Traci Broman | Director
Traci bought Village Dance Studio from her mother, Annette Pettigrew, in August 2017 and continues to uphold the strong foundation and quality instruction for which VDS is well-known. Village Dance Studio is more than a business for Traci, it is a calling and place where she hopes everyone can find their niche. She enjoys teaching musical theater and jazz along with all the fun administrative work that comes with owning a business. Traci graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a Bachelor of Science in Arts Management with a concentration in dance. While at IU, Traci studied dance from Sherilyn Nott Foley, Selene Carter, and others. Traci began her dancing passion at a young age and has been dancing for over 30 years. The passion for dance quickly turned into a passion for organization of the arts and this family business. Traci has been on staff with VDS since 2011. Her favorite things to do in life are spend time with her 2 kiddos & husband, dance, plan events, and organize! |
Chloe (Holzman) Broecker | Assistant Director of Productions
Originally from suburban Chicago, Chloe holds a BFA in Ballet with an emphasis in teaching and a focus in character dance from the University of Utah. While at the university, Chloe was a member of the Character Dance Ensemble which took her to Spain, Hungary, and Ukraine to learn local dances. Following her graduation, Chloe performed with Fort Wayne Ballet as well as serving as an instructor, choreographer, and rehearsal director. She then moved to Indianapolis and joined Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre where she performed professionally, taught, and choreographed for six years. Now retired from performing, Chloe enjoys focusing on her students, new choreography opportunities, and her involvement in productions and performances. |
Annette Pettigrew | Founder & Ballet Manager
Annette teaches creative movement, ballet, and pointe. She oversees the VDS Ballet classes to ensure proper technique and appropriate class level placement. Annette Pettigrew founded Village Dance Studio in 1977. She has over 45 years of teaching experience and has a B.S. in Ballet from Indiana University. She began dancing at the age of four and studied with Myrl Laurence and Phyllis DeWeese in Cincinnati, Stone Camryn in Chicago, and Margaret Saul in Indianapolis. She has attended the teacher training course at the National Ballet School of Canada in Toronto over ten times. She has taken classes in NYC and London at the Royal Academy of Dance. Annette has worked with the gifted and talented programs thru the Indiana Department of Education. She has been a visiting artist at various schools throughout greater Indianapolis. Annette has attended dance medicine symposiums, creative movement workshops, ballet technique workshops, and more. She began the dance magnet program at Shortridge Junior High School and taught ballet to students. Annette has choreographed for high school show choirs along with musicals for area high schools and colleges. Recently Annette has enjoyed leading training in childhood development, dance education, and more. In 2017 she "retired" from the directing part of the business and now enjoys focusing on what she loves most- teaching dance! |
Marissa Castillo | Instructor & Dance Manager
Marissa teaches modern, ballet, jazz, tap, and coordinates the VDS Ensemble. She oversees the VDS dance (tap, jazz, modern, hip hop) classes to ensure proper technique and appropriate class level placement. Marissa Castillo is a 2009 graduate from Ball State University with a degree in Dance Performance. Marissa started her dancing career at the age of two and a half at Playhouse Studio of Dance in Marion, Indiana, where she studied a variety of disciplines including ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, modern, and musical theatre. After realizing her passion for the world of dance, she decided to continue her dance education at Ball State University where she had the opportunity to study under Lou Ann Young, Audra Sokol, Sarah Mangelsdorf, Michael Worcel, Jennifer Medina, Alan Sener, Mary Cosaro, and Bill Evans. In 2006, she auditioned for and joined Ball State Dance Theatre, the university's pre-professional performance company, and performed in six mainstage dance concerts. She could also be seen performing in many student productions and displaying her own choreography in such showcases. Marissa also has taken ballet and modern classes in Seattle, Washington, at the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Marissa joined the Village Dance Studio faculty in 2009 and teaches many styles of dance. Her enthusiasm and love of dance emulates through the varied dance classes she teaches. |
Megan Fisher | Instructor
Megan teaches ballet, pointe, & pre-ballet on Thursdays. Megan formerly studied at the Village Dance Studio for over ten years and has been on the staff for over 20 years. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Dance Performance from Ball State University. While at Ball State she was a member of the Ball State Dance theatre where she performed many leading roles in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, clogging and folk dance. She has choreographed many outstanding dances, including Mulan, Moana, & many more in the past recital. She is a devoted mother, wife, nurse, and huge asset to the studio. |
