Robyn wandered into DIVAS in 2022 and has been addicted ever since! She danced since the age of 3 starting in Scottish highland dancing before pursuing a career in classical ballet. She found pole in a time where she needed to heal from the harsher side of the ballet world and fell in love with the community of encouraging and beautiful women reclaiming their bodies and creating a safe space for everyone to just be unapologetically them. Robyn is also a psychologist and yoga teacher and believes that these three domains work beautifully together in the mending and healing of women. Robyn is an encouraging and warm teacher who loves to blur the line between elegance and cheekiness in her dance style. With her ballet background she likes working on technique, flexibility and the subtleties of flow. She believes that there is something for everyone at Divas and wants her students to leave feeling empowered, stronger and sexier than before.
Pole Divas
Prahran & Ringwood
Mel K
Titles
1st Place Cupid (open) & Lovers (doubles) Valentines Physipole '24
1st Place Doubles Adrenaline '23
2nd Intermediate Debut '23
2nd Runner Up Low Intermediate Inversion '23
2nd Runner up Beginner AAPC '22
1st Place Beginner Pole Addiction '22
Sexy Minx Pole Addiction '21
It's no secret that Karamel fell in love with the stage at a young age. She tried everything; acting, singing and dancing! Dancing was the thing that stuck with her and she grew her love for dancing in her adulthood with pole. Karamel has been poling for over 4 years now, and has been competing since she was a baby beginner! She is no stranger to the stage and is excited to guide students through their journeys, whether their goals be to compete, learn fun tricks or get that flexiness on, Karamel is dedicated to helping nurture students. Teaching is her passion, and is excited to grow that passion with her pole students.
Pole Divas
Ringwood
LOLO
Lolo is an unwavering fitness fanatic, whose journey began in the pool before she took her first steps. For 16 years, she dedicated herself to swimming until she reached her final height of a petite 155cm. The absence of competitive sports, teammates, and a structured routine left her feeling lost.
At the age of 22, she found pole dancing and quickly became addicted. Though she took a hiatus to pursue bodybuilding and powerlifting competitions, the post-COVID era drew her back to Divas. Her decision was fuelled by a desire to reintroduce joy into her life as dancing brought her the greatest happiness.
Lolo is an absolute dynamo, and her classes promise an intense workout and sweat session! Her love of 90s and 00s music guides the playlist and you’ll often find her in bright, bold colours to match her personality.
"I derive immense satisfaction from witnessing people surprise themselves when they discover their own strength. Plus, the Pole Divas community is truly extraordinary—its members uplift one another and rally around each other in a way that is truly special
Pole Divas
Mornington & Ringwood
Maria
Titles
>2021 - 2nd Place Showtime Miss Lyra Victoria
>2017 - 3rd Place Advanced Miss Lyra Australia
>2017 - 2nd Place Advanced Miss Lyra Victoria
Maria has been teaching dance and aerials for twenty years! She has a Bachelor's degree in Dance, has worked all over the US and Australia with some of the biggest names in the industry and is currently adding to her wealth of knowledge with a diploma in Pilates. But her favourite thing about being an instructor is seeing her students progress over the years.
Aerial Divas
Ringwood
Jacqui
When Pole and Aerial Divas Ringwood opened their doors mid-2022, Jacqui signed up immediately and has been just about living at the studio ever since. Jacqui’s first true love was lyra, with silks and pole coming in a very close second position. When the opportunity to join the Divas Team became available, Jacqui had no hesitation to share her passion and love of aerials. By day, Jacqui works in disability services with a focus on independent mobility. By night, Jacqui loves a boogie – especially if it involves her feet off the ground, flying about on an apparatus. Jacqui loves to help people grow their inner sparkle, learn how to move their body in different ways and share the joy of dancing in the air.
Aerial Divas
Ringwood
Taz
Titles
>1st Doubles, Unleashed (Pole), 2015
>1st Doubles, Aerial Unleashed, 2015
>1st Elite Division, Pole Addiction, 2017
>1st Doubles, Miss Lyra Victoria, 2017
>2nd Runner up Doubles, Miss Lyra Australia, 2017
>1st Doubles, Aerial Addiction, 2019
>1st Doubles, Airborne, 2019
>1st Doubles, Miss Lyra Victoria, 2021
Taz has been a dedicated Diva since 2012. From a young age you’d see her hanging around in the tallest tree possible or practicing dance routines entertaining her parents. Divas enables her to combine her two loves - climbing and dancing - three actually if you count socialising and making friends! Taz is an Outdoor Ed and Maths secondary school teacher and spends most of her spare time at Divas or outdoors embarking on adventure activities. She is always seeking the next challenge, and aerials definitely supply that. As an instructor, Taz hopes to share her passion and love for aerials. She wants every student to leave class with a smile and sense of achievement.
Aerial Divas
Mornington & Ringwood
Aleska
Titles
>2022 - Best Flow + 4th Place Exotic Generation Worlds (Flow)
>2019- Winner Pole Theatre Sydney (Semi Pro Art)
>2019 - People’s Choice Rising All Stars
>2019 -3rd Place Pole Championship Series (Semi Pro)
>2019 - Best Musicality + 4th Place Hardcore (Semi Pro) 2019
>2019 - 2nd Place Floorplay
>2017 - 2nd Place Frisk (Semi Pro/Pro)
>2016 - Winner Survivor (Elite)
>2016 - 2nd Place Floorplay
Aleska Reign (formerly Miss Satin) is a professional pole artist, instructor and pole dance videographer. She has a passion for twizzles, flares, heels edgework and musicality - and loves to incorporate these into her dance classes. She loves to assist students in finding their own unique edge, and enjoys adapting to different students' ways of learning. She prides herself on providing a calm, supportive and comfortable environment where students feel confident in themselves and encouraged to fall in love with their specific strengths and style.
