Urban Fertility Dancer - Instructor Listing and Links

About “Licensed” vs. “Fundamentals” Instructors

“Licensed Instructors” have completed the comprehensive 35 hour training and licensing program, and are recognized as meeting PoleCat Power's standards and criteria for Level I or Level II (as listed). These instructors have permission to use the “official” PoleCat Power Methodology and Logos in their programs, however, they are not licensed to train other instructors in the PoleCat Power Method.

“Fundamentals Instructors” have completed BOTH of the one-day PCP Method Fundamental workshops for the PCP Method. They have a basic understanding of the biomechanics of pole dancing movement, and also of the importance of safety, injury prevention, and the learning progressions necessary in teaching pole dancing. (Fundamentals Workshops are no longer available. All SCP Fundamentals Instructors listed were trained prior to 2009. All PCP Fundamentals Instructors were trained prior to 2010).

PCP - PoleCat Power Method = Exotic Aerial Dance Instructor (Pole Dance)
SCP - SlinkyCat Power Method = Exotic Dance Instructor

All instructors listed below have personally trained with Shawn in either the PCP or SCP Methods. **In the case of a “studio” listing, only the individual instructors listed on this page have personally trained with Shawn. If they are not listed below, then Shawn did not train them personally, and cannot vouch for the quality of the instructor.

This page is currently a work in progress..........

**Coming in 2012 - “UFD MASTER INSTRUCTOR” Listing:

These instructors will be recognized as the highest quality instructors in the UFD program, and beginning in 2012, they will then be licensed and available to offer PCP and SCP Instructor Training workshops and MORE....

• Southwest US • Northwest US • Central/Midwest US • Northeast US

•Southeast US • International

Southwest Region
(Arizona, Southern California, Colorado, Nevada, Texas)

ARIZONA:

• PussyCats Pole Dance
Nyla Farraz (Studio Owner): PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
Donna Divine: PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
Nikki Black: PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
Kristy Lemure: PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Come and take the ORIGINAL PoleCat Power™ “PoleCats” pole dance classes, which were the first pole dance classes offered in Arizona, since May 2005! We offer the safest, most effective environment in which to explore your more sensuous side. Learn to love your body, embrace your femininity and express your sexuality in the comfort of other goddesses and unleash the vixen within! We are looking forward to dancing with you! We offer: Pole Dance, Exotic Dance, Exotic Dance Fitness, Lap Dance, and Belly Dance. Classes, parties and private lessons are all available.

Website: www.pussycatspoledance.com
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona

For class information please contact NYLA the Arizona PoleCat Power Regional Director. Email Nyla

**Official Urban Fertility Dancer Regional Training Facility

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

• X-Polesitions
Leah Butler (Studio Owner): PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
Antoinette: PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

X-Polesitions, a pole dance exercise studio, combines exotic dance, sexy floor movement and pole tricks brought together in a comfortable environment created exclusively for women. Our classes are small, so you will receive individual attention and get the maximum benefit of your work out. Our instructors have extensive experience and have been trained in the PoleCat Power method, wherein "safety comes first". We also offer girl’s night out parties, birthday parties, bachelorette, and other personalized parties at competitive rates.

Email: info@xpolesitions.com
Website: www.xpolesitions.com
Location: North Hollywood, California

**Official Urban Fertility Dancer Regional Training Facility

• Express the Sensual - Lira Vaughan aka “Yannori”
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level II
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Meet YANNORI, of pole dance YOU TUBE infamy.

Lira discovered pole dancing in late 2004, and found a new passion. She created www.balanceelemental.com, her online classes in late 2008 with the intent of providing a safety based fitness system focusing on the natural elements (Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, Fire), and offering personal support for students to release their inhibitions and body bound emotions through the development of their own individual dance style using the vertical pole and sensual dance movements.

Ever inventive, in 2009, she was then inspired to create ExpressTheSensual, a personal blog for Busy Women who wish to explore their SENSUALITY, find their PASSION, and become Strong, Confident, and Sexy. A FREE weekly blog aimed at Women who want to feel passionate, playful, and empowered in their daily lives. She writes articles with an organically sensual view of living designed to inspire readers towards positive, intuitive, and healthy change using All of Their Senses (Sprinkled with explicit content to encourage the Passionate, Feminine soul)

Teaching pole & yoga soon at Peoples Yoga And Dance!

