Staff

Sarah Linner Quie - Executive Director

Prairie School of Dance was started in 1997 by founder and director Sarah Linner Quie.  Mrs. Quie graduated from St. Olaf College with a Bachelors degree in Dance and Religion and has taught the joy of dancing for over 25 years. Sarah taught at Macalester College in MN and Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, IN. She was the dance director for the Early Childhood Development Center at the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College in South Bend.  Mrs. Quie has founded and directed three dance schools; St. Anthony School of Dance in St. Paul (currently St. Paul City Ballet), the Conservatory of Dance in South Bend and is currently the director at Prairie School of Dance.  She also directs the St. Anthony Sacred Dance Company based in the Twin Cities. Sarah enjoys spending time with her husband and three sons and teaching dance as an expression of her Christian faith.  

ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM  

Sarah Steichen – School Coordinator  

Marit Sletten – Accounts Manager  

FULL DANCE TEACHER BIOS COMING SOON!  

JENNIFER BADER

DESIREE DANTONA

TRACY DOHENY-ERICKSON

ALLISON DOUGHTY MARQUESEN

MALLORY DYKEMA

JENNA ELY

SONJA HOFFLAND HINDERLIE

EMILEE HOWE

SARAH SCHATZ

SARAH STEICHEN

DANCE TEACHER ASSISTANTS  

Megan Condon, Carrie Bratton, Ashley Gorski, Sarah Magnuson, Christina Montouri, Allie Schatz, Ashley Shipp, Katie Sisk & Karolina Stark (Junior Assistant)  

Senior Assistants – Elizabeth Magnuson, Megan McLain & Joanna Vermedahl