Premiere Staff
Dawn Schulberg - Owner/Instructor
Dawn Schulberg has been working in the dance industry for over 30 years. She started her dance training at Barbara Sauer School of Dance and studied there for 10 years. She then went on to become very active in productions around Minnesota. Dawn was the producer, director, and choreographer for several productions including; Guys and Dolls, America Pride, I’ll be Home for Christmas, Emmanuel, Journey to Bethlehem, A Christmas Carol, and Rollin’ Down the River, to name a few. Dawn has also choreographed for the Regional Champion Sweet Adeline Chorus and for the local Miss Prior Lake Pageant. Dawn has been teaching dance for over 15 years, from ages 3 to 65! Dancers look forward to coming to the studio because of the enthusiasm and dedication she brings. Since opening the studio in 2003, Dawn and her daughters have been overjoyed to see the growth of the studio, as well as the community. She has been married to her wonderful husband Jerry for 33 years. They have three children together, Jason, Cassie and Callie, and are excited about their first granddaughter, Rylie! Dawn would like to thank everyone who has supported her through out this journey, and feels blessed to have such support throughout the studio, and the community
Cassie Schulberg - Owner/Instructor
Cassie Schulberg has been dancing since the age of three, and started teaching in 1998. After finishing high school, she went on to study at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and the University of Minnesota for a degree in Elementary Education. After college, she came back to Prior Lake to open Premiere Dance Academy along with her mother and sister. She has studied all types of dance, but has found that her favorite style to dance and to teach is tap. Cassie danced in the tap company “Keane Sense of Rhythm Youth Tap Ensemble”, under the instruction of Cathy Wind and Ellen Keane. She has also had the chance to be a part of the “Chicago Human Rhythm Project” and has taken class from great artists such as Lane Alexander, Diane “Lady Di” Walker, and Jeni LeGon. She has also had the privilege to work with the Prior Lake Players and choreographed for “Grease” and “The Wizard of Oz.” Cassie loves working with kids and has enjoyed watching the progress everyone has made in the last three years.
Callie Schulberg - Owner/Instructor
Callie Schulberg has been dancing for over seventeen years and has experience in all forms of dance. Callie has trained at several studios in Minnesota, and has also been involved with many Master classes and workshops around the U.S. She started competing in 1996 and has since won many top awards for her solos and group routines. Callie has worked with some amazing artists such as, Michael Schwandt, Derek Mitchell, and The Rockettes. She’s been teaching for four years and is extremely proud of all of her talented students and the awards that they have received. Callie was recently accepted to be an intern at Broadway Dance Center in New York City and will be living there for the next year. She is so excited be given this opportunity, but will miss everyone at Premiere tremendously!! She can’t wait to come back and teach with all of the new knowledge she will receive there.
Cheryl Failor - Instructor
Cheryl began dancing at the age of 6 and continued taking dance until high school. She then was part of the high school danceline - the Roosevelt Rockettes. The Rockettes performed not only pom, pom dances but also tap and jazz on the stage. After graduating high school, Cheryl attended college in Oklahoma and graduated with a degree in business. After a long absence from dance, she resumed taking classes in tap, jazz and ballet. Cheryl then began teaching for Premiere in 2003. She has always had a passion for dance, and feels blessed to be able to share that passion with others. Cheryl is married to a wonderful man, and has four daughters who dance at Premiere. Cheryl believes dance is a great physical and mental sport, and she just plain LOVES TO DANCE!!
Tiffany Boozier - Instructor
Tiffany began her studio dance training at the age of three, and has an extensive background in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Lyrical, Kickline, Musical Production, and Hip-Hop. Tiffany is a graduate of Apple Valley High School where she was a member of the AVaire Dance Team, Captain of the Varsity Football Cheerleading Squad and student of the AVHS Educational Dance Department. Tiffany studied dance at the University of Minnesota and performed for two years with modern dance company Vox Medusa, and was also a member of the Minnesota Monsters AFL Performance Team. Tiffany has taken several Master classes with dance professionals from around the country. Tiffany has been a dance instructor at various studios throughout the metro area as well as coached and choreographed for high school cheer and dance teams.
Dani Wolf - Instructor
Dani Wolf recieved a BA in Dance from the University of Minnesota. While attending the
U of M, she had the opportunity to perform works by Jose Limon, Carl Flink, and HIJACK.
