Meet the
Team
Owner
Laura Carroll
A native of Canada, Laura is a former professional dancer with more than 25 years experience before she moved onto teaching. Highlights of her dance history including two years with the Toronto Argonauts football team and the Toronto Raptors basketball teams, six years as a dancer and director for Norwegian Cruise Lines; performing with multiple renowned New York City dance companies; choreographing alongside Michael Kubala and Mic Thompson; and starring in productions 42nd Street, Grease, and Sesame Street Live.
Laura’s students have gone on to many university dance programs as well as performing professionally on Cruise Lines, at Disney World, on National Tours and for professional sports teams. She received her B.F.A from York University with honors in Dance and her Masters degree in Communications from Austin Peay State University.
She purchased ACSD in 2012 upon the retirement of founder Ann Carroll, Laura’s former mother-in-law. Laura is a proud member of The Gold Alliance and Julie Kay”s Studio Owner Mastermind. She has been on panels for Dance Life Teacher Conference, been a guest co-host for Rhee Gold’s podcast and has written for Gold DanceLife Magazine.
Katey is a proud Ann Carroll School of Dance alumna, taking dance since the age of 4 at the Grassland location. While at ACSD she was a competitive dancer for 10 years and an original member of Platinum, our pre-professional track. She has since trained at Broadway Dance Center, Hubbard Street, Randolph Performing Arts Center in Canada, Alvin Ailey and at many conventions and workshops.
Company Director & Instructor
Katey Windholz
As a teacher Katey has further developed the tap syllabus that has been a long standing, proud tradition here that has led to her winning awards for her choreography.
Katey has experience working with all ages and prides herself on being well-versed in all styles of dance.
Styles Taught: Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop
Years Experience: 10 years
Musical Theater Co-Director & Instructor
Jeanne McCollum
Jeanne began her dancing career at the age of 3 spending the next 15 years training at the Dixie Splawn School of Dance in ballet, tap and jazz before attending the University of Arkansas where she performed for 4 years with the dancing and singing show choir “The Uarkettes”. She graduated with a B.A. in Vocal Performance.
Her stage experience includes the national tour of A Christmas Carol, Ado Annie in Oklahoma, Six Flags Over Texas, and Gaslight Dinner Theater in Tulsa where she starred in Scarpetta, Two by Two, The Littlest Mermaid and The Last of the Red Hot Lovers.
Jeanne has done many industrials for Gary Musik Productions including acts opening for George Burns, Bob Hope, Ray Charles and George Bush Sr. She has been with ACSD since 1997.
Styles Taught: Musical Theater, Vocal Performance, Private Vocal
Years Experience: 25
After high school, Kelsey went on to study Commercial Entertainment at Columbia State University where she continued to pursue her love of both dance and theater. She has performed in and choreographed for several community theaters such as Town Centre Theater and the Williamson County Rec Center Youth theater program. Kelsey is certified in Acrobatic Arts. She began teaching at ACSD in 2016 and has a heart for helping young children discover a love of dance.
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Director of Level and Pre-School Classes/Instructor
Kelsey Fogg
Kelsey began dancing at Ann Carroll School of dance in 1999 at just 3 years old. She is a proud alumna of the Platinum company. During her years at ACSD, Kelsey also had many opportunities to perform on stage in the Nashville area, including the Pam Tillis Christmas Dinner Party at Opryland Hotel.
Styles Taught: Lyrical, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Acro
Years Experience: 7
Instructor
Asia Pyron
Styles Taught: Ballet, Contemporary
Years Experience: 7
Instructor
Maggie Howard
Styles Taught: Hip Hop, Preschool, Jazz, Tap, Ballet Contemporary
Years Experience: 14
Instructor
Caiden Fioravanti
Styles Taught: Ballet, Contemporary, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Pre-Schoool
Years Experience: 5
Instructor
Phylicia Roybal
Styles Taught: Ballet, Contemporary
Years Experience: 7
Instructor/Director of Student Relations
Kaylee Lane
Styles Taught: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Pointe, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Lyrical
Years Experience: 5
Instructor
Samantha Martinez
Styles Taught: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Contemporary, Pre-School
Years Experience: 7
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