POLE

New to pole? Start here! Pole Essentials introduces the foundational skills needed for a safe and successful pole journey. Learn grips, walks, spins, transitions, body awareness, and beginner techniques while building confidence in a supportive environment. No experience required.

Prerequisites: NONE 

First Belt Assessment: Pole Essentials Belt

Build a strong technical foundation through beginner tricks, spins, climbs, sits, transitions, and combinations. Combining the fundamentals of our former L1 Tricks & Spins and L1.5 Combos & Flow curriculum, this class develops strength, confidence, body awareness, and fluid movement while preparing students for inversions and more advanced skills. As students' progress, they'll begin linking movements into seamless combinations and refining the technique needed to advance safely and confidently.

Prerequisites: Pole Essentials Belt

Next Belt Assessment: L1 Beginner Belt

Designed for students ready to transition from foundational skills into more dynamic pole movement. Building on a strong technical foundation, this class develops confidence in inversions, leg hangs, technical combinations, and increasingly challenging skills through safe, progressive instruction. Students will learn to connect tricks and transitions seamlessly while improving strength, control, endurance, and movement quality on both static and spinning pole in preparation for Intermediate+ Pole.

Prerequisites: L1 Beginner Belt

Next Belt Assessment: L2 Beginner–Intermediate Belt

Designed for students who have established a strong beginner–intermediate foundation and are ready to continue progressing their pole skills. This class emphasizes technical refinement, increased movement complexity, dynamic combinations, and continued aerial development while building greater strength, control, and confidence on both static and spinning pole.

As an Intermediate+ class, instructors may offer more advanced progressions and variations to students who demonstrate the strength, technique, and readiness to safely progress, while ensuring every student continues developing at their own pace.

Prerequisites: L2 Beginner–Intermediate Belt

Next Belt Assessment: L3 Intermediate+ Belt

Learn the fundamentals of musicality, timing, transitions, and movement while building confidence through beginner-friendly routines. This class introduces students to dancing with intention while developing performance quality in a fun and supportive environment. Great for newcomers!

Prerequisites: Completion of at least 1 Pole Essentials class.

Our signature heels technique class focuses on building confidence, control, and artistry in platform heels. Through drills, progressions, short combinations, and guided freestyle, students develop the technical foundations needed to move safely, fluidly, and confidently in heels.

This class emphasizes technique over choreography, helping students master the mechanics that make heels movement powerful and expressive.

**Platform pole heels (boots or sandals) with ankle support are required.

Prerequisites:  Pole Essentials Belt

Movement Lab explores a wide range of movement styles designed to build creativity, confidence, and versatility. Class themes may include, but are not limited to, basework, floorwork, chair dance, low flow, contemporary movement, musicality, freestyle, pole flow, movement texture, performance quality, and pole-and-chair fusion. Each class offers a unique opportunity to expand your movement vocabulary while developing fluidity, expression, and confidence both on and off the pole. 

Prerequisites:  Completion of at least 2 BEGINNER CHOREO classes and completion of Pole Essentials Belt

Bridge the gap between technical pole and heels dance by learning how to safely and seamlessly integrate pole tricks into movement. This workshop-style class focuses on executing tricks in platform heels while developing smooth transitions, dynamic combinations, and effortless flow.

Inspired by Trick Flow in Stilettos and Hard Heels (Tricks), Stiletto Trick Lab teaches students how to blend technical pole skills with heels technique, making tricks feel like a natural extension of the dance rather than isolated movements. Students will refine heel-safe inversions, improve trick entries and exits, connect skills through dynamic transitions and combinations, and integrate pole work with dance to create fluid, expressive movement.

Prerequisites: Completion of the Pole Essentials Belt, the ability to climb confidently, and attendance in at least five Spicy Stilettos classes.

Build the strength, mobility, and body awareness needed for a stronger, safer pole practice. This conditioning-based class focuses on functional strength, active flexibility, core stability, grip strength, shoulder health, and injury prevention through targeted exercises designed specifically for pole athletes. Whether you're supporting your current training or preparing for more advanced skills, this class helps create the physical foundation for long-term progress.

Prerequisites: None

Build the strength, technique, and confidence needed to climb and invert safely. Whether you're working toward your first climb/invert or refining your aerial control, this class breaks down fundamental progressions that support long-term success in pole. Through targeted drills, conditioning, and technique-focused instruction, students will develop the strength, body awareness, and confidence to progress safely at their own pace.

Prerequisites: None, taken at least 2 Pole Essentials RECOMMENDED

All levels welcome! Be ready to challenge yourself and break a sweat.

Take your pole skills to the next level through focused drilling, troubleshooting, and individualized coaching. Trick Lab is a workshop-style class designed to help students safely refine existing skills, overcome plateaus, and progress toward personal goals.

Rather than following a structured curriculum, instructors provide personalized coaching, spotting, progressions, and feedback tailored to each student's experience level. Whether you're perfecting a recent skill, preparing for your next milestone, or building confidence with more challenging tricks, this class offers dedicated time to train with expert guidance.

Prerequisites: Pole Essentials Belt

Open Pole provides dedicated practice time for students to work independently on their personal goals in a supportive studio environment. An instructor is present to supervise the space, provide spotting when appropriate, and answer occasional questions, allowing students to safely reinforce what they've learned in class.

Perfect for reviewing class material, preparing for performances, filming progress, practicing choreography, or simply getting extra time on the pole.