Our Dance Faculty
Ms. Kendra Slatt
Studio Owner / Executive Director
Ms. Kendra Slatt has been studying the art of dance since age five. She holds a B.A. in Dance and a B.S. in Business Administration/Marketing from the State University of New York at Buffalo. During her time at UB she studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern, pointe, partnering, classical Indian dance, choreography, dance kinesiology, dance history, teaching methods, and technical theater production in addition to her business classes. She has performed several leading roles with the Hornell City Youth Ballet and was a member and performer with the University at Buffalo's "Dancers' Workshop." She is most proud of recently becoming a Rhythm Works Integrative Dance Certified Instructor.
Miss Kendra is an active member of Dance Masters of America and a graduate of their advanced Teachers' Training program, certifying her to teach all levels of Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Musical Theater and Modern dance. She has taught extensively at various studios up and down the East Coast prior to opening Perfect Pointe. She continues to teach workshops regionally and internationally as well as choreographing for numerous musical theater productions and leading a worship dance program at her church. Ms. Kendra believes that dance is a living art form and continuing education and immersion in all aspects of dance are key to being a successful dance educator. As such, she continues to expand her dance expertise through various workshops, courses and seminars by the National Dance Education Organization, Dance Masters of America, Rhee Gold Company, and other prestigious dance organizations. She is also a Certified Instructor of Rhythm Works Integrative Dance.
Mr. Philip Baraoidan
Lead Instructor
Native of Arlington County, Va, Philip Baraoidan is alumni of Virginia Commonwealth University and Perfect Pointe Dance Studio. Performance Credits include Company E, Priore Dance, Waxworks Dance and Clancyworks. With venue highlights including, The Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Ed Mervish Theater (Canada) to name a few. He has performed in works by Rob Priore, Scott Putnam, Christian Von Howard, Kate Weare, Stephanie Martinez, Bob Fosse (Restaged), Michael Bennet (Restaged) and Adrienne Clancy. He is leads as Department Head of both the Jazz and Tap Curriculum, at Perfect Pointe. He has also taught for numerous programs like, Dance Masters of America, Showstoppers Convention, Central Asian Dance Festival, and American Dance Festival. Philip has received the Dottie McGill Award from Dance Masters of America Teacher Training School, for showcasing excellence in teaching. Philip's curriculum work and teaching application can be seen integrated internationally with schools, companies, and touring productions. He provided the curriculum/training for the Baku Ballet, which with his coaching and choreography produced Azerbaijan's first Broadway Show. Philip loves to call Perfect Pointe his dance home, with so many wonderful families.
Ms. Gina Consumano
Ms. Gina Consumano has extensive training in ballet, pointe, jazz, modern, contemporary, tap, lyrical, hip hop, and ballroom dance. She was a competitive dancer in Northern Virginia, attended the Virginia Governor’s School for Performing Arts, has taken multiple workshops with Dance Masters of America, and continued her training at University of Virginia. While at University Gina served as Head Dance Instructor for the Universal Dance Association managing Dance Team Camps across the country for 500-800 dancers. Throughout her University years, Gina danced with the Virginia Dance Team and was named the 2008 Most Valuable Dancer and received the Best Choreography Award. In 2010 she received the Coach’s Award for Dedication and Outstanding Leadership. She also was part of the Virginia Dance Company as a performer and choreographer for two shows per year.
After graduating from University, Gina taught various styles of dance at several studios in Northern Virginia and Maryland. She has danced and choreographed for Capitol Movement Dance Company and traveled with the CMI Freedom Tour with Armed Forces Entertainment with performances in Greece, Portugal, Spain, Egypt, Japan, Cuba and Puerto Rico. She was a featured choreographer and dancer for the Woodbridge Dance Company Coffee House Collection Concert, and also performed in the DC Tap & Jaz Festival. In 2015 Gina traveled to Guangzhou, China where she taught jazz, hip hop and pom to all levels of Chinese and ex-patriot students.
Gina’s performing arts career has taken her beyond just her dancing to include both television acting on shows such as CSI and House of Cards and print modeling. She also serves as a judge at dance competitions across the country.