Sam Robbins | Instructor
Sam Robbins was a 15 year member of Village Dance Studio. She participated in many conventions, performances and master classes as a member of the Village Dance Ensemble. Sam was honored with the Myrl L. Laurence dance scholarship her senior year. She continued her love of the performing arts at Ball State University taking tap and ballet classes. Sam was a 3 year member and 2 year executive board member/choreographer for Outlet Hip Hop Dance Troupe. The group is considered Ball State’s “favorite guest performance group” and was able to perform and compete at many campus and local cultural events. On the team, Sam helped lead Outlet to 3 Airjam victories and other first place titles at competitions around the state. Sam has loved guest teaching hip-hop at Village Dance Studio and continuing her tap education with local tap teachers. A long time participant in the Miss Indiana Organization, Sam has received many talent awards and scholarships for her tap performances. This past year Sam placed in the Top 11 at Miss Indiana. She graduated from Ball State in 2020 with a BFA in Visual Communication, and is a graphic designer at ScreenBroidery in Noblesville. Sam is so excited to be back at her hometown studio and working with the tap dancers this Fall! |
Mikayla (Smith) Boggs | Instructor
Mikayla Karis Smith is an Anderson University graduate where she received a BFA in Dance Business. She had the opportunity to work with Motus Dance Theatre for Cultivate 2017 and Crossroads Dance Indy at Indy Fringe 2017 and Indy Fringe 2018. In Columbus, Ohio, Mikayla was involved in Ten Tiny Dances 2018 and 2019 with New Vision Dance Company. She has taught dance and choreography at Studio C School of Dance, YMCA of Pickaway County and Pickerington High School North’s Chorale. She has been teaching at VDS for 7 years and is excited for another season!. |
Hannah Brown | Instructor
Hannah Brown began her dance training in Charlotte, North Carolina under the direction of Melissa Hale-Coyle and Lisa Leone at the Charlotte City Ballet Company. She attended the University of South Carolina, where she performed in works by choreographers such as George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Helen Pickett, and Gianni Di Marco. In 2013, she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography. She was a company dancer with Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre for 11 years, just recently retiring from professional dance in June 2024. She has a passion for teaching young dancers Ballet, Pointe, and Modern, as well as educating dancers about injury prevention in the hopes that they can dance for as long as they desire. |
Betsy Edmondson | Instructor
Betsy is excited to mark her 30th anniversary as a dance teacher by returning to the Village Dance Studio after a sabbatical of 5 years. She taught ballet, jazz, and tap with us for almost 17 years before taking a break! This season Betsy is teaching several levels of ballet and pointe in addition to being a 500-hour certified yoga instructor. Passionate about being a fine arts teacher, helping students find their technical and artistic voices, and teaching private lessons are her favorite things about being a dance and yoga teacher. Outside of teaching, Betsy loves spending time outdoors with her husband, David, and two almost-grown sons, Charlie and Cameron, and making music with her family. 
Haley Dahlberg | Instructor & Office Staff - NEW!
Haley Dahlberg is an Indianapolis native. She began taking ballet lessons at age ten, also training in modern, jazz, tap and musical theatre over the years. She studied dance and history at Anderson University, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2016. Upon graduating, Haley moved out to Chicago, where she was a freelance performer and worked for Ballet 5:8 for 8 years, eventually becoming Studio Manager. Haley also discovered a passion for adaptive dance through a summer intensive with Dancing Wheels in Cleveland, Ohio and community classes with Momenta Dance in Oak Park, Illinois. In the Spring of 2024, Haley returned to Indianapolis, and she is a current company dancer and adaptive dance teacher with Ballet Initiative. She is excited to teach at VDS! |
Laura Nolan, MOT, OTR/L | Instructor
Laura Nolan is a pediatric occupational therapist and alumnus of Village Dance Studio. Laura received her Master of Occupational Therapy Degree from Xavier University in 2019 and her Doctorate of Education degree from the University of New England in 2024. Laura is passionate about adaptive recreation and has enjoyed supporting Village Dance Studio students while developing the adaptive dance program. She participated in adaptive dance teacher training through the Boston Ballet School and has coached an adaptive baseball team for 13 years. As an occupational therapist, Laura works with children aged 0-21 and brings her knowledge of child development, motor skill development, and learning through play to her classes. 
