Workshops
Release-A-Palooza 2: Electric Boogaloo
An Advanced Rope Workshop
with Jamie Rifkin. Fee: $50
Saturday, April 18th from 2-3:30 pm
Join Jamie to work on more dynamic release pathways! We will begin by focusing on optimizing our beats, then moving on to drills for flipping, twisting, and air-awareness to progress and expand our dynamic release move repertoire. Emphasis in this workshop will be on pirouettes, switch circles, saltos, and inside twist variations.
Pre-reqs: Intermediate to advanced vertical student with some dynamic experience preferred. Ideally students will be familiar with bell beats, plank beats, and front/ back beats, as well as some c-shaping theory. Comfortability falling onto mats and a joy in adrenaline encouraged.
Dangerous Curves Ahead: A Road Map for Pole Dancers of Size
with Kali Coochis. Fee: $45
Saturday, April 4th. 2:00-4:00pm
This 2 hour offering is open to anyone, but tailored to suit curvy dancers of all levels. We will learn joint-friendly warm up techniques while exploring a spicy bag of tricks. Modified options will be offered throughout the whole class, and if the modification you need doesn't yet exist- we'll create one! Whether this is your first time on a pole or you want to build on your current dance repertoire, this class will serve as a supportive container to raise your freak flag with fellow thick baddies. No pre-requisites are needed, and our "come exactly as you are" policy is taken seriously! Open to people of all gender identities and ages. Bring knee pads, water, and a yoga mat, heels not required, but welcome; explicit music advisory.
Drop It Like It's Hot - Silks Workshop
with Brande Lee. Fee: $80
Saturday, May 16. 6:30-8:00pm
Bring the drama. Keep the control. Drop It Like It’s Hot is a high-impact aerial silks workshop focused on big, visually striking drops grounded in safe, intentional wrapping techniques. This class is designed to help aerialists build confidence in dynamic movement while maintaining strong mechanics, clarity, and body awareness. Participants will learn a curated selection of safely wrapped drops that create maximum audience impact. Each drop is broken down step-by-step, emphasizing clean setups, efficient pathways, and controlled exits. We’ll also explore timing, breath, and performance quality so every drop feels powerful, intentional, and polished.This workshop is ideal for aerialists looking to expand their drops vocabulary, refine technique, and add crowd-pleasing moments to performances.
Prerequisites: Comfortable with inversions in the air, Familiarity with wraps and multi-step sequences, Prior experience with basic drops recommended (single star, 360 drop, tick tock drop). Advanced beginners with heightened body awareness and solid foundational technique may attend with instructor approval.
Beats, Conditioning, & Dynamics Prep
Int/Adv Lyra & Trapeze Workshop
with Christine Morano. Fee: $80
Sunday, June 21. 3:00-4:30pm
This workshop will begin with a warm up which will include ROM and movements to prep up for what we’re working on that day, followed by a a bar warm up and strength work, Beats, Drills and progressions to dynamic skills such as:
• Things from knees like Shoo shoo nova, penny drop and penny 1/2 twist,
• Under the bar: pique turns, clock exits, zippers and full pops,
• Hand beat things : single helix, double helix, beat twist to back balance
• Circles: elbows circles- different entrances and exits and transitions to and from,
• Armpit beat to hip variations
• Rolls on the bar and/or preps
• Drops from ropes to bar (ropes to bar, hands twist to bar, hari Kari in ropes to bar)
Class will end with a cool down and a light stretch.
Fatal Attraction: An Exotic Pole Workshop
with Lo Brisolara. Fee: $85
Saturday, April 25th from 2:00-4:00 pm
Fatal Attraction is an intermediate-level exotic pole workshop rooted in strip club–style performance — where sensuality, control and quiet power take center stage.This workshop blends floorwork, pole choreography and dynamic tricks into a routine designed to feel as good as it looks. We’ll focus on the art of sensual presence, exotic performance and creating moments that linger.
Expect:
• Intentional, sultry choreography
• Floorwork transitions and fluidity
• Pole tricks woven seamlessly into performance
• Musicality, eye contact and audience awareness
Fatal Attraction is the perfect experience for level 3+ pole students who are ready to develop stamina, flow and stage presence through a strip club–style performance lens.
