The Wondrous Wombats!

Join the 2023 Wondrous Wombats Performance Crew!

If you want support throughout the choreography creation process, this series is for you. You’ll have instructors to guide you and a whole wisdom of supportive wombats cheering you on!

This is for ALL LEVELS. Seriously! 

Lead by Fiora Wild (Whintey) and Rey Soley (Christina), this series will guide you through making a performance that you’ll love. Bond with your fellow Wombats as you brainstorm, develop, and polish your routine. Whether you want to try something fun and new, tell your story on the big stage, or just bond with your fellow wombats, this series will help you nail those goals.

The format will be 4 content classes and 4 assisted practice sessions, alternating. Content classes provide new information to help you build your routine, while practice sessions are open pole sessions with Christina or Whitney present to provide support while you work on your choreography. Bring polewear, wireless headphones, your phone with music on it, a method to take notes, and a method to take video to all 8 sections.

Dates:

Series:
Section 1: Fridays 5:45-7:15pm
Begins June 2nd
Section 2: Sundays 6:30-8pm
Begins June 4th

Make ups will sometimes be available in the opposite session space permitting.

Mini Showcase (included): Last Day of your Series 

Pole for Justice (optional): July 29th

Cost:
$250 for non members
$225 for members
(Does not include Pole for Justice registration, which will be sliding scale)

 

Join the Wondrous Wombats!
Seattle Pole Dance Competition
Week 1

Conceptualize & Explore

with whitney

We will discuss how to select tricks that are appropriate for your routine, prompted freestyling to your music, how to break your song down into parts, and how to start placing passes and tricks into your routine.

Week 2

Assisted Practice

 This is time to continue to get to know your song and find places in your song where you want to place specific movements or tricks.

A group of pole dancers
Week 3

Connection

with whitney

This week will cover how to expand on your passes and turn your individual tricks into combos, as well as how to build connection with your audience, and figuring out how to make your routine unique.

Week 4

Assisted Practice

This second practice session is ideal for building out the bulk of your choreography.

Week 5

Polish

with Christina

This class will teach you about using your extremities, taking your time, smoothing out your transitions, putting the polish on your audience engagement, and the value of marking your routine.

Week 6

Assisted Practice

This session should be used to fill any gaps in your choreography, as well as working through any passes or transitions that feel awkward or clunky.

a group of Seattle Pole Dancers perform a pole dance routine
Week 7

Finalize

This class will focus on asking for and providing specific feedback to your fellow wombats, then working on the final tweaks to your routine.

Week 8

Dress Rehearsal

Our final session will be a Dress Rehearsal where you can put everything together, and get some performance jitters out. It is encouraged to wear your costume, use your actual props, and have your hair/make-up done.

Join the Wondrous Wombats!

Emily

Emily (She/they)

IG: @1bigletterm

Instructor: All levels pole tricks and Choreo
Pole Leadership Program Mentor

White femme person with long colorful hair doing an iron X on the pole. They are wearing a strappy pole set. The lighting is dark and they are against a pink wall and casting a shadow against it.

My name is Emily, and I’m so excited to be teaching here at Positive Spin Pole Dance.  I took my first pole class in December 2016, and was instantly hooked.  My background is in martial arts, belly dance, ballroom dance, and trapeze, so I have always been a physically active person, but pole dancing has challenged me in ways I never would have guessed.  I love the way it combines grace, strength, and sensuality, but my favorite part is learning new gravity defying tricks!  

The pole community is so welcoming and encouraging, it motivates me to help others in their pole journey.  I’m glad to have this opportunity to introduce new people to the incredible world of pole dance!

Trainings:

  • Roz the Diva Coaching Plus Size Pole Dancers Training
  • Kristina Nekyia Fit n Bendy 2hr instructor training
  • Certified NASM personal trainer and virtual coach
  • LMT

Katya

Katya (She/Her)

IG: @katyadoration

Instructor- Levels 1-3 Pole Tricks, floorwork, choreo

POLE FITNESS FOR TEENS

pole leadership program mentor


party Instructor

Katya grew up dancing ballet. She did that for 9 years before figuring out it didn’t make her happy, and quit.
 
Since then she’s done blues, swing, salsa, Balkan folk dance, jazz, hip hop, contra, fusion, and any other kind she can get her hands on. She fell in love with pole in winter of 2016 and never looked back. She’s so excited to call Positive Spin her pole home!
 
 

Kricket

Kricket (They/Them)

IG: @luckykrickie

Instructor- Levels 1-3 Pole Tricks
pole leadership program Mentor
Facilities Manager

I started at Positive Spin on a whim in 2018 and have been overjoyed to grow within this studio of incredible people and pole dancers. I am most fascinated by how diligently we all have to train our bodies properly, safely, and consistently in order to pole with confidence. 
 
 

My background includes jazz, blues, hip hop, west coast swing, and fire performance. Pole is uniquely challenging and I think that’s what makes the community here and all our successes so rewarding. I couldn’t wish for a better studio to be a part of and am cheering everyone on along their journey here.