She has also studied at the Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts focusing on the
styles and choreography of Bob Fosse, Tommy Tune, Twyla Tharp and Michael Bennet.
Prior to attending the U of M, Dani traveled and performed with the international and
educational performing arts organization, "Up With People." In addition to her
dancetraining, she is also a STOTT Certified pilates instructor as well as an
ACE-certified personal trainer.
Lori Smith - Instructor
Lori Smith started dancing in 1969 at the age of five taking lessons from the Leffler
Sisters in Bloomington. In 1974 the Leffler’s closed their studio. Lori then moved
to the Barbi Lee Dance Studio in Edina where she studied Tap, Jazz and Ballet. She
started her competition years in 1976 when she was 12 years old. Loving every minute
of dance she decided to start assistant teaching at the age of 15 at the Barbi Lee
Dance Studio. In 1981 she started teaching classes; therefore, her assisting days
were over. In 2001, Lori decided to make the biggest change in her life teaching for
Prior Lake Dance Studio now Premiere Dance Academy. In 1985 Lori married Gary Smith
and they have resided in Savage since 2000 with their two children Dustin and Korina.
Lori really enjoys teaching dance because it gives her a great feeling doing something
she has loved all her life.
Maggie Hoadley-Edwards - Instructor
Maggie Hoadley-Edwards currently dances in a Vegas style show called, "Mythology"
as a hip hop performer/impersonator at Myth Night Club in Maplewood. In May 2006,
she graduated from Webster University in St.Louis, MO, with a BFA in Dance and BA in
Business Administration. She founded Webster University's Danceline in 2003; coached
and participated on the team for three years. She has been dancing for 16 years at a
variety of places: Pat Peare School of Dance, Terps, Butterfield, Larkin, and with Eagan
High School's Danceline for four years. She has studied a variety of forms of dance
and taken many master classes. Some of her favorite teachers have been: Lane
Alexander, Cathy Wind, Diane "Lady Di" Walker, Van "The Man" Porter, Dee Caspery,
and Michael Minery. She competed for 12 years and won awards such as: Symposium's
Terpsichorian, The Minnesota State Fair Amateur Talent Contest Winner, Statewide's
Performer of Excellence, Jr. Ms. Showbiz and Miss Starpower. She has been teaching for
9 years. She was recently asked to choreograph Eagan High School's 2007 Winter Show
"Encore." She is extremely excited to be working with all the students at Premiere
Dance Academy this year.
Anna Franzen - Instructor
Anna began dancing fifteen years ago with Minnesota Dance Theatre and School. Throughout high
school, she also studied at DanceAspen and The Jillana School, where she worked with notable
dancers such as Maria Tallchief, Alonso King, Merrill Ashley, Arthur Mitchell, and Allegra Kent.
Anna went on to graduate with derees in both dance and religion from Gustavus Adolphus College,
where she performed works by Gomez, Janczewski, Garner, and Mann. Throughout college she taught
ballet at the Dance Conservatory of Southern Minnesota. After college, Anna received her STOTT
pilates certifications and currently works as the Life Studio Coordinator at Lifetime Athletic,
Minnetonka. In addition to working as a pilates trainer, she works at her family’s law firm and
works operations for James Sewell Ballet in Minneapolis.
Kristin Grohs - Instructor
Kristin graduated with a BA in Dance and a minor in Education from the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln and has been training since a young age in ballet, modern, jazz, and
tap. She has worked with many varied choreographers taking her to perform in New York
City, Washington DC, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota. She is currently dancing
with Kinetic Evolutions, the Christopher Watson Dance Company, and the Eclectic Edge
Ensemble as well as teaching at Premiere Dance Academy in Prior Lake and Bauer Dance in
Jordan. Kristin is also attending school through Bemidji State, working to obtain her
Minnesota teaching license in dance, as well as working on her own choreography around
the city.
Theresa Spicer - Yoga Instructor
Theresa Spicer has been teaching various group fitness classes for the past 20 years
and has been instructing yoga for the past 3 ½ years. She is currently teaching yoga
at Premiere three mornings per week. Theresa is a certified YogaFit instructor. Her
yoga classes are based on the ancient fitness science of hatha yoga – blending balance,
strength, flexibility and power in a fitness format. YogaFit overcomes the mystery of
yoga by delivering a practical, user-friendly style, which is accessible,
understandable, and doable by individuals at any level of fitness.
