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Welcome to the official site of Juliette & Sita's School of Pole Dancing
Here's where to find everything you need to know about our school, whether you are considering enrolling for classes or whether you are already a student...in which case, here's where to go to keep up to speed with our current news, to find your help notes and other supplementary documentation, to check which slot times have availability as well as when we are running sessions at our franchising venues, to give your self-esteem a well-deserved boost by checking your place in the Hall of Fame, to oggle the internationally acclaimed stars of our art or showcase your perfected moves, to share your accomplishments and "badges of honour" or have a big, fat rant with your pole family, to consider some especially original and memorable gifts or parties for a special girlfriend (or yourself!) and, of course, a means to forward any queries you have or bookings you'd like to make. Enjoy! And remember...
Keep your eyes on
The Horizon...
The vertical one of course ;-)
Keep your eyes on
The Horizon...
The vertical one of course ;-)
About Our School
Our Mission "For Fun, for Flight, for Fitness!" To show our students that what they have is enough, to take pride and pleasure in being able to express themselves through dance, to promote health and fitness, to challenge and motivate reassessment of public perceptions of this discipline and to celebrate our femininity or masculinity and encourage self-empowerment irrespective of the superficial attributes of the individual. General Description Professional, fun and friendly pole dancing classes for men and women of any age, size, colour, persuasion or creed. Requirements Students need not have any previous dancing experience Operating branches (South Africa Only) Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Melville, Johannesburg, Gauteng Forthcoming - Craddock & Graaf Reniet, Karroo Regular and One-on-one instruction available! What to bring Comfortable work out clothes. Intermediate and Advanced students will need hot pants, short shorts or short skirts owing to physical necessity. Absolutely no creams, lotions or oils to be worn any part of the body on the day of a session!!! What to expect Multidisciplinary warm-ups (yoga, conventional stretches & strength-building excercises, tai chi), vertical and momentum move execution and integrated, professional choreography. Awards Advanced examinations and certificates as well as for Assistant Instructor. Our new bursary is also being publicly unveiled at our forthcoming examinations for Advanced Certificate. Accreditation with PFASA forthcoming. Follow us on Facebook ( - click on the link) |
Our Current News
Master Instructor Performing at National Art Festival's Thinkfest!
The training for this 20 minute long performance (yes, you heard me right, 20 freaking minutes, as opposed to 2-6min championship performances) has been *gruelling* to say the least. An average of 19hrs a week, along with frequent and regular acupuncture to manage wear-and-tear injuries and several new supplements for joint, bone and physical fatigue to be taken daily have all been part of managing it...but it's happening! A reputable occasion to validate our art! Go tell it on the mountain! Not to mention, get all your friends and relations who've not understood your dedication to our discipline to read this post...it will certainly help them to see it in a new light. The performance in question is one of five different presentations on the Thinkfest programme at this year's National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, by the name of "Polis". Athina Valha, the internationally accoladed choreographer from Greece, who we've been in dialogue with since last year and who has graciously agreed to be our school's external examiner, was commissioned by the Grahamstown Council to put together the work (along with three others)...and she, in turn, has commissioned yon humble instructor to be part of her production for the "Arenas" instalment. It's going to be a much more Physical Theatre interpretation of Pole Dance than what we practice in class time, but I'm loving the challenge...and I'm going to love the juxtaposition of pulling a J&S, aka The Juliette, in the middle of a political debate :-) Here's the write up on Polis: PRODUCED BY ATHINA VAHLA, FORD EVANSON, MARK WILBY AND ANTON KRUEGER image / music / text / debate The team that brought Topos: 10 Performances/10 Spaces to the Arts Lounge at the 2011 National Arts Festival, this year interrogates the contested past and present of Grahamstown in its 200th year with five different performance presentations. Under the roof of the Nun’s Chapel, POLIS uses performance to challenge the presumptions we carry from our un-common history. The result is a fresh, if turbulent, perspective on Grahamstown and the forces shaping civic experience. Collaborating Artists/Academics: Trudy Meehan (Psychology), Richard Pithouse (Politics), Roddy Fox (Geography), Anna Christensen (Journalism), Andrew Buckland and Alex Sutherland (Drama), Juan Munoz (Music) Tuesday 3 July 18:00 Arena: Arenas are spaces where forces contend and events unfold. Has Grahamstown’s divided history made space for a collective arena? Polis goes digging for a site of spectacle and communion. Wednesday 4 July 18:00 Cell: The cell is the arena divided; a place of captivity and meditation. Grahamstown’s history is one of prisons and sanctuaries. How does this trace reveal itself in a “city of learning”? Thursday 5 July 18:00 Spring: Springs have always been places of temporary gathering. What were the stories that were told here? We are curious about spring as a source of interdependency, social bonding and storytelling. Friday 6 July 18:00 Border: The border separates and secures identity. Grahamstown’s past and present borders have created a landscape fraught with real politic. What is the border’s effect on senses of self, mobility and other? Saturday 7 July 18:00 Market: Public sites of exchange are crucial meeting points for South Africa’s newly democratized citizens. Where do we locate these places where communities criss-cross the city? DetailsDuration : 60 minutes Age Restriction : All ages TicketsFull Price : R 40.00 First Performance : R 40.00 Student price : R 30.00 Dates
So, Tuesday the 3rd is when I'll be tearing it up... Apparently tickets are already available at Computicket! Hope to see some of you there, but no sweat ( - leave the sweating to me!) Here's to giving Pole Dance the recognition it deserves! And in perfect timing regarding our preparations for Pole Unity! |