Meet Our Dancers

Ava Benvenutti

Company dancer, September 2025

Ava (she/her) is from Fishers, IN where she started taking ballet and tap classes around three years old. Her dance journey morphed as she joined her high school’s show choir. Moving to IU, she took on the role of Dance Coordinator for Collins LLC. She soon began a Dance Minor at IUB, which completely transformed her college experience for the better! She is currently pursuing a degree in Anthropology with minors in Dance and Environmental Sustainability with plans to graduate in December 2025. She is interested in how dance uniquely facilitates communication within the body and the power dance has to build community and a relationship with the self. Outside of dance, she is involved with the High Flyers of Bloomington and Indiana Odyssey of the Mind. She is thrilled to continue moving with the Windfall Dance Company!

Lillian Grech

Company dancer, May 2024

Lillian began dancing at 12 in a small dance studio in Salem, Indiana, where she developed a deep passion for dance, prompting her to seek more intensive training in Louisville, KY. There, she studied under principal dancers from renowned companies such as the Cuban National Ballet, Louisville Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet, and Polish National Theatre.

Throughout her journey, she has performed in full-length ballet productions, taking on roles such as Alice in Alice in Wonderland and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. Additionally, she explored and performed various dance styles, including contemporary, hip-hop, modern, jazz, and lyrical.

After her last performance at the studio where she trained, she opened a dance studio in Salem, IN. There, she taught dancers of all ages and choreographed showcases and productions featuring a variety of dance styles. However, she temporarily stepped away from dancing and teaching at her studio to shortly live in Australia for family-related reasons. Upon her return, she continued teaching at her studio for another year before deciding to close it to focus on her dance training in Louisville. Soon after, she found herself in Bloomington, presented with a wonderful opportunity to take classes and perform in a showcase for Windfall. This experience ultimately led her to audition for the company.

Kay Olges

Company dancer, 1997

Kay Olges has been a part of Windfall since 1997. She graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts with a concentration in ballet. She holds a bachelor and master’s degrees in speech-language pathology and works for The Stepping Stones Group as a traveling speech therapist. Kay is the founder and director of Windfall’s Reading Through Movement Literacy Project. She is grateful to her wonderful family, friends, and partner for all their support over the years. Dancing is Kay’s sanctuary.

Aaron Shinn

Company dancer, February 2023

Aaron Shinn is very excited to join Windfall this year! A lifelong student of dance, Aaron began his training at the Kansas City Ballet School and later the New Jersey School of Ballet. He is a PhD student in chemistry at IU and is delighted to be able to move and perform with the Company.

Leigha Stephney-Sullivan

Company dancer, May 2025

Leigha Stephney-Sullivan began dancing at a very young age. At the age of 7 she would sing and dance in school talent shows and the Monroe county fair talent shows. Alongside her sister, brother, and her best friend, they would choreograph dances and perform them. She also participated in Bloomington High School South’s mini poms with the dance team. 

When she was a sophomore in high school, she auditioned for the dance team, and thus began her formal dance training. They performed Pom, jazz, hip hop, and kick. They competed and performed at the half time shows. 

In college, while studying psychology and premed, she continued her dance studies as a dance minor. Here she took modern, tap, jazz, and ballet. 

Leigha is now a mother of two, and a CCMA with plans of applying to medical school and becoming a doctor. She is very excited to join the Windfall dance company, and continue to keep dance as a part of her life.