Escalate Dance & Theatre Studio

Specialties

Escalate is a dance and theater studio that has classes for 18 months up to adults!

Escalate offers a wide variety of classes! We teach ballet, tap, hip hop, musical theater, Irish, voice, acrobatics and more! We offer recreational and competition classes!

History

Established in 2004.

My dream has always been to have a dance and theater studio where everyone can come and take class and learn and grow! Escalate means to take your potential to the top! I am so fortunate to be doing something I love and to have the best families and students at the studio!

Meet the Business Owner

Ann Marie O.

Business Owner

Ann Marie Omeish is the owner and director of Escalate Dance and Theatre Studio. She has taught and choreographed dance and theater for the past thirty years in many venues throughout the region. After receiving a B.A. in Dance from Gustavus Adolphus, Ann Marie went on to incorporate theater in her experience, performing in and choreographing various productions including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Boxcar Children, Henry and Ramona, and Harriet Tubman at Stages Theatre in Hopkins where she was a resident Artist from 1999 – 2004. A few of Ann Marie’s other credits include choreographing Candid at Orchestra Hall, Grease with Edina Community Theatre, as well as productions at Adah, Edina High School, and Minnetonka Center for the Arts. Ann Marie’s passion for dance and theater led her to the decision to open her studio in the fall of 2004. She continues to be actively involved with teaching while expanding the studio staff and class