Website: www.expressthesensual.com
Location: San Pedro, California
Email Yannori

• Carrie Carpenter
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Circus Artist, performer, and Costume Designer for the daytime drama, The Bold and the Beautiful, Carrie's life is filled with non-stop creativity.

A lifetime of dance skills, combined with over 8 years of aerial circus arts training, Carrie has a unique style entirely all her own. Carrie's love of international dance and aerial circus led her to create her very own aerial dance style, Aerial Butoh, and in 2003, she became the first Aerial Butoh artists in the United States, along with her company, the Creative Misfits.

Carrie discovered pole dancing in 2004. A voracious student, she became one of the small number of original Los Angeles PoleCat Power instructors in the summer of 2005. Carrie's instructor style emphasizes injury prevention combined with sassy choreography both for the beginner and the more advanced student.

Email Carrie
Location: Los Angeles, California

• Shelli Lether
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Shelli Lether. Actress, Super Mom, Entrepeneur, Writer. Originally drawn to Southern California from her native Utah, Shelli came to Los Angeles chasing the actress dream, as many young women have. She succeeded in landing roles in numerous films and music videos, and has worked with leading men such as Michael Madsen, and Richard Greco. Shelli then embarked on her next adventure, the path of marriage and family. Focusing her passion for thie last decade on raising her children; an eldest son, and a set of twin boys.

This vivacious approach to life did not stop when she discovered pole dancing, in 2006. In fact, her natural sensuality had finally found a venue for expression. It changed her entire world. Her excitement led her to desire to share it with other women, so they too could discover this inner power for themselves. Driven by this need to unconditionally share her new passion, drove Shelli to become a PCP and SCP licensed instructor, in 2008.

Shelli Lether's child-like enthusiam is highly contagious. No matter the task at hand, this “Joy de Vivre” saturates all that she touches, and everyone she meets. Along with being a mother to adolescent boys, she is currently writing a novel, managing a clothing brand, and well, just being Shelli.

Email Shelli
Location: Los Angeles, California

• Kim Chan
PoleCat Power Method - Fundamentals Instructor

Info Coming soon....

• Linda Bell Pilates and Pole Dance

Linda Bell (Studio Owner)
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Linda Bell has accumulated 22 years of education and hands on experience in fitness, anatomy, nutrition and aerobic instruction. Certified as an instructor and member of AFAA. Throughout her career Linda has been involved in fund raising for a wide variety of organizations. Widely, known as a talented performer and choreographer she has judged many fitness contests such as Ms. Fitness, Ms. USA and Family Fitness Aerobic Competitions. Linda has done extensive modeling, T.V. commercials, videos and print media. Currently, Linda can be found at Fitness Elite for Women (Laguna Niguel and San Clemente locations) as Aerobic Director and Instructor. Known for her high-energy and dynamic teaching styles members enjoy classes while achieving their fitness goals.

Website: www.lindabellpilatespoledancing.com
Location: San Clemente, California

***Licensed Status Still Pending

• Heart and Pole - Trina Lance
PoleCat Power Method - Fundamentals Instructor

Heart & Pole is broad-spectrum pole instruction company based on the premise that everyday women can find self-acceptance, confidence and strength through the art of pole dance. Beginners are gently introduced to basic pole tricks and sensual choreography and transition. Upper level students will move onto more strength-based tricks and eventually can be accepted into the Polefessionals program that safely teaches inversions. Heart & Pole also offers burlesque and go-go dance classes as well as female-based cardio classes.

Website: www.heartandpole.com
Email: info@heartandpole.com
Location: Torrance, California

COLORADO:

• Elena Mikhaylova
PoleCat Power Method - Fundamentals Instructor

Info and contact coming soon!

NEVADA:

• PoleCat Fitness - Christy Weinberg
PoleCat Power Method - Fundamentals Instructor

Location: Reno/Sparks, Nevada
Email: PoleCatFitness@att.net
Phone: 775-745-1668

TEXAS:

• Ruthann Jagge
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Location: Rio Medina, Texas
Contact info coming soon...

