Dawn Schulberg – Owner
Dawn has been working in the dance industry for over 30 years and has been instructing for over 20. Dawn was the producer, director, and choreographer for several productions including; Guys and Dolls, American Pride, I’ll be Home for Christmas, Emmanuel, Journey to Bethlehem, A Christmas Carol, and Rollin’ Down the River, to name a few. Dancers look forward to coming to the studio because of her passion for dance and the enthusiasm and dedication that she brings!
Cassie Norgren-Owner/Instructor
Cassie Norgren has been dancing since the age of three. She has studied all types of dance, and is a former member of the tap company “Keane Sense of Rhythm Youth Tap Ensemble”. She has studied dance at Broadway Dance Center and Steps in New York where she received training from choreographers such as Jared Grimes, Derek Grant, Germaine Salsberg, Ray Hesselink, and Lynn Schwab. She has performed with 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 enjoys watching the progress that all of her students make from year to year!
Callie Schulberg-Owner/Instructor
Callie has been sharing her love for dance all over the globe since the young age of 4. A native of Minneapolis, Callie spent many years extensively training in various styles under the direction of Lisa Conlin. She is well versed in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Tap, Musical Theatre and Hip Hop. Her professional dance career started in New York, where she was selected to be a part of Broadway Dance Center’s professional program.
While in New York, she had the privilege to study under various notable instructors and choreographers from across the country. Callie was fortunate to be selected to travel to Tropea, Italy to train and perform at the Broadway A Tropea Festival. While in Italy she had the honor to train and assist with Desmond Richardson, Mandy Moore, Wes Veldink, Michele Assaf and Jeff Amsden. She is a former member of Crash Dance Productions and Keane Sense of Rhythm Tap Ensemble. She is a current certified member of Dance Educators of America, Acro Arts, Progressing Ballet Technique, and the McGovern Method. She has been teaching for over 15 years in the competitive dance industry. She has choreographed hundreds of competitive dance routines and is honored that her choreography has received numerous national top scores, choreography awards and title winners. Her students have gone on to have professional dance careers all over the world. She feels blessed to be able to pursue her love of dance not only as a career, but also as a performer, teacher, and choreographer.
Nicole Boe-Office Manager
Nicole Boe was born and raised in Savage, MN and she has been working at Premiere for 6 years. She first started as a part-time employee handling administrative duties and has worked her way up to the full-time role as our Office Manager. Prior to Premiere, Nicole was the Party Store Manager of Prior Lake Rental for over 18 years. Nicole has a son and a daughter and outside of work she enjoys running, biking and shopping! Nicole enjoys working and interacting with all of the families at Premiere!
Cloe Thelemann-Creative Assistant/Instructor
Cloe Thelemann was born and raised in Prior Lake, Minnesota where she developed her passion for dance at the age of three. She spent her entire studio career at Premiere Dance Academy where she gained experience as a dancer, assistant, teacher and choreographer in many styles of dance. After high school, she attended Minnesota State University, Mankato where she studied Public Relations and Social Media Marketing and danced on the school’s dance team. She also became a certified personal trainer and managed a group training program at a local gym. Currently, Cloe has a full-time role at Premiere handling social media, apparel/retail, administration, choreographing and teaching, and is the Resource Director for our Darby’s Dancers program. She is also certified in Progressing Ballet Technique as well as McGovern Method. Cloe enjoys sharing her knowledge and passion with all of our dancers!
Casey Juul-Ballet Director/Instructor
Casey is originally from the Twin Cities. He began his Classical Ballet training with the Metropolitan Ballet Academy. Casey recieved private coaching and instruction from Tatiana Berenova, former Bolshoi Principal and Prima Ballerina. After completing his training, he has danced professionally with several of the Ballet and Dance Companies in the Twin Cities area including: Ballet Minnesota, Cities Classical Dance Ensemble, Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota, Continental Ballet Company and Metropolitan Ballet . He was also a company member of the Ohio Dance Theatre.
As well as teaching ballet technique for our dancers, Casey is also certified to teach Progressing Ballet Technique. He is excited to be on staff at Premiere Dance Academy. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and love for classical ballet by inspiring and encouraging the artistic side, as well developing stronger technical ability for his students.
Tiffany Boozier – Hot Kix Director/Instructor
Tiffany found her love for dance early in life, starting at the age of 3, and trained, performed and competed at the studio, high school, collegiate and professional level. After studying dance and business at the University of Minnesota, Tiffany began her professional career managing Step ‘N Stretch for over 10 years. Tiffany was the Head Coach and founder of the Prior Lake High School Dance Team from 2004-2007 and was the Assistant Varsity Coach for the Faribault Emerald Dance Team from 2017-2019, placing 3rd at State in Class AA High Kick both years. In addition to being the Director of our Hot Kix Teams and teaching many other classes at Premiere, she is currently the Head Coach of the New Prague Trojan Dance Team program. Tiffany has been honored to receive many choreography awards and accolades over the years including Dance Xtreame’s National Choreographer of the Year Award in 2015 and MADT Class AA Varsity Assistant Dance Team Coach of the Year 2017-2018. Tiffany has been an instructor with us since 2001 (even before Premiere was established) and she enjoys sharing her enthusiasm and passion for dance with all of our dance families!
