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: @folly_adoration

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

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, beginner flex, conditioning
pole leadership program Mentor

Kricket suspended from a pole with Rubberbanditz and a block on their head.
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.

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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

Studio Manager, PROGRAMS MANAGER- WORK TRADE, PARTIES

Instructor- all levels pole tricks, Handstands, Pole Handstands, choreo, conditioning

pole leadership program mentor

party Instructor

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 and spreading my love of being upside down (whether that be handstands or inversions)! This studio and community have had an immensely positive impact on my life, my relationship with my body, connection to community, and queer identity and I love the chance to give that energy back.
My classes are aimed at fostering a safe and affirming environment for students to learn and to help them discover the amazing things that their bodies are capable of doing (no matter the body size, ability, identity, etc.)

I love spending my time outside of the studio poling, lifting, standing on my hands, cuddling with my pets (Mumford – dog & Nala – cat), reading faerie smut, and traveling. If you see me around, please say hello!

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Empyre

empyre (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 Empyre!! 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 1-3 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.

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Joey

Joey (she/her)

IG: @mushroomjoey

Instructor- levels 1 & 2 pole

A photo of Joey doing a sit on the pole with a stuffed wombat in her hand.

Hi I am Joey(She/her) and I love pole dancing. I started pole in 2016 when I was looking for a new hobby. Despite having zero dance/sport experience up till that point, I stuck with pole all these years because I can be comfortable in my body. In the pole dance world, I can be silly, sexy, graceful, strong, free, and vulnerable, all at the same time. Shout out to SWers who created pole dance.

There are so much to pole dance besides the instagram perfect videos. As an instructor, I hope to bring out the joy in pole, because a hobby is supposed to be fun!
Outside of pole, I am a transit enthusiast, an aerialist, and a city rat. Cantonese and Mandarin are my first languages.

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Alyssa

Alyssa (she/her)

IG: @alyssagabriellepole

Studio owner, Pole leadership Program Manager
Instructor- all levels pole tricks, Flexibility

White femme person with dark hair and glasses does an allegra on the pole against a pink wall that has a Positive Spin decal. She is smiling and looking at the camera and is wearing red pole shorts and a dark sports bra.

Hi! My name is Alyssa and I started pole dancing in 2014 in Beloit, Wisconsin. When I moved to Seattle in 2016, I was quickly and unexpectedly laid off from the job I had moved for and began teaching pole out of my bedroom.

Together with my early students, we created a vision of an inclusive pole space that centers community and queer experiences.

One of my favorite things about pole is the normalization of being an adult beginner Prior to finding pole dance in my 20s, I was a composer and music director, and I had never done any kind of dance or sports, so everything was very new and unfamiliar! Now I get to work with adult beginners of all ages as they embark on their pole adventures!

I cannot express my gratitude for the amazing staff and students who have helped to form this truly unique and life changing space! I still can’t believe that I get to call hanging upside down with you all my job!

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