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Northwest Region
(Northern California, Washington)

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA:

• Presley Rose
PoleCat Power Fundamentals Instructor

A popular regular on feature dance circuit in adult clubs, Presley Rose is a dynamic performer. A handful of Presley’s titles include; Spearmint Rhino Entertainer of the Year 2004, 1-Down Magazine Dancer of the Year 2005, and LA’s hottest nude body 2006, She has also been featured on Spike TV, The Adam Corolla Show, and the film “Collateral”. Training in the PoleCat Power Method, Presley is now specializing in preparing exotic dancers for competition and the feature circuit, as well as offering private parties for women! Coming soon to the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.

Website: Coming Soon!
Location: Northern California, Bay area.

• Cat Dagostino - Poletential
PoleCat Power Fundamentals Instructor
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Cat has been teaching dance-based fitness and mind-body exercise for over 20 years. She is a Certified Group Exercise Leader and Personal Trainer through AFFA and ACSM. Her love of dance began at age 10 in the study of jazz, tap, and ballet. She performed with Atlas School of Dance, DeAnza College and at SFSU. She holds an A.A. in Liberal Arts. She began teaching dance exercise at age 15 for The Spa Lady Franchise and continued on to teaching STEP, Aqua Fitness, Kickboxing and Spinning throughout the Bay Area. She studied Ashtanga Yoga and performed in the adult production of the epic Ramayana in 1992. She teaches vinyasa style yoga. She has been teaching Pilates Mat and Apparatus work since 1999, and became certified in the ChiBall Method after study with Monica Linford, the founder, in 2002. In 2003, Cat became certified in GYROKINESIS and in 2005 she was certified in the GYROTONIC Method developed by Juliu Horvath. Cat currently teaches her passions at Poletential in Northern California.

Email: catdagostino@gmail.com
Location: Redwood City, California

• Pole Dance Magic - Virginia Simpson-Magruder
PoleCat Power Fundamentals Instructor

Virginia Simpson-Magruder has been teaching women Pole Dancing since 2004. She has studied many forms of dance including, Jazz, Belly Dance, Burlesque, and Ballroom. For the past 18 years she has enthusiastically performed with The Don’t Quit Your Day Job Dancers in the Marin County Bay Area.

Website: www.poledancemagic.com
Location: Sausalito, California

WASHINGTON:

• Divine Movement - Angela Carlston
PoleCat Power Method - Fundamentals Instructor

Divine Movement is a workout that engages your body, mind and spirit while supplying you with a much-needed respite from the busy world of parenting, work and everyday stress of life. Located in Seattle, Washington.

Website: www.divinemovementdance.com
Email: angi@divinemovement.com

• Pole for the Soul - Krisha CatZen
PoleCat Power Method - Fundamentals Instructor

You'll find the combination of yoga, stretching, exotic dance and pole dancing to be empowering and fun! You'll learn to let go of your preconceived limitations of yourself and your body image and improve your fitness and flexibility all while toning and strengthening your body at the same time. Located in Seattle, Washington.

Website: www.poleforthesoul.com
Email: info@poleforthesoul.com

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Central/Midwest Region
(Michigan, Ohio)

MICHIGAN:

• Dolphin Dance - Emily B.C.
 PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Location: Monroe, Michigan
Email Emily

OHIO:

• Dolphin Dance - Kristen Titko (Studio Owner)
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Our program is specifically designed to be accessible to women of all ages, dance backgrounds, and fitness levels. We have also made a conscious effort to maintain small class sizes, ensuring that students receive individual attention and don’t become lost in a crowd. All classes have a warm-up and cool-down period, and progressions are designed with safety in mind.

Carolyn:
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Angela, Sameerah, Nikki, AJ: PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor– Level I

Website: www.dolphindanceexotic.com
Location: Columbus, Ohio

***Licensed Status Still Pending

• Pole Kittens

Victoria Lore (Studio Owner)
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Pole Kittens founder Victoria Lore lost more than 70 pounds by pole dancing. She wanted to share her success, and so she created Pole Kittens Studio to help other women feel sexy while shedding pounds. Her friendly and professional staff of instructors has trained to give the best pole workouts, pole dances, and pole parties that Cincinnati has to offer.

