Miss Christina

Christina Leary is the founder and Artistic Director of Pointe 2 Perfection Dance Studio, LLC. Miss Christina began her dancing career at an early age and it was not long before she realized that she wanted to share her passion for dance with others. Miss Christina has trained in all styles of dance including ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, and modern. She grew up dancing competitively and attending master classes regularly. In 1997, Miss Christina was crowned, "Miss Dance" by Kids Artistic Revue productions, a nationally recognized dance competition. Wanting to be able to provide her students with more than just a studio based learning experience; Miss Christina went to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and graduated with a degree in Dance Education in 2002. Miss Christina is ONE OF THE FIRST to be certified by the State Department of Education as a Dance Teacher in Connecticut's Public Schools! She began her teaching career with, Rhythm-N-Sync Dance Studio, at the age of 16, and taught at Valley Ballet for 7 years. At both dance studios Miss Christina taught recreational and competitive classes.
Her students have won numerous awards and continue to be recognized by the judges. Miss Christina’s dancers continue to win platniums and have just been awarded National Champions in the 2022 dance season. They have just recently received an invitation to World Dance for having the highest scoring routine as well as winning Best Choreography awards. She has also choreographed for musicals such as the Pajama Game, Seussical, High School Musical, The Addams Family, Aladdin, & Cinderella (which won the Halo Award for best musical in 2016) . Miss Christina worked as the dance teacher for Conard High School for 3 years. Miss Christina is currently the choreographer for Chase Collegiate School in Waterbury, CT. She is also the founder of Chase Collegiate Dance Company. Miss Christina is proud to be able to offer her expertise in dance to you! Her love of children shines through her teaching and she is positive that you will be completely satisfied with the high quality dance education that your child will receive.

Miss Alyssa

Miss Alyssa has been a part of the Pointe 2 Perfection Dance Studio family since 2010.  She has trained in all areas of dance and has won many high place awards at regional dance competitions across the state of Connecticut. Miss Alyssa absolutely loves dance and working with children! Her constant smile and bubbly personality make her students feel welcome and comfortable in class.  Alyssa graduated Roger Williams University in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science (core concentration and minor in dance).  During the day she is the Creative Director at Fiduciam Financial in Middlebury and at night she is either teaching dance or teaching spin classes at Boostcycle in Newtown.  We are excited to have her as a teacher here at our studio as well as the co-choreographer for the competition team!