Ms. Keira Turner
Ms. Keira Turner, a native Washingtonian, began her professional training under Treonna Alexander and Lynn Welters prior to entering The Duke Ellington School of the Arts (DESA). While attending DESA she participated in the Kennedy Center/Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) Residency and traveled to New York for summer intensives at the Alvin Ailey School and Dance Theatre of Harlem as a scholarship student. After graduating in 2000, from DESA, she moved to New York as a Fellowship Student at the Alvin Ailey School and later received scholarships to DTH, Ballet Hispanico, STEPS on Broadway and the Peridance Center. Ms. Turner began her concert dance career in shows directed/choreographed by Debbie Allen, Troy O'Neil Powell and Kevin T. Malone; which allowed her to share the stage with the likes of Patti LaBelle, Rasta Thomas and Desmond Richardson. Keira has performed with DTH Dancing Through Barriers Ensemble, ASE Dance Theatre Collective, Friends of the Carter Barron and many Washington Metropolitan Area companies including local sports dance teams. Keira has shared her talents in musicals, stage plays, and film as Mary in Theatre Alliance’s Black Nativity, Angie in the award winning film “THICK” and in Tulani’s “I Heart You” video. She’s taught varied dance styles for over 10 years in the Washington Metropolitan area, and has increased her dance knowledge as a graduate of Dance Masters of America Teachers Training School as the 2015 Bachna Scholarship recipient. When she’s not teaching she instructs fitness classes; holding certifications in Kids & Teens Fitness, Strength Conditioning & Weight Training, Pilates Mat, Kickboxing and Holistic Health Consulting.
Ms. Noelle Edwards
Ms. Noelle, a native Washingtonian, began training at the Davis Center of Washington, DC at the age of four. Over the years, she has received formal training in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, dancehall and heels, but her first love will always be hip-hop and street jazz. During high school, she was named captain and choreographer of her schools dance team.
Noelle went on to graduate from Liberty University with a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies. During her time at Liberty, she was the captain, peer-coach and choreographer of her the school’s competition award-winning hip-hop dance team, D-Trex. During her time on D-Trex, she has performed all over the east coast and has had original choreography featured at the Academy of the Arts in Lynchburg, VA.
In addition to her experiences as a captain and choreographer, Noelle has been teaching a variety of dance styles since 2017 to students as young as 2 and as old as 50. Her passions will always be creating groundbreaking choreography and sharing her love of dance with her students.
Ms. Jessyka Bagdon
Ms. Jessyka Bagdon grew up in New Hampshire where she studied dance and theatre from an early age. She went on to earn her Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Dean College. Jessyka has had the pleasure of studying a wide variety of dance styles, including Tap (Broadway, Rhythm), Jazz (Luigi, Fosse), Ballet (Vaganova, Cechetti, Balanchine), Modern (Release, Limon, Graham, Horton), Contemporary, Pointe, and Musical Theatre Dance. She has also had training in Hip Hop, Street Funk and Ballroom. Jessyka has experience teaching an array of dance styles, spanning all levels and ages, from toddler through adult. Jessyka has completed Teacher Training School of Dance Masters of America - level two. She served as the choreographer for the 2014 New Hampshire Professional Theatre Association Auditions and was honored to perform with the American Tap Dance Foundation at the City Center in 2014. She spent time training in NYC, while bringing Ballet to underprivileged public school children as a Teaching Artist for the American Repertory Ballet, and working as an instructor, choreographer, and production assistant at various dance and performance organizations in Northern New Jersey. Jessyka is currently on faculty as a teaching artist with multiple Washington D.C. area arts organizations including Joy of Motion Dance Center, Knock On Wood Tap Studio, and Perfect Pointe Dance Studio. Jessyka is the director of Jazz Corps, a youth performance company at JOM, in addition to an active performing member of District Tap and SOLEdarity tap dance companies.
