You're in good hands...
Our movement arts instructors are gifted in the fields of dance, physical fitness, and personal communication skills. Not only are we all individually qualified, educated, certified, and trained to teach, but we take great pride in doing a thorough job of ensuring that you will learn not only about pole dancing, and it's great benefits, but also learn some neat things about yourself, and the other women in your classes in a comfortable, supportive, and safe environment.
All of our instructors are creative artists. We are movement arts specialists who have extensive classical dance, and/or industry/stage performance experience, and/or are certified in their respective fields of expertise. All of our gifted pole instructors are fitness professionals, who have been thoroughly coached by Starr to develop their own unique teaching methods, and class materials based off of their own personal experiences with pole dancing.
Our techniques, and all of our class materials have been developed by us, based from our real life, personal experiences in dance. We think you will enjoy the fact that we would like to teach you how to use the fundamental movements to express yourself through the way your body wants to move to the music, and allow you the freedom to add your own personal flair. These are not low impact "exotic dance" classes that teaches you a million ways to swivel your hips, and flick your hair... This is POLE DANCE, baby! So get ready to work it out, and dance your ass off!
Karma, and Starr hanging out.
Founder of The Bombshell Ballroom/StarrGrrrl Arts, LLC.
Pole Essentials Instructor/Trainer,
Brass Monkey, Bad Grrrl Ballerina,
Vertical Gymnast.
Where I Have Come From...
As an exotic
dancer in Detroit, MI for over six years (1998- 2005), it didn't take
me long to realize how much I loved pole dancing, and exotic body movements. There's no other dance in the world like it! I always wanted to be on stage, even if the club was empty... I was always teaching
girls in the clubs how to dance, and do pole tricks. I new long ago that I wanted this dance to be a part of the rest of my life.
I was so excited to learn that
women outside of the club atmosphere were embracing this form of art, and fitness, and wanted to learn too!
Pole dancing
is a beautiful multi-faceted art form that can help build strength, and self-confidence by helping
you embrace your innate feminine sensuality, and it is also a great way to stay toned, while retaining, and accentuating the curves that make us female.
Why it works, and how it worked for me:
I had my first child in October of 2005, and gained a LOT of weight with my pregnancy. When all was said, and done I had gained 100 lbs, and given birth to a 9 lbs 6 oz. baby boy (See pictures on the "Testimonials" page).
Having never been a pound over 110 lbs in my life, i was quite dismayed to realize that i was responsible for losing the dreaded "baby weight", and getting my ass back in shape. I couldn't think of a better way than pole dancing, so that's what I did. It is such a well rounded workout, that it can be a completely effective way of losing weight.
You can certainly sail through class just for fun, and get a little bit of a workout, but if you put some drive, and determination behind the routine, and make every movement active, you will see some real results.
An "Up Lifting" Excercise...
Stand up right now, where ever you are, and rise up onto the balls of your feet... Do you feel that? If you are balancing on center you should be able to feel a great many muscles engaging all the way from your toes, up your legs, being supported in the torso by your abdominal corset, elongating all the way up through your neck to hold your head up straight, and high. Now you're in "dancer posture"!
If you can feel it just from standing there, imagine what a whole class in heels, with your own pole can do for you!
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Pole dancing can be broken down into two parts. It can be a sport, and it can be a sensual dance. Pole dancing as a complete art should encompass the strength, and flexibility of gymnastics, the grace, form, and discipline of ballet, and the sensuality, and mystique of bellydance... Without any one of those elements it's not quite the same. I hope everyone who passes through our doors leaves with a love of the art in it's entirety.
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Always Evolving...
Having a love of education in any form, and an ever growing interest in a wide array of physical fitness, wellness, spirituality, and movement arts, Starr is a certified personal trainer, also certified in Usui Reiki level I, and level II . She is also expanding her fitness education in the areas of pilates, and yoga, beginning the 200 hour Hatha/Raja certification course this coming year with Purusha Yoga.
There is an innovative, and dynamic pole dancing instructor certification course in the works, being written by Starr. Having been recommended, and asked to train several future instructors from all over the US this year, Starr hopes to collaborate with as many open minded artists, and savvy business minds from various fields to continue to bring creativity & original workshops to the Ballroom, and the incredible pole dancing community all around the world.
Pole Dancer Extrordinaire
Pole Essentials 101 Instructor
Karma's freestyle dance is both energetic and sexy, you will love to watch her demo moves for you in class. Her friendliness, and gentle nature will have you feeling super comfortable in her presence. Her ability to communicate, and teach in a casual yet functional way will have you flying around that pole in no time.
Karma is currently a student at WSU Vancouver with a major in marketing.
