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Staff Bios

Our top-notch faculty receive critical assistance from our excellent support staff. Assistant Dance Instructors help maintain classroom discipline, make sure the Lead Instructor's attention can always be where it is needed most and help keep our student to teacher ratio low while our office staff see that any administrative, book-keeping and billing issues are taken care of quickly and efficiently and are available to answer any class, camp or recital question that you might have.

Ms. Alice Wunderlich

Office Manager

Ms. Alice Wunderlich is a native of Arlington. She studied tap and jazz when she was younger with various studios in the area. Alice has spent the last 28 years working for Masters Tuxedo and Costumes as their bookkeeper and costume buyer. When not working, Alice enjoys gardening , spoiling her two cats, and hanging out with her kids and family.

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Ms. Avril Hernandez

Assistant Dance Instructor

Ms. Avril Hernandez has been training in ballet and in dozens of performances since she was four years old. During her teen years, she began studying jazz, hip-hop, and modern dance as well. In high school, she started to assist with teaching at the Kintz-Mejia Academy of Ballet and now loves working with the young students of Perfect Pointe. Every summer, she attends the Amy Marshall Dance Company Intensive Program in New York. Ms. Avril is certified by exam by Dance Masters of America through intermediate levels of Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Modern. Currently attending NOVA Community College in Annandale, she plans to pursue her dance career in Los Angeles after school. When she is not dancing, she is busy working three jobs and going out with friends.

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Ms. Jackie Refo

Assistant Dance Instructor

Ms. Jackie Refo began dancing at the age of three in Baltimore, MD, where she studied ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, lyrical and modern dance. She was the captain of her high school competitive dance team and continued her education in dance at the University of MD, College Park while pursuing degrees in English and Journalism. Ms. Jackie has also worked in childcare, theater, camp, and school environments over the years, and now spends her days as a case manager at Community Connections, an agency in DC that provides support services for low-income residents with mental health needs. Since moving to Arlington, Ms. Jackie is thrilled to join Perfect Pointe Dance Studio and keep dance in her life.

Mr. Philip Baraoidan

Assistant Dance Instructor

Philip has studied with numerous choreographers and teachers, including Carol Foster of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Cece Farha of the Washington Ballet. He has performed at the Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center, and at the Kennedy Center. His choreography credits include Yorktown High School's Theater Department and Yorktown's Color Guard. Philip is currently a senior at Yorktown High School and a proud Junior Member of Dance Masters of America.

Mr. Christopher Slatt

Techie in Residence

Chris danced for several years, sampling many disciplines including ballet, tap and jazz. That all ended in the mid-1980s when he finally convinced his parents that watching Saturday morning cartoons was more important than being around lots of icky girls - this is often how you think when you're six years old. A nugget of that dancing spirit must have remained, however, as after growing up, moving to Washington, and getting his Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from American University he went on to marry his High School sweetheart, Miss Kendra and started putting his technological skills to work on automating the dance studio. If you enjoy perfectpointe.com, online registration, the Perfect Pointe Facebook page and twitter feed, he's the man to thank.