JURY 2022
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Heidi Wendt
Heidi Wendt has been a teaching pole since more then 10 years and originally came out of the fitness industry. Many years as a show performer for different companies around the world. Now responsible for 5 Dance & Pole Studios around Germany/NRW.
She has a wide variety of qualifications for dance, pole and fitness. She is also an international judge for different competitions worldwide.
My passion is to give my students the feeling that you should never give up and to believe in yourself. You can do anything when u want to.
Sports have followed me my lifetime.
dance teacher
personal trainer
Aerial and Pole Instructor
Owner of 5 Pole Studios
IPSF Judge
Multiple Freestyle Championship
competition coach
choreographer
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Alex Artsy
She discovered her passion for pole dance in 2014. Pole Studio soon became her second home. In 2015 she got her coaching license - this means a lot to her because she loves pole sport and wants to pass her passion on to as many people as possible. Alex is still fascinated by the combination of aesthetics and acrobatics, which is united in pole dance. Her dancing focus is on dancing with heels. Today she is known throughout Germany for her company Sparkle Heels, in which she designs dance heels according to wishes and ships them internationally. Through this activity, she was not only able to make many contacts in the pole scene, but also to develop a special eye for stage presence. She still styles pole dancers for photo shoots and competitions, among other things. She travels the world to pass on her enthusiasm. Be it as a trainer, in workshops or guest classes, as well as in various shows or competitions. She has already worked in several German cities, Switzerland and Australia.
Bookable for workshops:
Signature Heels Choreo, Contemporary, Freestyle, Floorwork, Pole Dance Tricks, Conditioning, Nutritional Advice, Pole Prehab / Rehab
Successes:
Trainer license pole dance 1 & 2 - 2015;
Steel on Fire 2015 - Beginner - Winner;
Pole Theater Croatia 2016 - Double Classique - Winner;
Exotic Action Swiss 2016 - Solo - 2nd place;
Foundation of Sparkle Heels 2016
Exotic Generation GER 2019 - Exotic Double - 2nd place;
Trainer license Flexibility Flow / Mental Health Awareness - 2020
Instagram: alex_artsy
Trainer at Star Pole Dance currently
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Lisa Stupp
"When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you." - Paolo Coelho.
Pole dancer for over 9 years now and pole mama of the studio a heart for poledance for more then 5 years.
Love teaching my students and seeing them grow - not only physically also mentally.
Successes:
SoF 2017 6th place Advanced,
Studio owner for over five years!
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Sarah Stichman
Successes:
2x Vice Elite Doubles DPSM with subsequent World Championship participation,
3rd place Elite Doubles DPSM,
1st place SOF Group,
2nd place Crazy Pole Gala Cup Doubles,
2nd place Crazy Pole Gala Cup Singles,
1st place Crazy Pole Battle category Mourning,
3rd place overall,
4th place PSO Low Flow
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Ines Ullrich
Pole dance has changed my life positively and I am so happy to have discovered this great sport for myself.
Once touched the bar and became addicted to it.
I can only recommend everyone to try it themselves and get to know and love themselves better.
As a teenager, I successfully competed in many championships in gymnastics and was also a referee.
Pole dance has been my life since 2016 and I can't imagine life without it.
I got my xpert Pole Fitness 1&2 trainer license.
Successes:
1st place 2019 Steel on Fire Masters 40+
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@iniull
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Malvina Steinhoff
Malwina has been part of the Pole community for over 12 years. She was a studio owner for 5 years and teaches with passion for a total of about 9 years. The focus is now on teaching workshops throughout Germany, but she has also been able to gain experience as a guest trainer, for example in Prague and on Mallorca.
The focus is currently on tricks and dancing in the heel pole area, as well as pole double tricks and flows.
Numerous training courses are part of the foundation. Malwina masters techniques and approaches in the direction of flexibility, mobility and contortion.
She has some competitive and championship credentials, most recently taking the overall win at Steel on Fire in 2019 and taking first place in Pole Double and Exotic.
Successes:
I won the Overall, Exotic Profi and Double Elite at SOF in 2019. I have also achieved good placements at various pole shows and championships. Pole sport championship, pole action and a championship in Giessen.
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Natalya Zhukovska
Born in Mariupol (Ukraine) in 1983. Learned folk dance and classical choreography as a child. She has been pole dancing since 2011 is the owner of the Papillon Dance&Sport Academy. Natalya has been doing pole dance since 2011 and has already participated in many competitions and professional workshops. She has enormous charisma, great dancing talent and explains even the most complicated pose in such a way that everyone can understand it.
