Meet Our Faculty & Staff
Celebrating 30 years of successful operation under
the leadership of Laurie Maffei.
Laurie Maffei
Owner & Instructor
Laurie Maffei is a national award-winning choreographer that has over 47 years of dance experience, and over 35 years of teaching experience. She spent 4 years as a Saintsation, NFL cheerleader, for the New Orleans Saints. Laurie is also the former Director and Choreographer for the New Orleans VooDoo Dolls, a cheerleading team for New Orleans’ former professional arena football league.
Laurie Maffei serves as Slidell’s longest running single-owner studio, and is continuing to add new programs to The Works Complex each year.
Alexz Hattier
Competition Company
Director
Cydney McGee
Competition Company
Choreographer,
Tap, Hip-Hop & Teen Combo Instructor
Paige Bell
All-Star Cheer Coach & Director
Jayla Toney
Competition Company
Choreographer
Jazz, Lyrical, Be-Bop, and Hip-Hop Instructor
Alexis Dullary
Meghan Thomas
Tumbling Coach, All-Star Cheer Coach, Recreation Cheer & Club Cheer Coach
Mallory Jiminez
Ballet Instructor
Tumbling Coach, Recreation Cheer & Club Cheer Coach
Sophia Amedeo
Sarah McNeil
Daycare Teacher, Tumbling Instructor & Cross Gates Teacher
Christine Conn
Tap & Ballet
Instructor
Julian Daigre
Tumbling Coach
Austin Raye
Tumbling Coach
Jessica Touchet
Classical Ballet Instructor
Jasmine Washington
Cheer Coach (Cross Gates)
Holly Heinrich
Office Manager & Administrator