Trainings:

Nyx

Nyx (they/he)

IG: @nyx.aurore

Instructor- All levels pole tricks and choreo
pole leadership program mentor

party Instructor

I have been doing different types of dance for over 10 years, but I started poling in early 2017 when a coworker signed up for an intro class and convinced me to tag along. I’ve been hooked ever since and can usually be found dancing/poling or doing aerials when not at my muggle job. 

I especially love how pole can encourage people to question and break down the ways society tells them to interact with their own bodies, movement, sensuality, and sexuality, so I’m super stoked to be part of y’all’s pole journeys!

Trainings:
Roz the Diva Coaching Plus Size Pole Dancers Training 

Whitney

Whitney (She/her)

IG: @Fiora_wild

Instructor- All levels pole tricks and choreo

pole leadership program mentor

party Instructor

White femme person with long dark curly hair does a pole move called the lois lane. They are gazing off to the side and wearing a dark two piece pole set. The background is a pastel pink.
Whitney has been pole dancing since 2012 and loves teaching, performing, and nerding out about the physics of pole.
 
She used to be a co-owner of and instructor at Rebel Dance & Pole when she lived in Virginia. Whitney loves supporting her students and helping them thrive in their pole journeys. 

Going by the stage name Fiora Wild, she’s performed in over 20 shows and won multiple awards. Applying her physics and engineering education to pole, she created PoleTechnica, where she breaks down the science of pole.

Trainings:

  • Group Fitness Instructor Certified from AFAA
  • CRNP Spin Certified

Jennie

Jennie (She/They)

IG: @Lunazuul_pd

Instructor- all levels pole tricks, Handstands, Pole Handstands

pole leadership program mentor

party Instructor

PROGRAMS MANAGER- TEEN POLE, WORK TRADE, PARTIES

Community Specialist

White femme person with purple hair and tattoos does an ayesha on the pole. They are wearing a black strappy one piece, black strappy heels, and are looking away from the camera. The background is the bisexual pride flag colors.
I’m Jennie and I am so excited to be teaching at Positive Spin! This studio and community have had an immensely positive impact on my life including my body image, sense of community, commitment to social justice, relationship with my body, and queer identity and I love the chance to give back.
Pole has given me such an appreciation for my body and what it can do, a never-ending stream of pole goals to work towards, and a great sense of community in my life.

I hope to be able to help foster a safe and affirming environment for others and teach people the amazing things that their body is capable of (no matter the body size, ability, identity, etc.). Additionally, I’m on a mission to share my love of being upside-down with the world (whether that is handstands, headstands, or pole inversions.)

If I’m not poling, running events, or doing manager tasks for the studio, you can find me playing with my basset hound/pointer mix (Mumford), reading, hanging out with my partner, or planning out new hair color/tattoo ideas. If you see me around (in-person or online), please say hello!

Trainings:

Jenna

Jenna (She/They)

IG: @violet.empyrean

Instructor- beginner flex, Levels 1-2 Pole

White femme person with long colorful hair does a genie/wombat on the pole. They are wearing a matching pole set and dark heels and gazing off to the side. The background is trans colors.

I’m Jenna!! I started pole dancing right here at Positive Spin Pole Dance in 2019. As an autistic trans person, I’ve found that pole is an incredible mode of self-expression, a great way to reconnect with my body, and a community where I can just be myself. 

As an instructor, my goal is to create a welcoming experience for beginner pole dancers of all backgrounds, neurotypes and bodies. This community has helped me grow in all sorts of unexpected ways, so it’s a joy to be part of creating that environment for other people.

 

Trainings:

Kat

Kat (They/Them)

IG: @katnotfound

Instructor- Levels 1&2 Pole Tricks, Freestyle & Flow
Pole leadership program mentor

BIPOC person with short dark hair and glasses doing a pole sit variation. They are wearing a button down shirt, black sports bra, and black bottoms. There is a trans flag in the background.
Hi there! My name is Kat and I am so excited to have this opportunity to teach at Positive Spin. Positive Spin matches my own value that all bodies are amazing. I am interested in teaching because I thrive on experiencing people grow and shine. The impact engaging with the art of pole dancing has been immeasurable. I can move in ways that I would never imagine possible. 
 
 

When I am not dancing, I am working as a therapist and spending time with my cat. I am excited to continue to explore my own emotions, and encourage others to explore their own, while dancing body beautiful.

Trainings:

Jessie

Jessie (He/They)

IG: @Twistedfoxtraining

Instructor- Flexibility and Handstands

pole leadership program mentor

Jessie has been training contortion since 2011 and coaching since 2017. Prior to the pandemic they were training full time in a pre-professional program at San Diego Circus Center and have now transitioned to teaching and coaching online through both Positive Spin and their business Twisted Fox Training.
They are passionate about safe, strong, and effective technique and believe that flexibility can be accessible for anyone who is willing to put in the work. 

Jessie places a focus in end range strength, conditioning, and active flexibility to create challenging classes that provide a great workout for any level of student. They teach all levels of flexibility through contortion basics.

Trainings: