Pole, Flexibility, Contortion

Alise has been a pole dance and flexibility instructor since 2019 and has over 15 years of dance experience. Her teaching focuses on fluid low-flow choreographies, functional flexibility, and low-flow tricks. She also loves creating floorwork sequences and incorporating acro elements into them. Alise has participated in three championships in Ukraine, earning two second-place finishes — including “Most Musical Performance” twice — and a nomination for “Hot Exot.” She loves family time, being outdoors, and anything that brings her closer to nature. She also enjoys drawing or taking non-pole dance classes. And honestly, she doesn’t mind staying home and sleeping all day either! She was born and raised in Ukraine and later moved to Los Angeles to continue her dance journey. She saw a video of women dancing and performing pole tricks when she was a teenager, and it blew her mind. She even tried aerial pole back then, but life put it on pause for a while. In 2017, she came back to pole and discovered heels — that’s when she dove in completely. From that moment, she knew she wanted to develop professionally and share her passion with others.

Lyra, Pole, Yoga, Contortion

Amanda grew up in north OC & found aerial/pole/movement over a decade ago. She began teaching circus arts (aerial, pole, contortion) in 2018. Her teaching skills are broad, she began teaching yoga over a decade ago. She is a 500hrYTT (ashtanga, vinyasa, sculpt trauma informed) backpacking guide, Reiki Master and sound healer. Outside of the circus world she loves being outside, running far, backpacking, climbing, paddle boarding, adventuring and spending time with her family. She owns a business that brings holistic wellness to the recovery and mental health community.

Lyra & Silks

Amanda began performing at three years old.  By the age of seven she starred in a local South Florida children’s show, KidZone.  Her passion for performing blossomed and before she attended high school she was offered the opportunity to study with the Joffrey Ballet School on scholarship. During her academic schooling, Amanda worked full time performing with the Ft. Lauderale Ballet Classique.  But after graduation, her desire to travel the world led her to run away with the circus as a headlining aerialist/dancer with shows such as: Dezire, Cirque on Ice and Four Spirit of the Elements.  In 2009 until May 2015 she made the bright lights of Vegas her home performing with Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity and Michael Jackson ONE. Amanda now lives in Los Angeles, California where she teaches her craft to all ages and all walks of life.

Lyra & Pole

Anessa started pole in 2017 out of curiosity and to try a new form of workout. She’s now been teaching for 4 years and loves to help students reach their pole fitness goals. Her interests outside of pole include: salsa/bachata, whiskey tasting, gardening, and candle making

Lyra, Silks, Flexibility

Ashleigh has been an aerial instructor (silks and lyra) for almost a decade and a flexibility coach for the last five years. She is also a certified personal trainer and has studied mobility training and the relationship between aerial arts and anatomy. Outside of teaching she loves traveling with her husband, acting, cooking and being in any body of water. She was born in San Diego and grew up in Irvine. She saw a silks act for the first time in the show O by Cirque du Soleil and was mesmerized but never ever thought she’d be able to try it. Ten years later her husband gifted her a private silks lesson and she was absolutely hooked.

Barre, Pole, Yoga

Ashlie was born in Bethesda, MD & lived in Germany for four years, then raised in DC Metro Area. She attended college on a dance scholarship as a dance major and danced professionally as a modern dancer. She teaches yoga and is an award winning competitive dance coach and choreographer for dancers age 9- 19. Ashlie loves the beach and pool. She discovered Pole when she was looking for a non judgemental space to take a dance class.

Pole

Beth started her pole journey 17 years ago when she was going through a divorce. She was immediately hooked and became an instructor 3 years later. She loves our pole community and passing on her passion and enthusiasm with her students. She has lived in Orange County for most of her life and enjoy Pilates and the beach.

Hammock , Silks & Yoga

Cassandra or Cassie is from Cleveland, Ohio, but has been a OC local for over a decade. She is an avid learner. A classically trained artistic competitive gymnast, and Seeker of Knowledge, with 30 Years of Gymnastics Experience, 10 Years of Aerial Study + 7 years Teaching Silks & Hammock, 500hr Yoga Teacher & Licensed Massage Therapist of 14 Years. She has competed in and won many Gymnastics Meets Regionally as well as competed in her first Aerial Competition in November of 2024 in Intermediate Aerial Silks which she won Gold. Outside of teaching you can find her training silks or ropes, traveling, hosting retreats, learning more about her niche interests or snuggling her cat & skating with her husband. Movement & Performance Art have always been methods of therapy for her since her Mom and Grandmother were ballerinas, but she didn’t officially discover aerial arts until she was gifted a Groupon at 24 years old- and the rest is history!

Aerial Pole, Hammock, Lyra, Pole, Barre

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

Movement & Silks

Edward started his movement journey in dance and MMA during childhood. He discovered aerial arts at Firestorm in 2018. There, he trained in parkour, tumbling, trampoline, breakdancing, calisthenics, tricking, and silks. He has competed and placed in both parkour (WCPKC) and pole (Level 4 PSO). Outside of coaching, he continues to train, works in many dynamic fields (marketing, medical, finance, etcetera) with a preference for business consulting, and continues to commit to life long learning approaching his 9th college degree. He began coaching acrobatic related disciplines in 2023.

Pole & Mat Pilates

Eva grew up between Ireland and Poland before making the U.S. her home for the past 12 years. With a background in dance and athletics, she’s always been passionate about movement. Eva discovered pole in 2021 during a period of significant life transitions. Pole became her sanctuary, a space to be fully present and to connect with the most supportive community. When she’s not in the studio, you’ll usually find her beach-hopping, discovering new coffee shops or saying hi to every dog she sees! As a fully certified STOTT Pilates Instructor and XPERT Pole Level 1/2 certified teacher, she is dedicated to empowering her students to feel strong and confident through the power of movement.

Contortion, Flexibility & Pole

Evey was Born in Tauranga, New Zealand. She discovered pole at 16 through wanting to learn gymnastics. Pole provided an open community where anyone of any level was accepted. This quickly scaled to her instructing at her local studio near her university, competing in several national competitions, to growing an online mobility and wellness business in 2020. She’s now had over a decade worth of teaching specializing in pole, mobility, contortion and handstands. Outside of teaching she loves the outdoors, gym, golf, pickleball to name a few. She’s so obsessed with movement that as soon as she picks up a new hobby, she’s in the gym conditioning movement patterns so she can get better and stronger. Her greatest joy is sharing her knowledge of the body with others and guiding people to improve upon the connection they already have with themselves physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Mat Pilates

Gina had a 12 year professional modern dance career. She is certified in pilates since 2011- pilates academy international, certified personal trainer NCSF. She has also taken Courses from postural restoration institute and is currently completing her masters in clinical mental health counseling hoping to provide people with somatic approaches to healing!

She loves dancing, knitting, and going on beach walks with her dog Apollo.

She grew up in St Louis Missouri, lived in NYC, Chicago, and now SoCal She discovered pilates through dance, and is excited to be part of a community of pole and aerial athletes to expand her movement practice

Hammock, Lyra

Kelly has a year and a half of aerial teaching experience for beginner and intermediate levels of hammock and lyra. Outside of teaching, she is still a student of aerial and dance. When she is resting, she enjoys binging documentaries and movies. She grew up in Orange County. She discovered aerial through a friend who shared a video of a woman spinning in a lyra. She was inspired by her strength and grace. Years later, a friend bought her a pole class and she found out that studio also offered lyra classes! The rest is history!

Hammock, Lyra & Pole

Melissa began teaching aerial silks and Lyra, in 2021. She started my aerial journey in 2015 with her first Lyra class. She loved the challenge and beauty of the aerial world and quickly began training on any aerial apparatus she could get her hands on. In 2019 she began her exotic floor work journey and quickly fell in love with this beautiful style of pole dancing. She love all things outdoors: hiking, biking, rock climbing, and camping.

Flexibility, Lyra, Pole

Naomi has been teaching pole steadily since 2019. She started her pole journey in 2014, and taught for a year in 2015 at Tucson Pole Fitness. She loves working with kids outside of teaching pole. She was born in Japan but grew up mostly in Tucson, AZ. She found pole through Living Social.

Pole

Nicky grew up in the UK loving sports and dance, then moved to California at 27. Twelve years ago, after a running injury, she nervously walked into her first pole class with two left feet. She struggled (a lot!), but the encouragement, freedom, and fun kept her hooked. Since then, she’s competed and even snagged a few medals—Silver at the OG Pole Fitness Classic (2016), Gold in the Masters Division (2017), plus more Silvers at Nationals and the Northwestern Championships. When she’s not upside down, she’s VP of Growth at an ad agency, or out working out, walking her dogs, and traveling with her husband.

Aerial Pole, Pole, Barre, Flexibility

Paloma is a certified Pole Dancing and Barre 3 instructor, and a Stretching and Flexibility coach. She started teaching in Orange County in 2022. She’s competed twice in PSO, but rather enjoys showcases and free dancing! Outside teaching, she has a full time job in a BioSciences company. She loves to spend time with her husband, her dog and cat, watching sunsets at the beach, learning about sustainability and constantly try to become a better feminist and human. She is a very proud Latina immigrant from Costa Rica! Discovered pole almost by accident, just trying “something new”, and immediately fell in love with it.

Lyra & Silks

Rose has been training aerial for 8 years, performing for 4; she has no instructor history except for teaching some of her friends. -When she’s not teaching, she spends her time performing aerial, being a dinosaur, and modeling. -She was born in Newport Beach and grew up in Tustin, California. - As a child, she wanted to be a ballerina, and took about 6 years of ballet classes. When she got older, she decided doing stunt work was the new goal, and joined a parkour and acrobatics gym. Little did she know she’d end up falling in love with aerial instead, and set her sights on a career in Cirque.

Yoga

Shani is known for infusing love and mindfulness in her teaching. Her classes are marked by a clear commitment to anatomical alignment, self-inquiry and a welcoming spirit that invites everyone to enjoy the richness of the practice. Shani is currently certified with over 1000 hours of advanced training, and holds a E-RYT 500 with the Yoga Alliance. Her advanced trainings includes anatomy, alignment, vinyasa flow, sculpt, breathwork, hands-on assists, and mythology. Shani presents a unique approach in her teaching, incorporating the latest evidence-based neuroscience combined with ancient Tantric practices with strong dedication to self-improvement and self-development. Shani teaches from the heart. and approaches students with love, compassion and curiosity.

Pole & Yoga

Shayla has a 200hr Yoga Alliance certification RY and she started pole in September 2023. She was born in Fountain Valley, CA and first discovered movement classes back in 2021 when she took tumbling classes -> flying trapeze -> yoga -> and soon found and fell in love with pole.

Pole

Yuna began pole dancing in mid-2022 after searching for a fun way to stay active without hitting the gym. What started as a simple class quickly became a true passion, inspiring her to share the same exciting experience she had as a student. She was born in Korea and moved to the US when she was 7, and her pole journey actually began after seeing a Korean pole dancer on Instagram, which instantly sparked her curiosity. Soon after, she discovered a studio within walking distance of her home and decided to give it a try. Now, she’s thrilled to help others discover the strength, creativity, and confidence that pole can bring. Outside the studio, you can find her experimenting with new recipes or binging her favorite TV shows!