Excel

Dance Academy

Children and adults of all levels can come and learn in our low-stress, non-competition environment!

Meet Our Staff

meet our

Instructors & Staff

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Excel Dance Academy

Established 2024 by Amy, AnnMaree, & Taylor

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Amy Vidmar

Owner/Dance & Artistic Director

Amy is in charge of the dance program and teaches classes from pre-ballet/tap all the way through advanced ballet classes/pointe classes, and advanced jazz classes.  She also plans and writes the recital.

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Amy started dancing at the age of 6 and has danced in a variety of styles. She is a Weber State Alumni where she graduated in English and also studied Injury Prevention and the health benefits of dance.

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AnnMaree Montgomery

Owner/HR & Costume Coordinator

AnnMaree is in charge of the costumes, including finding and ordering recital costumes that fit with our theme, making costumes we need, and doing any alterations.

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AnnMaree was a competitive twirler as a child.  She was also the costume director at Excel Dance Studios for 8 years until they closed. As a veteran dance mom she does all she can to make all the children shine on stage!

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Taylor Shimanek

Owner/Marketing

Taylor is in charge of marketing at the studio and web design. She also helps in classrooms with special needs students.

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Taylor graduated with a B.S. from The University of New Mexico. She has worked with children in pre-schools and special needs classrooms.

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Alicia

Instructor

Alicia teaches some of our classical ballet classes.

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Alicia has been dancing since she was 5 years old.  She received a B.A. in Dance and has been teaching for over 20 years, having been trained in both Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance.  She loves teaching, and especially loves choreography.

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Annie

Instructor

Annie teaches our tap dance classes.

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Annie has a background in dance and musical theater, and is still a dancer herself!  She has gone all the way to en pointe in ballet along with her skills in tap and other dances.

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Brinley

Instructor

Brinley is one of our tumbling teachers.

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Gabe

Instructor

Gabe teaches hip-hop and break dance.

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Gabe has taken Break Dance Classes, Hip-Hop Classes, and Tumbling Classes.  He then started teaching Break and Hip-Hop!

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Jared

Instructor

Jared teaches our more advanced Break Dance classes.

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Jared learned break dance on the streets of New Jersey as a teen and it instilled in him a love a dance that continued with him.  He has continued to learn more about break dance ever since and loves teaching it to others.

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Kassidy

Instructor

Kassidy is one of our ballet teachers. She teaches some of our younger dancers all the way through to our beginning pointe dancers.

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Marley

Instructor

Marley teaches some of our classical ballet classes, and some of our young children’s dance classes.

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Mallory

Instructor

Mallory teaches some of our jazz dance classes, and some of our tap dance classes.

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Mallory starting competing in dance at the age of 9. She took jazz classes, hip-hop classes, and pom classes, and did cheer.  She has also studied dance and continued her dance education into adulthood.  She loves teaching, and feels very fortunate to teach what she loves.

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Olivia

Instructor

Olivia is one of our tumbling teachers.

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Taya

Instructor

Taya teaches some of our Hip-Hop classes, and she also teaches our adult ballroom classes, along with our wedding dance classes.

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Taya has a background in Competitive Ballroom Dance as well as many other forms of dance, and started as a young child and never stopped.  She loves learning new dances as well as the history of dance and passing her knowledge on.

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Adelaide

Student/Instructor

Adelaide is one of our advanced dancers and also one of our teachers!  She dances in classical ballet, jazz, and tap, and she teaches creative dance.

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Adelaide started in Tumbling & Classical Ballet and has moved on to many different types of dance.  She loves dancing and passing on both her knowledge and love of dancing to her students.

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Kaitlyn

Student/Instructor

Kaitlyn currently takes Classical Ballet and Jazz, and teaches Tumbling (or floor gymnastics).

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Kaitlyn has been dancing a number of years and has a history of dance in ballet, jazz, and tumbling (floor gymnastics).  She is also on the dance team at her school.

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Kailyn

Student/Instructor

Kailyn is one of our advanced dancers who is also one of our teachers!  She takes Classical Ballet, Jazz, Tap, and Hip-Hop, and she teaches Adult Pre-Ballet!

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Kailyn began dancing at the age of 2, and has always loved it. She began in ballet but loves all types of dance.