Website: www.polekittens.com
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

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Northeast Region
(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire)

MAINE:

• Katherine Sandoval
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Email Katherine
Location: Kennebunkport, Maine

MASSACHUSETTS:

• Scarlet Fitness & Dance - Wendy Dayle
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Scarlet Studio is here to offer women an unorthodox means of exercise and fitness, finding a balance between “normal” and “taboo”. Thereby, encouraging a sexy, confident, and empowering attitude about body image and inner beauty in women. Instruction varies from mainstream means of exercise to alternative and cutting-edge. All levels of physical abilities are welcome and due to the nature of our instruction, a positive and safe environment is always maintained. Scarlet Studio’s goal is to show women that exercise can be fun and exciting, as well as, challenging and beneficial. So we at Scarlet Studio challenge you to Love Your Body!

Email Wendy
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

NEW HAMPSHIRE:

• Pole Bliss
Leela Olson: Polecat Power Licensed Instructor - Level I (Studio Owner)
Lindsey Brisbane: Polecat Power Licensed Instructor - Level I

Pole Bliss is located in a renovated mill building along the Merrimack River in Manchester, NH. We specialize in providing safe, quality instruction in a supportive and nurturing environment. Our glorious studios boast 19 poles total (13' poles)...with over 4,500 square feet of Bliss! We truly believe that pole dancing is an ART form! Our inspiration comes from Leela's years in the exotic dance industry and Kat's years in dance and gymnastics training. Offering a stunning lushly decorated environment built to soothe, energize and inspire women. Our offerings include pole & exotic dance classes, pole fitness, exotic chair dancing, candlelight stretch, belly dancing, lap dancing and striptease/burlesque, bachelorette parties (as well as birthday, divorce and girls' night out parties). Pole Bliss is less than 45 minutes from Boston, and located just 10 minutes from Manchester International Airport.

Location: Manchester, New Hampshire
Email Pole Bliss
Website: www.polebliss.com
Phone: 603-624-0080

Oh. And THIS is where I got the rad photos done that are on the website!!! Lindsey at Little Fang Media

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Southeast Region
(Florida, Virginia)

FLORIDA:

• Pole Champ - Nichole Romana
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Congratulations to Nichole for making the Vegas Callbacks on America's Got Talent 2008!

We offer pole dance lessons in the privacy of your own home or our home studio in the Tampa Bay, FL area. Pole dance lessons are designed for fun, fitness OR for professional entertainers. All lessons are taught 1-on-1or in small groups for personal attention.Performances and Pole Parties are available too! Bring all your friends over some pole fun!

Email Nichole
Website: www.polechamp.com
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida

• Krystyn Cast-Tsagarakis
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Krystyn's exotic pole dance classes are a fusion of exotic dance, sensual floor movement, and pole tricks. Trained in the PoleCat Power method, she firmly believes that safety should always come first. Her private and group classes are drawn from her experiences in the exotic dance industry, gymnastics, yoga, and classical ballet. All classes are intentionally small to provide students with individual attention.

“I love teaching exotic dance, because it is truly wonderful to watch my students feel good about themselves, while discovering their inner goddess.”

Keep an eye out for Krystyn's upcoming new studio!

Email Krystyn
Location: Jacksonville, Florida

VIRGINIA:

• Inner Goddess Dance - Rachel Bagnulo
PoleCat Power Fundamentals Instructor

Inner Goddess Dance provides everyday women of all ages and sizes an opportunity to explore an alternative fitness routine through different forms of dance! We offer weekly classes in both pole dance and exotic dance as well as workshops in lap dancing, chair dancing, burlesque, and striptease. We also offer private lessons and private parties for those special occasions (bachelorette, birthday party, etc.). The mission of Inner Goddess Studios is to provide a supportive, nurturing, and fun environment for all women, students and staff alike.

Website: www.innergoddessdance.com
Location: Harrisburg, Virginia

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International
(Eastern Canada, Australia)

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA:

• Tammie Nelson
PoleCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I
SlinkyCat Power Method Licensed Instructor – Level I

Info and contact soon!

SUDBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA:

• Organic Bodies - Lori Mitchell Rostie
PoleCat Power Fundamentals Instructor

Organic Bodies is dedicated to Pilates,Yoga and now Sensual fitness. We have two locations in Sudbury, Ontario. Our Sensual fitness classes have added a wonderful new element to not only the studio but our many clients. The classes consist of fitness, fun, sensuality, empowerment, and a lot of laughs. They also consist of pilates, yoga, dance and pole work. They are a great way to get into shape, have fun and discover a whole other side to yourself. They are a must to try.

Website: www.organicbodies.net
Email:info@organicbodies.net

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