Ms. Suzie McMullen
Ms. Suzie started dancing at Patricia Ann Dance Studio when she was 4 years old. She was Clara in the Nutcracker with Sterling Performing Arts in Dunedin, FL at ages 7 and 8. The following year, she joined Florida West Ballet Company and trained with them for the next 12 years. With Florida West, Miss Suzie got the opportunity to perform leading roles in major ballet productions such as Don Quixote, Les Sylphide, Stars and Stripes, and Giselle. Florida West also allowed Suzie to take hundreds of master classes with guest instructors from world-renowned ballet companies such as SAB, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, Miami City, Atlanta, Joffrey, and Pennsylvania Ballet, just to name a few. At age 16, she was invited to perform on tour with the Tri-City Ballet Company of Egypt.
She studied dance at the University of South Florida where she ultimately graduated with a degree in Criminology. After college, she spent a year in England where she studied ballet and jazz at Dancewerks London. Miss Suzie is certified through Dance Masters of America to teach all levels of Ballet, Jazz, Tap, and Modern. She is also certified as a fitness professional through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She teaches cardio dance and step aerobics at several gyms and country clubs in Northern Virginia. She hopes to complete her degree in Dance at George Mason University in the Spring of 2022.
Ms. Shyrelle Kalilikane
Ms. Shyrelle Kalilikane was born and raised on the beautiful island of Mililani, Hawaii. At age 17, she moved to NYC to pursue her passion for the arts, and has taught at Broadway Dance Center and Capezio Peridance Center in NYC. She then later moved to Shanghai, China and then Los Angeles where she taught and choreographed for numerous TV Shows, Films, Fashion Shows, Commercials, and Tours. Shyrelle has had the opportunity to choreograph for numerous live performances for Sephora, Stride Gum, Budweiser, Elle, L'oreal, Absolut, Hennesy, Givenchy, Guerlain Paris, and The Body Shop. She has worked with various artists such as Diddy, Ariana Grande, Jessie J, Jason Derulo, Warren G, Juicy J, Rae Sremmurd, Jhene Aiko, Wu Tang, Madonna, Estelle, Nicki Minaj, John Legend, Nas, Mac Miller, Flo Rida, Janelle Monae, Erykah Badu, Ne-Yo, and Hilary Duff. She has been seen in numerous commercials and print work for Fila, Kohl's, Uniqlo, Doritos, Comedy Central, Dance Spirit, Office Max, Glamour Magazine, & XBOX. She has been nominated for the Capezio A.C.E. Awards as well as the Young Choreographer’s Festival.
Ms. Kayleigh Scott
Lead Instructor
Kayleigh grew up in New Jersey and began dancing at an early age. She studied tap, ballet, pointe, modern, contemporary, and jazz. She attended many dance competitions throughout high school, was on her school’s dance team, and participated in her school’s musicals as a member of the dance ensemble.
Kayleigh received her bachelors from Muhlenberg College, where she studied both dance and psychology. She continued training in ballet, modern, and jazz. She choreographed and performed in dance concerts throughout her time at college, including pieces by Randall Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Peterson, and Lisa Busfield. Kayleigh was also a member of her college’s dance team as well as the cheerleading squad.
When she moved to the DC area, Kayleigh was eager to get back to dancing. In addition to teaching at Perfect Pointe, she works as a Research Coordinator for the Henry M Jackson Foundation at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, where she studies the effects of art therapy on service members with posttraumatic stress symptoms.
Ms. Jillian Brannon
Lead Instructor
Ms. Jillian fell in love with dance after her first class at 3 years old and hasn’t stopped dancing since! She studied all genres of dance with a focus on Jazz at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Center in NYC. After winning many awards and scholarships performing with the pre professional In The Spotlight dance company, under the direction of Broadway veteran, Tom Karaty, Jillian went on to teach dance full time. She taught in the NYC metro area for nearly 10 years to all ages and abilities. Jillian married her active duty Marine spouse in 2005 and has continuously taught dance at every location they’ve been stationed. This twilight tour in the dmv marks her family’s 10th duty station! “Miss Jillian” as she’s known by her students, has a passion for teaching dance and feels blessed to be doing what she loves 25 years later!
Ms. Libra Johnson
Ms. Libra has an extensive teaching background of 15 years. She has taught multiple styles throughout Virginia and has choreographed for dance festivals along with judge competitions. Her passion is movement, and expression. She didn't start speaking until she was enrolled in dance at the age of 5.