Nuestro profesorado es local, pero con experiencias que trascienden los límites de Premier Dance Academy , ofrecemos una increíble variedad de conocimientos y personalidades. Nuestros instructores ofrecen un equilibrio único entre la cálida sensación de hogar y la profesionalidad de educadores de danza que han estudiado a fondo para brindar la mejor educación posible. Encontrará un hilo conductor de amabilidad, apoyo y honestidad entre todos nuestros instructores. Y aunque cada uno tiene algo único que compartir con sus alumnos, la misión de Premier Dance Academy es nuestra prioridad.

Shannon Gallagher

As the owner and director of Premier Dance Academy, Miss Shannon provides guidance and direction for all of our faculty. Her dance education and experience is extensive and she strives to share her knowledge not only with her students, but also with our faculty. Miss Shannon began dancing at the age of three. Her first teacher was Virginia Davis, and then shortly thereafter, Virginia Lee Mackesey became her primary teacher. Shannon is trained in classical ballet, tap, and jazz, but ballet has always been her favorite. Miss Shannon’s advanced dancers have teasingly nicknamed her “The Ballet Genius”, acknowledging her vast understanding of ballet technique and it’s terminology. Miss Shannon has studied with the Joffrey Ballet, and Ballet West. Not long after graduating from high school, Miss Shannon successfully auditioned for the Duluth Ballet Company (now the Minnesota Ballet). After a season with the Duluth Ballet, Miss Shannon decided to return to Madison. She graduated from the UW-Madison with a degree in English. Shannon is a Certified Dance Educator through Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, a member of National Dance Education Organization and the current President of Dance Masters of Wisconsin. She is also the creator and owner of Elevate Dance - which helps dance studios across the country to teach more than the steps. Shannon is happily married to Chris Stotesbery, and they have a son, Brecken. Outside of the dance studio, Miss Shannon enjoys reading, baking ridiculously sweet desserts, and snowboarding with Chris and Brecken.