OWNER & INSTRUCTOR

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Quinn Poles is a tiny ball of fire and Chicagoan through and through. Since starting pole dancing in 2015, she’s become known for her dynamic transitions and hard hitting lowflow. When she's not performing, competing or training, you can find her behind the camera photographing everything from rain room boudoir to PSO competitions.

MANAGER & INSTRUCTOR

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This multicolored maven with moxxi is the mistress of modifications. Get ready for decending inverts and alternate entrances, exits and variations of all of your favorite weird shapes. Molly has been teaching and performing for almost a decade and has taught workshops across the country. A nerd and a scientist at heart she likes to teach with an ecclectic mix of physics breakdowns and geeky references.

INSTRUCTOR

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Melissa Schrader began taking pole dance classes 13 years ago, she quickly found her passion for movement. Melissa started teaching, performing, and competing soon after. With over a decade of experience teaching she has introduced hundreds of people to the art of pole dancing. Through teaching she hopes to help students embrace their own unique and authentic style. Melissa enjoys heels, buttery flow, and rock ‘n’ roll.

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Texas native Dalton Rhodes has been dancing and teaching for well over a decade but it wasn't until 2016 that he fell in love with the erotic art of pole dancing. Coming from a very structured dance background this was a great opportunity for him to explore a more sensual side to his movement. Dalton has since gone on to teach, compete, and perform internationally and holds various titles including Mr. Pole Dance America and Artistic Lvl 5 Champion at PSO Central. His signature style is based in strong foundational heel techniques and focuses on smooth transitions with an emphasis on low flow and musicality.

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Kaya Sky, also known as Pole Divinity, has been perfecting her art for pole and aerial arts since 2019. Starting out her aerial journey as an aerial silks artist, self-taught in Wisconsin, Kaya quickly adapted to pole and has migrated to Chicago to perform throughout the city and others. Kaya Sky took second in the Unrivaled at Unbridled competition of 2021 and won the Artistic Excellence Award of 2023 from the Chicago Circus Arts Festival for he Flying Pole Art. Kaya has performed all around the city and is so super excited to teach and learn with all of you!

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Dahlia Fatale is an award-winning, travelling contortionist, burlesque performer and instructor. In class, Dahlia brings together unique perspectives from dance, circus and anatomy education (yes, she's touched muscles from the inside too!) to create comprehensive programming that helps students to expand their movement vocabularies and physical awareness. She believes in movement for all humans, loves solving the puzzles of the body, and takes great pride in watching students grow and develop their styles, personas, and abilities!

INSTRUCTOR

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Christine “ Little Snipper” started poling in 2011. She had always wanted to take a pole class with her friend and after years of talking about it she found a Groupon and signed up. After just 1 class she was hooked!!! Her primary love with pole was for the workout and tricks. Throughout the years, she has dabble in a lot of different dance styles and modalities. She has deeply fallen in love with the sexy and sensual side of pole. While tricks are still very much her love and passion you can also find her very grounded and flowing these days too. She loves teaching, performing and competing. She has been instructing since 2012 and continues to take trainings to keep skills relevant and the most up to date knowledge there is for the community. Her 1st competition was in 2012 and after that she has competed almost every year since then and has many awards to represent. Christine doesn’t have just one way to move she loves and challenges them all.

In her muggle life she still works as an Emergency Room nurse, has 2 children, 3 dogs and a very supportive husband. She’s beyond excited to bring a little of her style to the studio!

INSTRUCTOR

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Nora Jane began pole dancing in 2016, where it has remained a constant in her life ever since. To find a passion that pushed her both as an athlete and an artist was the greatest joy she could have ever imagined. Nora has performed and competed consistently since 2017 at events such as Pole Sport Organization's Central Pole Dance Championships, the North American Pole Dance Championships, The Wild Side Pole Show, and Michelle Mynx's Pole Dance Extravaganza. She is so excited to share this love with her students, and to see the way that they grow into themselves as dancers and performers. Nora loves all manner of geekery, and can often be found snuggling with her cats and playing video games, or working on her latest cosplay.

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Birdee is an avid dancer. Since a young age she has always had a vested interest in expressing herself through movement. When pole became a part of that journey it was no doubt they were a perfect it. A few years after being dedicated to studio pole, Birdee found stripping. It would offer her a community and sense of self that would shape her work in pole dancing. When Birdee teaches she seeks to curate an open and fun environment. Everyone is always welcome and will be obnoxiously encouraged to be their most unabashedly authentic selves!

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Lavender Vyxn started their dance journey in Chicago by graduating from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Dance in 2014. They have been hitting stages and nightlife spaces ever since. They found pole dance shortly after creating their burlesque persona in 2018 and loves to incorporate both forms in their work. Learning the majority of their pole skills from working in local strip clubs, they cannot wait to share some stripper magic with the community and soak in all the sexy energy in this space!

INSTRUCTOR

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Hannah Huang was born and raised in California but fell in love with pole dance in Salt Lake City, Utah. They've been a mover and groover their whole life with a degree in Ballet and over 10 years of dance experience. As an instructor, Hannah strives to balance fostering a love of movement and the body-mind connection as well as unlocking clean and efficient technique for different bodies. She believes that dancing is not just about aesthetic expression, but also (and maybe more importantly) about the sensational experience of moving and feeling. On the technical side of things, their background in dance and kines-/physiology knowledge help them adapt cues to each student's habits and backgrounds for that satisfying light bulb moment.

In addition to teaching, Hannah performs and choreographs both pole and contemporary dance. When they aren't wiggling around in a studio or stage, they can be found curled over a sewing machine or rolling out their perpetually grumpy muscles. Find her on instagram at @mayhem_movement!