Roz Mays
NASM certified Roz "The Diva" Mays created Dangerous Curves: A Celebration of Plus Size Pole Dancers. Her talents have led to a SAG membership for professional stunt work in Law and Order: SVU, The Big C, and an Adam Sandler movie, That's My Boy.
Jeni Janover
Jeni Janover is the founder and owner of Liquid Motion®, a methodology that teaches students from all levels the fundamentals of movement through basic dance theory and exploration of natural instincts. Jeni describes her style of dancing and teaching as a combination of life, love, sex, and raw emotion.
Dalijah Franklin
Dalijah was the 2015 U.S. Aerial Champion and is the founder of Black Girls Pole--an organization striving to diversify the pole world by inspiring, empowering, and educating women of color about pole dancing. Dalijah has been a dancer and gymnast since the ripe old age of three.
Lara Michaels
Lara has been an active national and international competitor since 2012, competing as a finalist most notably with the USPDF, the U.S. Aerial Championships, National Aerial Pole Art, Pole Sport Organization, and the Asia Pole Championship. She is the 2017 U.S. Pole Dance Champion.
Sam Doblick
With a lifetime spent dancing in clubs, cabaret venues, and on stages hither and yon, Sam taps into his experience and unique blend of styles to enrich and inspire every class he leads. Sam has performed with Bad Apple Boylesque, AERA Dance and has been a featured performer at The Slipper Room, The House of YES, and any number of notable venues around the country.
Summer Lacy
Summer Lacy has worked as a professional circus aerialist since 2007. With a background in artistic gymnastics, aerial acrobatics and tribal fusion belly dance, she has performed at many venues including Webster Hall NY, The Palazzo Las Vegas, and The New York Hall of Science.
Irmingard Mayer
Irmingard is the 2015 US Pole Art Champion. She's been pole dancing since 2009. Her love of the discipline's unique blend of athleticism and artistry has led her around the world, including her now legendary on-stage performance with Guns N' Roses in Las Vegas. Irmingard is certified in pole fitness by elevatED.
Armando Gonzalez
Originally from Puerto Rico, Armando has been a die-hard mover and shaker going all the way back to his earliest years. He caught the pole bug early and has performed at and/or helped to stage myriad shows on notable stages and venues such as Stage 48, "Schtick a Pole in it," The House of Yes, and Triad Theater.
Regina Armand
Regina has a movement background in track & field, dance and cheerleading. She specializes in pole, flexibility and heels. Regina has performed and competed all over New York as well as outside of NY and holds titles from competing at the professional level.
Stella Fink
Stella is a certified pole dance instructor and personal trainer. Initially self-taught, Stella is what we call, "a natural"--fact that only makes her accomplishments that much more impressive. It wasn't until she started training at Body & Pole that Stella was inspired to reach new heights as a professional dancer, athlete, and instructor.
Kelly McLaughlin
Kelly is versed in disciplines ranging from contemporary dance to tango to dancehall. She's a Carnegie Mellon graduate who rejected the "full-time grind" and left a promising career in advertising in search of the promised land that is pole. She found it at B&P and has been reveling, ever since, in the free and open exchange of athleticism, energy and love that makes this place so special.
Viveca Williams
Viveca has a Master's degree in Exercise Science with a concentration in Strength and Conditioning. The combination of strength and movement led her to pole fitness. She realized education in body awareness was needed to make pole fitness look effortless and prevent injuries from occurring.
Zoe Kantor
Zoe had been dancing for 15 years when she first discovered pole dance while living in Korea in 2011. Zoe's acceptance into Body & Pole's Work-Study Program allowed her to fully immerse herself in the aerial arts. She is certified in pole fitness by elevatED and is also a NASM certified personal trainer.
Brandon Rosario
Accro Brandon is a Liquid Motion Master Trainer, Certified Acro Yoga Montreal, and Ring Thing teacher. Accro started pole dancing in 2012 with numerous pole competitions and performances under his belt and has worked for Norwegian Cruise Lines and Cirque Dreams in an off-broadway cirque-style show.
Emily Sanderson
Emily Sanderson has been teaching movement since 2002. She traveled internationally, competing in world-level Irish dance competitions. She is Pilates certified, has a degree in Kinesiology.
Rica de Ocampo
Rica began teaching at Body & Pole in 2010. She is also a lyric soprano and a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Rica studied at the University of Michigan for Voice Performance and has a BA in Film and Video studies.
Kyra Johannesen
Kyra opened Body & Pole with Lian Tal in 2009. Kyra is a co-creator of elevatED pole dance and flexibility fitness teacher trainings, and co-founder and a choreographer for ÆRA. Her vision for the art of instruction and performance is her vision for life – Grow, be honest, your story is beautiful; let’s just tell it.
Brenna Bradbury
Brenna has performed as an aerialist and dancer at venues such as The Box, The Slipper Room, The Diamond Horseshoe, Galapagos Art Space, and House of Yes. She won 2nd place in the 2015 U.S. Aerial Championships, Silks Division, and was selected as a finalist in the 2016 U.S. Aerial Championships, Lyra Division. Brenna has over 275 hours of Teacher Training in Vinyasa Yoga, Aerial Yoga, and Flexibility.
Samantha Star
Sam combines her knowledge of pole, gymnastics, yoga, and hand balance to be a dynamic performer and informative instructor. She believes perfecting the fundamentals is the best way to gain strength and coordination to achieve a higher level of fitness and grace. Sam teaches at Body & Pole in NYC and also travels the world to perform, compete, judge, and teach workshops.
Donna Carnow
Donna is a Brooklyn-based choreographer, performer, teacher, and movement artist. Donna received her BFA in Modern Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While not at Body & Pole, Donna teaches power vinyasa yoga, and is the Open Performance Coordinator at Movement Research where she produces weekly showings that showcase experimental dance artists in various stages of choreographic development.
Magnus Labbe
Magnus has 10 years of dance experience and is trained in Jazz, Contemporary, and Hip Hop. He has been teaching dance since 2008, and fell in love with Pole in 2013. The new way of dancing in the air and combining dance and aerial arts was fascinating and Magnus had to explore this new way of dancing. In his spare time he loves long walks and exploring the earth’s wonders.