Pole Divas
Ringwood
Denise
Titles
>1st Advanced Division, Debut 2023
>Show Pony, Pole Addiction, 2019, 2021
>1st Comedy Division, Pole Theatre Amateur, 2019
>1st Runner Up, Advanced Division, Unleashed 2019
>1st Advanced Division, Pole Addiction 2018
From the moment Denise stepped into Pole Divas in 2017, she knew it would be her second home. She loves the positive, encouraging and fun environment Divas provides. Denise's spunky personality translates into her unique competition routines where she enjoys focusing on the finer points of detail and values technique. She is passionate about her students becoming more comfortable in who they are, getting stronger and having fun!
Pole & Aerial Divas
Ringwood
Abbey
Abbey started her aerial journey at Aerial Divas Richmond in 2016 and immediately fell in love. Her background includes gymnastics, dance, acrobatics and cheerleading. Abbey was also a gymnastics coach for a number of years and likes to draw on that experience to create fun and challenging workouts.
As an instructor, her goal is to help students fall in love with lyra, just like she did! Outside of the studio, Abbey is a lawyer and dog mum to two american staffies.
Pole & Aerial Divas
Ringwood
Karina
Karina has been gracing the stages of events and festivals dancing with everything from silk fans and fire to LED props for a number of years and found her passion for Aerials at divas in 2019. She is a fairy/performer under the alias “The Faerialist” and brings a bit of magic to the human realm, believing a huge source of our happiness can be found through movement. Also moonlighting as a DJ she will try and impress you with her great music taste.
Karina is completing her Nursing Degree and loves to help people understand their bodies in relation with their mental and physical health.
She is deeply empathetic with a bubbly personality and is always open to chat your ear off about astrology, crack a dad joke or muse about her cats.
Pole & Aerial Divas
Ringwood
Grace
It took one open day class and then I was hooked!” Grace began her pole journey as an avenue to challenge her body and improve her own strength and flexibility. With a background in gymnastics and coaching, Grace developed a passion for helping others to reach their potential.
As a physiotherapist Grace has a wide knowledge of biomechanics and sporting injuries, she loves working with her students to improve their strength specific for the demands of pole and seeing them accomplish their goals is the biggest highlight.
Pole Divas
Ringwood
Ash
Titles
>1st runner-up Debut 2023
>Best technique Debut 2023
>1st Runner Up, Advanced Division, Unleashed 2021
Ash started pole at Divas in 2017 and it’s been her ultimate happy place since. The community culture, positive vibes and incredible people have meant Ash can barely go a week without a boogie in the studio! Pole Divas is so much more than just an exercise class to Ash – it’s about self-love, self-compassion and having an outlet for whatever you are feeling that day (when in doubt shimmy it out!). As a qualified physiotherapist, Ash brings a broad range of experience in injury prevention, management and functional movement having worked in acute hospital and rehabilitation settings. Ash also has an interest in delivery of education, coaching & mentoring to create environments which bring out the best in others and help them reach their full potential – is that not Divas in a nutshell?!
Pole Divas
Ringwood
MEL
(Owner of Ringwood)
Titles
>1st Runner Up, Semi Pro Miss Lyra Australia 2019
>1st, Semi Pro Miss Lyra NSW 2019
>1st, Advanced Miss Lyra NSW & Australia Champion 2018
>1st, Doubles Miss Lyra VIC & Australia Champion 2018
With an extensive background in calisthenics and mainstream dance, Mel has over 25 years dance/ performance, instructing and coaching experience. In 2013 Mel found her artistic niche after attending her first Lyra class and has never looked back. Now the proud owner of Pole & Aerial Divas Ringwood Mel aims to pass on her passion for aerials and dance to as many people as possible by creating a fun, supportive and positive environment where self-empowerment and fitness thrive.
Pole & Aerial Divas
Ringwood
ANNA
Titles
>FRISK Finalist 2017
>1st, Doubles, Miss Pole Dance Australia 2011
Since commencing classes as a student at Pole Divas, Anna quickly turned her lifelong love of dance and fitness into an obsession with pole dancing.
Having recently returned from maternity leave, Anna is testament to the benefits that pole dancing can bring in terms of conditioning, positive body image and self-confidence. As a qualified personal trainer, she is dedicated to not only making her classes both cheeky and fun for her students, but also ensuring correct technique and full body strengthening.
Pole Divas
Richmond & Ringwood
Peita
Titles
>1st Semi Pro, Step Up 2018
>1st Semi Pro, FRISK 2017
>Best Musicality, Survivor Pole Championships 2017
Peita has been pole dancing for 6+ years and teaching pole for almost 2 years, as well as being a qualified Pilates instructor, she is also a remedial massage therapist. Peita believes that pole dancing is so much more than exercise, the art form has become her lifestyle, which has moulded her into the person she is today. She specialises in pole dance, creating intricate dance combinations around the pole and on the floor, her choreography has given Peita a unique style of pole dance and a reputation for strong musicality. She has been lucky enough to learn from a range of incredible pole instructors, from all over the world, and Peita wants to pass along all her experience and knowledge to her students, to help them kick their dance goals, achieve pole dance tricks and most importantly, build their confidence and have fun!
Peita is a firm believer that pole dancing is for everyone, you just have to give it a go, and you will soon find out that coming to class can change your life. Pole dance will teach you to love the skin you’re in, you will feel empowered and one of the best parts about being at the studio is all the friends you will make, they become family, the community vibe is just electric!
