KENNETTA HUTCHENS (FOUNDER)
Kennetta was involved in the exotic dance industry for over 10 years. She
gained a vast knowledge of the industry, and has had the experience of
dealing with and training literally hundreds of girls over the years. After
this, she also became a qualified personal trainer.
Kennetta first entertained the idea of opening a pole and exotic dance
school in 2000. It came from years of watching girls in the club perform, and
seeing the transformation it made to their confidence and self esteem, as well
as fitness and body shape. She recognized this awesome style of dance as an art
form that should be shared with the everyday woman.
As a Pole Diva, Kennetta loves introducing students to the spinning pole in classes and strengthening in Pole Power. Kennetta has a passion for getting the most out of her students, 'persistence beats resistance' is her motto! Kennetta has a strong belief that her students can do anything...and she'll make sure you believe it in her classes!
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Shelley Henkel
Shelley has an extensive background in performance; her dance training includes jazz and classical ballet, and the completion of high levels in gymnastics. Her travels led her to become a go-go dancer in Japan where she performed in popular night spots, and began teaching pole dancing and the art of lap dance to aspiring exotic dancers. She has also had great success as a singer with a high profile commercial band at Crown Casino and other prominent Melbourne venues.
Shelley has completed a three year Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in dance and women's studies, giving her performance even more edge, and a strong understanding of the importance of female empowerment.
Shelley has been teaching at Pole Divas since its inception and came second in the Victorian Final of Miss Pole Dance Australia in 2005. Her warm, outgoing personality, and creative choreography, makes sure you’ll always leave her class with a smile on your face.
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Jannine Davey
Jannine began as a student at Pole Divas almost 5 years ago. Since then she has been teaching and inspiring women to unleash their inhibitions and to embrace their strength and sexuality through this incredible form of dance for the past 4 years. Jannine believes all women house an inner Diva and has made it her mission to coax and tease them all out into the open. In addition to her role as instructor at Pole Divas Jannine takes the Diva message to women everywhere as a facilitator in female empowerment workshops at women only forums and seminars and both locally and internationally.
With extensive dance training over the last 30 years in many disciplines from Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Belly dance, Roller Dance, Exotica and Aerial Gymnastics, Jannine has a long standing passion for health and fitness and she is testament to the benefits of a positive body image and self confidence. She is a born teacher and loves encouraging people, women in particular, to go beyond their own beliefs about themselves.
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Anna Longley
Anna brings to Pole Divas a diverse mix of choreographic influences, including hip hop, funk, street Latin and exotic dancing. She is testament to the benefits that pole dancing can bring you in terms of positive body image and self confidence. She has taken what was once simply a keen interest in pole dancing to greater heights, culminating in her inclusion in the Miss Pole Dance Australia (Victorian Heat) and winning the advanced section of Pole Divas Unleashed in July 2006. Anna is currently one half of the Miss Pole Dance Victoria doubles winners for 2011.
"We want to help you unleash your inner diva", she says, and to that end she is dedicated to making her classes both cheeky and fun, to encourage new participants who perhaps thought that Pole Dancing was too challenging. Anna is the perfect instructor to disarm any hesitations that new participants might feel. Five minutes in her class and you too will be a pole dancing devotee!
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Lou Landers
Louise has been dancing for over 20 years, studying various dance
styles including classical ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, musical theater
and even aerial acrobatics at N.I.C.A. She has trained as an aerobics
fitness instructor as well as working as a dance teacher in a range of
styles for the last 9 years.
Louise has been a Pole Divas student for years and
competed in Pole Divas' dance competition UNLEASHED taking out first
place at each level, including winning the overall best performance in
the December 2007 competition. Also in 2008 Louise competed in her first
professional competition "Miss Pole Dance Victoria" placing 4th, from
that she was very lucky to be able to also compete with the best of the
best in "Miss Pole Dance Australia''. Louise is also the current Miss
Pole Dance Victoria and will be teaching workshops at Australian Summer Pole Camp in November 2011.
Louise shows passion, strength, flexibility and the
perfect personality to be a Pole Diva; a love of life and dance.
Join her fanpage for updates and touring information - www.facebook.com/loulanderspolediva
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Angelique cerminara
As a professional Latin and Ballroom
dancer, Angelique has always had a passion for dance. This passion led
her to choreograph an entire Latin show that was a hit in clubs across
Melbourne, however when she was introduced to the pole during a hens
night she new this would become her new passion! Angelique loved the
welcoming, friendly style of classes at Pole Divas and this spurred her
on to complete the more advanced levels of pole dancing.
