Jessyka Bagdon

​Jessyka Bagdon (she/her) began studying dance and theatre in southern New Hampshire. 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, Jazz, Ballet (Vaganova, Cechetti), Modern (Release, Limon, Graham, Horton), Contemporary, Pointe, and Musical Theatre Dance. She has also had training in Hip Hop and Laban Movement Analysis. Jessyka has over ten years of professional experience teaching all of these styles, spanning all levels and ages, from toddler through adult. Jessyka has completed Teacher Training School of Dance Masters of America - level two, and Revolutionary Principles of Movement Teacher Training - level one. She has served as choreographer for the New Hampshire Professional Theatre Association Auditions and proudly performed with the American Tap Dance Foundation at the City Center in NYC. She spent time training in Manhattan, while bringing Ballet to underserved 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 spent two years as a teaching artist at Joy of Motion Dance Center where she taught a wide variety of ages and styles including working with auditioned performance groups of adults and youth musical theatre, and directing two jazz performance ensembles. She was a founding member of the DC/Maryland/Virginia Coalition of Dance Educators (DMVCODE) working with fellow teaching artists to support one another and advocate with employers to uphold standards of treatment and ethics in the field. Jessyka is currently on faculty as a teaching artist with multiple Washington D.C. area arts organizations including Knock On Wood Tap Studio, Perfect Pointe Dance Studio, and Maryland School of Dance. Jessyka is the founder and director of Emanate Jazz Ensemble, in addition to an active performing member of District Tap and SOLEdarity dance ensembles, and regularly participates in performance and choreographic opportunities in the DMV area. She is gratified to be continuously and graciously enveloped (along with Cadence - her four legged sidekick) by the local dance community.