Natalie Nagy | Instructor & Office Staff - NEW!
Natalie Nagy was born in South Dakota and danced at Expanding Harmony Dance Studio until she moved to Dayton, Ohio in 2016. Here she danced at South Dayton School of Dance through high school. In 2024 she graduated summa cum laude from Wright State University with her BFA in dance and an Arts Management Certificate. During her time here she danced two seasons with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II under Shonna Hickman-Matlock. She attended intensives at GroundWorks Dance Theatre, ChuThis., Sidra Bell’s MODULE, and GagaLab in Tel Aviv. Choreographers she has worked with include Ray Mercer, Kijaunta Lucas, Gavin & Vanessa Owens, and more. She also has a passion for teaching and choreography. Her senior work was restaged on Dayton Dance Initiative for their 2024 season performance. Currently, she is performing in her first season with Dance Kaleidoscope and also serves as their social media consultant. She is so excited to join the Village Dance Studio family! |
Shaylee Barnes | Instructor & Office Staff - NEW!
Shaylee graduated from Indiana University with a degree in neuroscience and minor in contemporary dance. She is a VDS alumni of 15 years and continued her dance training throughout her time at IU in various classes and as a member of the InMotion Dance Company. Shaylee has been assisting, subbing, and teaching guest classes at VDS over the last few years and is excited to join the faculty for the year. |
Nathan Rommel | Instructor - NEW!
Nathan is a former Soloist at New York Theatre Ballet and current company dancer with Dance Kaleidoscope. Along with a wealth of experience teaching dance, he has also toured internationally with Jon Lehrer Dance, performed with American Ballet Theatre, and danced with Giordano Dance Chicago. We are excited to add him to our team and continue to provide top tier instructors for our dancers. |
Elizabeth Ewigleben | Summer Music Teacher
Elizabeth is a VDS alumnus from Lebanon, Indiana where she has been teaching at Princess Camp for 8 summers with VDS. After graduating with a Bachelors in Music Education from Anderson University (IN) and a Masters in Vocal Performance from Miami University (OH), she began to work at different schools in Central Indiana while singing for the Indianapolis Opera Chorus and various churches. Currently she teaches preschool music at Traders Point Early Christian Childhood Preschool while singing for various organizations including the Indianapolis Opera Chorus. 
Tracy Coussens | Office Manager
Tracy has years of experience in administrative work and has had a child dancing at VDS for over 20 years. Tracy has been a member of our staff for 5+ years and was recently promoted as Office Manager. She manages all registrations & payments, helps us stay organized, and does a ton of work behind the scenes. 
Susan Deeg | Office Assistant
Susan assists in the office on Fridays and helps VDS throughout the year. She spends her days helping with grandkids and Miss Traci's kiddos. Susan is truly a a jack of all trades and helps keep us organized. |
Emily Smith | Summer Art Teacher
Emily will be entering her sixth summer teaching at the studio and is an alumni of VDS from 2002! During the school year, she teaches art for a K-8 school in IPS. Prior to her teaching journey, Emily was a graphic designer for ten years. Her favorite style of dance is jazz and her current favorite art medium is water color. She also is an avid knitter and loves to read fantasy! 
Sy Bagley | Office Assistant
Sy assists in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Saturdays. You may see her here other nights of the week with her own kids, Alyssa & Curtis. Sy works full time during the week at Zionsville West Middle School. She is also a member of our volunteer costume team and helps with many things around the studio! 
Angie Duerden | Office Assistant
Angie is at the front desk on Mondays and can be seen whipping around the studio with her daughter, McKinzie. Angie is actively involved in the community and helps around VDS with so many projects! |
