a B.A. in Dance Pedagogy at Butler University. After teaching ballet and modern and choreographing for several years in Texas and Seattle, she moved back home to get a masters degree in journalism at Indiana University in Bloomington. Nicole joined Windfall in fall 2009 and is happy to be dancing and performing again.
Amie Dillon
Amie Dillon is originally from West Virginia where she studied ballet prior to college then minored in dance at West Virginia Wesleyan College. She began dancing with Windfall while she pursuing her Master of Public Affairs degree at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. She is now working for the Indiana Grantmakers Alliance in Indianapolis.
Ashley Donaldson
Originally from Indianapolis, Ashley Donaldson has been dancing since the age of five. She has studied ballet, jazz, and modern. A recent graduate of Indiana University, she began studying Middle Eastern dance in undergrad as well as salsa. Ashley has been a member of Windfall since September 2006.
Harmony Jankowski
Bio coming soon.
Kay Olges
Kay Olges has been a member of Windfall since 1997. She graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts with a concentration in ballet. She holds bachelor and master's degrees in speech-language pathology and works in the Lawrence County school system. Kay is also the founder and director of Windfall's Reading Through Movement Literacy Project. She is grateful to her wonderful family and friends for all their support over the years. Dancing is Kay's sanctuary.
Natalie Meese
Bio coming soon.
Megan Meyer
Megan Meyer grew up in South Dakota where she studied ballet, tap, and jazz. Megan started studying modern, Japanese butoh, and African contemporary while living in Montpellier, France. She has lived in Bloomington since 2007 and works as a producer at WFIU.
C. Neil Parsons
C. Neil Parsons discovered modern dance while studying Trombone Performance at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, where he declared an individual major in "Interdisciplinary Performance & Education". For nine years Neil served as bass trombonist/actor/dancer with Tales & Scales, a national touring company which created new music/theatre/dance works for children and family audiences. In addition to dancing with Windfall, Neil is the bass trombonist with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and recently directed a production for the Bloomington Playwrights Project.
Claire Renaud
Claire Renaud has received a dance certificate from the Conservatoire national de région de Caen, France, in 1996, where she received training in ballet and modern. She has also worked with Michèle Latini and Claude Béatrix as well as numerous local choreographers in France. Claire is pursuing a PhD in French linguistics at Indiana University and joined Windfall in September 2006.
Elizabeth Theobald
Liz is from Dubuque, Iowa where she danced with the Dubuque Academy of Ballet for 12 years. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Biomedical Engineering and minors in Business and Dance. She was a member of the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps Colorguard for 7 years. Currently she works as an Engineer at Cook Inc. and Colorguard Director for Bloomington High School South in addition to being a part of the Windfall Dance Company.