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Up the Pole
A podcast about the joy, heartache, and business of running a pole dance studio.
Episodes
18 episodes
Up the Pole S2E8: Nicole from Pole Trix
Our guest this week has been in the pole industry for 20 years! Her studio, Pole Trix in Victoria, BC, started as a kids dance studio. Hear the story of how her business grew and grew (even with 50mm brass poles!) as she chats with host Amy Bon...
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Up the Pole S2E7: Jamie Elchert
Host Amy Bond talks with Jamie Elchert, founder of the Memorial Pole Championship in Ohio. Jamie is a seasoned pole competitor who created this competition with two missions: to provide access to a quality pole competition in the Midwest with p...
Up the Pole S2E6: Natalya Nightshade
Host Amy Bond talks with industry maven Natalya Nightshade about her background in ballet and skripping, about being a serial entrepreneur, and building her Tampa, Florida pole studio. Natalya Nightshade is an award-winning, international pole ...
Up the Pole S2E5: Dan Rosen of Pole Destroyers and Pole LOLs
Up the Pole host Amy Bond talks with Dan Rosen of PoleLOLs and Pole Destroyers, and formerly an IRL studio owner, about being a traveling polebrity, his decision to sell his studio, and how he built his online pole conditioning business. We end...
Up the Pole S2E4: Kristy Sellars
Host Amy Bond talks with world renowned pole artist Kristy Sellars about how her studio, PhysiPole, expanded from 8 stage poles set up in a rented martial arts dojo to over 20 locations across Australia. They chat about the struggle to find the...
Up the Pole S2E3: Emily of Altius Pole Studio
Emily of Altius Pole Studio in Bend, Oregon, talks with host Amy Bond about how opening her studio in the middle of the pandemic was a surprisingly good idea. They discuss how trauma-informed teaching can make students feel safer. Can you ever ...
Up the Pole S2E2: Vikka Wrexx of Wrexx Dance
Amy Bond, host of Up the Pole, chats with Vikka Wrexx of Wrexx Dance in Allen, TX about her experience moving from Russia and opening a pole studio in the US. They discuss the term "russian exotic," the sink-or-swim style of training pole in Ru...
Up the Pole S2E1: Crystal Song of Songbird Dance
Crystal Song of Songbird Dance in San Francisco chats with host Amy Bond of Pole + Dance Studios about the realities and surprises of running pole studios. Does Crystal regret getting the pole-a-way system? Can you be friends with your instruct...
Up the Pole S1E10: Milissa Marshall
Host Amy Bond talks with Milissa Marshall of Dazzling Diva Fitness in Winchester, Virginia. Marshall took over the reins of her studio when it was at risk of closure, becoming a pole studio owner nearly by accident!
Up The Pole S1E9: Hannah Mico
Amy Bond of Up the Pole Podcast talks with Hannah Mico, one of the co-founders of Midwest Movement Collective, an intentionally inclusive and all-varieties dance & movement studio in Grand Rapids, Michigan. MMC opened in June 2022, and welc...
Up the Pole S1E8: Taylor Starke
NY based Pole Position Dance Studio owner Taylor Starke (@starkestruck) talks with host Amy Bond about the delusion required to jump into becoming a studio owner, creating a studio culture that feels authentic, and more.
Up the Pole S1E7: Lorae Lyn
Posture and movement specialist Lorae Lyn talks with host Amy Bond about working with pole dancers' bodies, opening and expanding her own practice, and more!
Up the Pole S1:E4 - Sergia Louise Anderson of The Vertitude Santa Rosa, CA
Up the Pole S1:E3 - Cari Leigh and Victoria of Mora Pole & Aerial in Lynwood, WA
Cari Leigh started her business as a tiny pole studio in the back of her dad's coffee shop, and Victoria was her student. Years later, they had the opportunity to become partners and, as their new business boomed, open a second location. Amy Bo...
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Up the Pole S1:E2 - Kirsten and Sharon of Incredipole in Brooklyn, NY
After meeting at a yoga studio that had a few sensual pole classes, Kirsten and Sharon decided to partner up to open their own pole studio with their personal savings account. Amy Bond, CEO of Pole + Dance Studios, talks with them about everyth...
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Up the Pole S1:E1 - Kelly Campbell of Rise Pole Fitness in Sacramento, CA
From eight foot ceilings in the back of a sex boutique, to hourly rentals of a shared space using stage poles, to 10-person waitlisted classes, Kelly Campbell of Rise Pole Fitness chats with Pole + Dance Studios CEO Amy Bond about her journey b...
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