As a Pole Divas Instructor, Angelique uses her Latin coaching
experience to make sure each girl she teaches feels welcome and
comfortable in her classes and her strong background in dance means that
you will never be left floundering in one of her classes! Angelique
loves teaching at Pole Divas because she gets to share her passion for
moving to music, she loves to watch her students grow in belief and
ability!
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Philippa Rasidi
Philippa became addicted to pole dancing when she attended a Polesations class.
Since then she has grown to love pole dancing as a truly athletic and
sexy form of dance that builds body confidence and strength.
Her experience in both static and spinning pole dancing led Philippa to
win bith the Advanced and the Doubles awards at Unleashed 2009. She
also represented Victoria at the Miss Pole Dance Australia (Doubles)
finals in Sydney the same year. Most recently, Philippa won the title of 1st Runner up in the Miss Pole Dance Victoria 2011 competition! Her love of high energy pole
performances comes from dancing along side international DJ's such as
John B and The Sect at various dance gigs across Melbourne. Loving
every minute of teaching at Pole Divas, Philippa is passionate about
spreading the word of pole-love!
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GRACIE BUNTINE
Gracie is a true dancer and
throughout her career has been involved with dance on numerous levels.
From Ballet and Swing to Disco and Hip Hop, Gracie’s dance background
is broad and includes features in music videos and documentaries! After
gaining diplomas in dance technique and performance, Gracie travelled
around Australia and New Zealand as a dancer, before making her way
back to Victoria to choreograph.
After joining Pole
Divas as a student, Gracie knew that pole dancing would be an amazing
new style of dance to add to her repertoire! As a hip hop and jazz
dancer, Gracie is hot on technique and helps her students build this
kind of technique and performance ability in her classes. Gracie’s aim
is to really help her students let go and feel super sexy, feminine and
powerful! After a class with her, she’ll have any student looking at
themselves in the mirror like ‘damn’!
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lauren runge
Lauren has been a Showgirl all her life…literally! One of our most flamboyant Divas, Lauren has always loved to perform and takes the opportunity to do so whenever she can. At a young age she loved to perform and was always looking for an audience, forever demanding her parents to watch her latest 'routines'! All this experience paid off when Lauren became a featured Showgirl at some of Melbourne's most famous gentleman's clubs. Her high energy, high intensity shows helped her to win titles such as Miss Nude Melbourne 07 and Miss Striptease Australia 08.
As a personal trainer, Lauren specialized in exotic fitness and body transformation, knowing as well as anybody the importance of a fun and engaging fitness routine. Lauren sees pole dancing at Pole Divas as an amazing way to get fit whilst having fun and feeling super sexy, something everyone can get involved in to feel good about themselves. You are sure to release your inner Showgirl in one of Lauren's classes!
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KELLY BYRNE
Our Pole Diva Kelly has been involved in the pole dancing industry for many years. A regular on the competition circuit, Kelly's pole performances are famous for her signature flexibility moves and amazing lines! Having Kelly as part of the team means our students have even more opportunities to learn from Australia's top pole dancers.
A classically trained dancer, Kelly knows all the right moves needed for a breath taking performance. Her experience in the industry means she also knows just how to put these moves together to ensure her students get as much as possible from her classes. Kelly's style is relaxed and fun...but those lines take lots of hard work to master so be prepared to work if you want to be as amazing a performer as she is!
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Bianca Smith
Bianca began ballet at the age of four, beginning a life long passion for dance that has led her to train in jazz, hip hop, tap, belly dance, latin, broadway & burlesque. In 2008 she discovered the art of pole dance, and immediately fell in love with the style’s ability to express power, grace, femininity and sensuality. In early 2009 Bianca began teaching pole dance; developing and encouraging women of all ages and sizes to unleash their inner sexy selves, develop unbelievable strength and giggle the whole way through!
Having taught beginners through to advanced, she understands how to bring out the best in your technique and loves seeing the look on student’s faces’ when they get a trick for the first time! Another complete pole dance addict, Bianca knows there’s no better way to develop strength, flexibility and sex appeal than in a class surrounded by gorgeous women letting their hair down and booty shaking in heels! She’ll have you head rolling and grinding long after class is over!
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Miss Georgie
Miss Georgie has been with Pole Divas for a number of years and takes some of our fabulous workshops! She has no professional dance training which leads her to believe that ANY woman can learn to move in a way that compliments her body and expresses her sensuality. Miss Georgie loves teaching Pole Moves, choreographing shows and performing with the Pole Divas. Her talents lead her to new ventures, appearing in various TV commercials, being MC at Miss Burlesque Australia and Pole Divas events, and most importantly becoming a mum to a beautiful baby girl Samsara.
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