Class Descriptions

All group and lunch time classes are designed to be taken once a week on a day and time that best fits into your busy schedule. We have classes running daily and practice time available to you 7 days a week. If you'd like a custom class designed just for you then take a look at private classes which can be taken any time outside of regular scheduled classes. If you're a real keener and want the best bang for your buck we also offer annual membership which includes all the free practice time you like and drop into any class, anytime at your current level or lower.

Pole Club (All levels)
Practice Sessions are 1-hour freestyle studio sessions open to all students (FREE to Members). Non-members pay a drop-in fee of $15 or require purchase of Stamped Cards. Practice Sessions are open to all students of all levels currently registered in Ottawa Pole Fitness 6-week programs. Practice the moves and choreography from the previous lesson or experiment with the moves and variations to create your own routines. Practice Sessions do not guarantee individual poles. Minimal supervision but no instruction provided.

Annual Membership
If you want to have full and complete access to the studio and progress through all the class levels of Pole Fitness from Level 1 up to Level 8, membership is for you. This will allow you to drop in anytime to participate in a class at your current level or lower. Also, free access to attend any Pole Yoga classes being offered. Membership has it's rewards because as a member you can take advantage of being in the Pole Club at no additional cost. You can come and practice your routines anytime the Pole Club is open 7 days a week for the cost of a cup of coffee per day.

Pole Fitness Beginners Class (level 1)
This class is perfect for those who wish to achieve a solid grounding of the basics and for those who have more than just a passing interest in pole dancing. The class includes: cardio warm-up and stretching, simple pole moves, pole spins, and floor work -- all combined into progressive, easy-to-learn, and simple choreographed routines taught at a pace everyone can follow.

Pole Fitness Beginners Class (level 2)
This class is for those who wish to refresh their pole dancing skills or who want to move beyond the beginner level. Level 2 expands on the basic repertoire of moves in Level 1. More pole moves, pole spins, and floor work are incorporated into new, easy-to-learn choreographed routines. This course is designed to be taken concurrently and/or in sequence with level 1. This class is recommended for those who wish to master the basics and to build the foundation necessary for intermediate and advanced levels of pole fitness.

Pole Fitness Intermediate Class (level 3)
Level 3 takes the basic skills learned in Level 1 and 2 and challenges the now experienced dancer with intermediate level pole moves, more difficult pole spins, floor work, introduces basic inverts and suspensions on the pole. Choreographed routines are still included in these sessions, with a growing emphasis on transitional moves and accents to provide the dancer with a sense of flow and grace to their choreography. If you're wishing to explore the challenge and beauty of this athletic and artistic form of dance, Level 3 is your venue!

Pole Fitness Intermediate Class (level 4)
Upon completing Level 3, this next course takes you, the aspiring Pole Dance Diva to an even higher level of performance. This course includes some more advanced pole work, complex inverts, and suspensions that demonstrate flexibility, balance, strength, and creativity. Level 4 encourages you to put together your own freestyle choreography for an entire song and to even dance around several poles! Based on the moves you have learned in the previously completed courses Level 4 challenges you to even greater heights. Also ideal for experienced dancers considering or preparing for amateur competition or performance!

Pole Fitness Intermediate (level 5)
Congratulations on completing Level 4! After mastering the basic, intermediate, and more advanced pole work in the previous four Pole fitness classes, you are now ready for the true advanced pole work and choreography of Level 5. In what would seem unattainable to a novice and intermediate student, you will learn proper technique for more advanced combination inverts and suspensions, and more intricate fast-moving choreography that demonstrate your improved and well-developed balance, creativity, flexibility, and strength. After finishing Level 5, you will have the skills and experience to perform several dazzling routines! You're as good as or even better than a pro!

Pole Fitness Advanced Class (level 6)
For those who love pole acrobatics and is a daredevil at heart and body…Level 6 offers our most daring and seemingly gravity-defying inverts and suspensions for the most advanced pole dancers! This is a highly technical-driven course showcasing very advanced floor work coupled with very advanced pole moves including: Straight Edge Splits and Handspring Split, advanced pole suspensions, highly complicated spins, inverts and more! We will show you powerhouse moves that will test your flexibility and endurance to the max.

Pole Fitness Advanced Class (level 7)
Level 7 is a continuation of the advanced moves taught in Level 6, and is for the most advanced students who are addicted to pole acrobatics. Focusing on advanced pole techniques and building upon the moves of the previous levels, this course will include: handstand-full layout-to-split combinations, advanced rip curls, superman combinations, full and side layout mounts, extended holds, and more combinations of the advanced moves from Level 6. Emphasis will also be placed on developing endurance, flexibility, and fluidity throughout the sessions. Completing this level is guaranteed to amaze ANYONE!

Pole Fitness Advanced Class (level 8)
Level 8 is also a 6-week class that combines Levels 5, 6, & 7. For those who have mastered the basic and intermediate pole work in previous programs and want a mix of more intermediate and advanced moves of pole dancing. This program offers structured yet individualized training designed to challenge each student in an advanced learning environment. Students will learn advanced combination inverts and suspensions, more intricate fast-moving choreography and advanced floor work. Technique will focus on improving all aspects of Pole Dancing: balance, creativity, flexibility, endurance, strength -- with emphasis on acrobatics, fluidity and grace.

Private Class
You can book in a Private Lesson or Session and go one-on-one with the instructor. Private classes are accessible 7 days a week outside of regularly scheduled session Classes, and Workshops.

Pole Yoga
The pole is good for more than just spinning on! You will use it during this Pole Yoga class for balance, to add resistance to the stretches and to increase your strength. This class will help lengthen your muscles while you increase your strength, flexibility and balance. Pole Yoga is available from beginner to intermediate to advanced.