Successes:
Owner and trainer (pole sport, exotic pole dance, stripplastic, stretching) at Papillon Dance & Sport Academy in Karlsruhe
1 place "Exotic Generation" championship in Germany 2019, category "Stars"
1 place "Exotic Action" championship in Switzerland 2019, category "Pro"
1 place "Steel on Fire" Germany, category "Exotic Professional"
3rd place in the final of the German Pole Sport Championship (IPSF) 2019, category Elite
2nd place in East German Pole Sport Championship (IPSF) 2019, Category Elite
1 place in the final German Pole Sport Championship (IPSF) 2018, category "Professional"
1st place semi-final German Pole Sport Championship (IPSF) 2018, category "Pro"
1 place "Exotic Generation" in Milan 2018, category "Old School"
"Best Performance" at Exotic Generation in Milan 2018
3rd place at "Exotic Action" in Switzerland 2017, category "Exotic Flow Profi"
Finalist "Exotic Generation" in Milan 2017, category "Hard"
1 place "Gießen Masters Championship" 2016, category "Masterclass"
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Marlene Schroeder
Marlen discovered her love for pole sport in 2014. A short time later she found her passion in teaching and completed her first pole trainer training in 2015. At the beginning of 2016, the first own studio "Poledance School Berlin" followed, which now has 4 locations. Her competitive successes include participation in Pole Theater Ireland in the Professional category, participation in Steel on Fire with various podium finishes, and 2nd place in Exotic Generation Germany in the Double category.
Her specialty, besides "Pretty Pole Shapes", is the dance component of pole. It doesn't matter whether it's Exotic Pole or Flow. Through years of ballet and hip hop experience, she has a special feeling for the aesthetics of choreos. In addition to pole, Marlen is also a trained aerial hoop trainer and regularly prepares her students for championships (IPSF, Poletheater and Steel on Fire).
Successes:
IPSF (Judge Training)
3rd place SOF 2015 + 2018 (Advanced)
3rd place Pole Theater Ireland 2016
2nd place Professional Exotic Generation Germany 2019
Pole dance school Berlin (4 locations)
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Sandra Schlichting
Pole dance is my passion and my life. I pass this passion on to others, above all as a trainer in my pole studio "aria arte" in Halle an der Saale and also in the "Pole Art Magazine" which I publish together with my husband Marco. As a dancer I love everything that has to do with flips & tumbles and heels on the pole :)
Successes:
2021 1st Place Pole Theater UK Pole Art Semi-Pro 2021 1st Place Dance Filthy UK Semi-Pro
2019 4th place Exotic Pole Dance Contest Unlimited 2021 2nd place PSO Virgo Edited Videos as a team
2021 1st place German Pole Championship Artistic 2021 1st place PSO Capricorn | edited video
2020 3rd place PSO United Europe | Edited Videos 2020 Finalist Pole Theater Ireland Classique
2020 2nd place PSO Germany Doubles
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Leah Merscher
Hi, I'm Leah. Dancing, whether it's with my feet on the ground or in the air, is my life.
I've been pole dancing since early 2013 and fell in love straight away. I've never really done any sport before, so I don't have a sporting background such as gymnastics, dancing or anything like that. In my opinion everything is possible and you can achieve anything you set your mind to.
The most important thing for me when dancing, whether on the pole, in the hoop, in the shawl or without anything, is the feeling. Tricks are important and beautiful, yes, but the expression, the passion behind it is what excites and captivates me.
Do whatever you want, be yourself, dance like yourself and feel how you feel, then every experience is a real experience and worth so much more.
Successes:
I took first place at cpgc in the professionals category in 2015,
4th place in level 5 at the pso in Zurich 2018,
2nd place in level 5 at the pso in Germany 2020.
And I think it's important to mention because I personally consider it the most important experience, at the European Championships in the Czech Republic in 2015, I made last place, although due to injury.
I have my own pole studio.
It's called: Polea - Pole and Aerial Dance.
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Diana Hoffman
Dance teacher & founder of the Poda Studio in Aachen!
Successes:
3rd place DPSO 2014 Bochum - Pole Double Elite
Participated in IPSO London 2014 - Pole Double Elite
1st place Jazz Modern Duisburger Tanztage 2016 with the studio group Poda Nova.
Various Show & Competition participations Dance & Pole - Long time ago!
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