Courtney Elizabeth-Preschool Director/Instructor
Originally from the Twin Cities, Courtney has danced since the age of two. From ages 4-18 she danced competitively with everything from productions to solos. She has been teaching dance for 11 years. Courtney has been classically trained in all areas of dance, with an emphasis in ballet. She has a true connection to dance and teaching. Courtney graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato and is currently a first grade teacher. She is certified in Progressing Ballet Technique as well as the McGovern Method. Courtney feels incredibly grateful and honored to be a part of the Premiere family.
Jo Andersen-Instructor
Jo Anderson’s first love has always been the art of dance. At 5 years old, Jo entered the doors of a small dance studio in Rockford, IL and the rest is history. Jo has trained intensely in jazz, contemporary, lyrical, ballet, hip hop, and musical theater under Jessica Cseter at Capital Dance Revolution. Jo went on to study dance at Columbia College Chicago. Here, she was exposed to performative work and trained intensely in Ballet and Modern, focusing on Graham technique. She performed with Cerque Rivera Theater, River North Dance, and Columbia College. Jo was accepted into Broadway Dance Center’s Professional Semester where she was able to train and network with industry professionals. Here, she had the opportunity to train with commercial legends Yanis Marshall, Jojo Gomez, Theresa Stone, Brian Nicholson, Shirlene Quigley, and Neil Schwartz. With her versatility, she had focused on training in theater with instructors Nick Kenkel, Liz Piccini, and Jim Cooney. Jo was fortunate to have been signed with Lucille Dicampli Artist Representation within 4 months of moving to NYC and went on to work professionally for 2 years. She had worked with notable choreographers Lacey Schwimmer, Liz Piccini, and Shay Kuebler on various projects. She worked with Royal Caribbean as a performer in the “Fine Line”, an Aqua Show on Harmony of the Seas.
Jo has choreographed countless freelance competition pieces over the last 7 years. She has been awarded choreographic awards at various regional and national competitions including Artists Simply Human, West Coast Dance Explosion, and Nuvo Dance Competition. Jo’s passion lies in dance education and the fundamental lessons it’s taught her along the way. Above all else, she strives to instill confidence, personal responsibility, and sportsmanship in all her students.
Aaliyah Elfstrom-Instructor
Aaliyah Elfstrom is a trained dancer in multi-dance genres, and started her passion for dance at the age of five. Aaliyah is a graduate of Prior Lake High School and will be attending the University of Minnesota. Aaliyah was a competitive dancer at Premiere Dance Academy in Prior Lake, MN competing in contemporary, jazz, hip hop, and tap. For her Freshman and Sophomore year of high school she attended the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. She has performed in shows such as The Next, Twin Cities Live, Rooted: Hip Hop Choreographers’ Evening 2014 and 2015, and has danced for 18,000 of her peers at WEday MN. Aaliyah is so excited for the opportunity to teach at Premiere and can’t wait to share her knowledge with all of her dancers!
Faith Neppl-Instructor
Faith grew up dancing in Eagan, MN since the age of five. She trained and competed with Spotlight Productions until graduating from high school in 2015. Since then, she continued to grow her passion for dance as a two-time member of the University of Minnesota’s Premier Dance Team. She also worked backstage at Masquerade Dance Competition where she was able to meet many people in the dance community and share her love for dance all around the county. Faith loves Jazz, contemporary, lyrical and ballet! She is set to graduate from the University of Minnesota this fall with an individualized degree in Math, Marketing and Communications. She is so excited for her second year with Premiere!
Anna Curtler-Instructor
Anna has been fostering her love for dance since the age of three. She has spent her entire studio career at Premiere training competitively in tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, contemporary, and hip-hop. She has had opportunities to work with and perform pieces by renowned choreographers such as Destini Rogers, Anthony Morigerato, Teddy Forance, MJ Jackson, David Lim, and Guy Groove. During her time at Premiere, she gained experience assistant teaching for classes of all ages, styles, and experience levels, as well as working with the Darby’s Dancers program. She was also a member of the Prior Lake Dance Team for two years during high school. She is currently studying at the University of St. Thomas and participates in the dance club there. Anna loves to help her dancers feel confident in their individuality and to see them excited about new movement. She is so happy to be continuing her dance career as an instructor at Premiere.
Megan Fuerstenberg-Instructor
Megan Fuerstenberg was born and raised in Minnesota, where she grew up dancing at Shana’s Dance Studio. Megan’s favorite styles include jazz, hip hop, tap, and lyrical. Megan has been teaching for six years. She currently attends Minnesota State University Mankato where she is majoring in dance and drug and alcohol studies and minoring in marketing. She is so excited for the opportunity to teach at Premiere Dance Academy and to continue to share her passion for dance with others!
Katie Perrier-Front Desk/Office
Katie Perrier was born and raised in Prior Lake MN. Katie’s passion for dance started at the age of 8 years old when she entered her first dance class, she danced until the age of 18. She is lucky enough to have three daughters who share her love for dance. Her daughters have trained and been a part of the Premiere family for the last 16 years. Katie has enjoyed working the front desk at Premiere for the last 10 years and feels very fortunate to be able to assist all of the wonderful dancers and families. Katie has especially has enjoyed witnessing and being part of Premiere’s constant growth and feels very grateful to be part of the Premiere family!
Jess Nelson-Front Desk/Office
Jess started dancing at the age of three and is delighted to share her love of dance with her girls, and the Premiere family! Jess graduated from St. Cloud State University and has worked in the business field for 21 years. She enjoys working the front desk and the variety it entails, while connecting with dancers and parents alike. The positive, enthusiastic studio atmosphere along with happy dancers and passionate instructors makes her time at the studio so gratifying!