STUDENT SHOWCASES

POLE STUDENT SHOWCASE

Gina Alm @ omginaaaaa
Gina is a multi-disciplinary artist, teacher & performer living in NYC. She is so proud of her students and thrilled for tonight’s show!
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Gentility @ AGentleProduction
The only constant is change. Tonight we celebrate my birthday. To be young, black, femme and lesbian, and still, feeling good.
Coach: Gina

RB @ rbembleton
Software engineer by day, late-afternoon pole dancer, bed by 9. RB studied musical theatre before pivoting to tech, and is excited to be onstage again—swapping jazz sneakers for 7-inch Pleasers!
Coach: Gina

Yijin @ yk.dancestagram
They say a dancer’s first death is when they stop dancing. Well, Yijin may have died their first death as a violinist, but they’ll be reborn as an artist again and again.
Coach: Gina

Ruth @ r.saraiii
Rita Ramos is a Queens-born multidisciplinary movement artist whose practice spans diverse dance, athletic, and cultural styles. Her work embraces dark, grungy femininity—where softness meets rebellion and movement becomes unapologetic expression.
Coach: Daniel

Caroline @ carolineewalter
Caroline fell in love with pole after her first Level 1 class with Gina last September. With roots in ballet and track, she enjoys bringing both artistry and athleticism to the pole.
Coach: Michelle

Brystian @ brystianbinghvf
Some kids had a swing-set growing up, Brystian had a stripper pole. While other kids watched cartoons he watched his mom do falling angels. Now she’s watching from the audience.
Coach: Michelle

Malaysia @ heartofjunia
Tonight she’s blending heavy-hitting beats & signature Body & Pole grit with a performance that’s as bold & electric as she is! Please welcome Junia to the stage.
Coach: Michelle

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Daniel Darling @ darling.daniel
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Regan @ reganulee
This is Regan’s pole debut! As an ex-figure skater, she found a passion for pole last August and is excited to share this bold new part of herself with you.
Coach: Michelle

Meital
Thrilled to be dancing and forever grateful to the magical Michelle Stanek for getting me here. So much love to my man, who’s always ready for it.
Coach: Michelle

Mia
Mia is an Aries sun, a Scorpio rising, and a Sagittarius moon. She is very grateful to her coach Daniel and her teachers Gina and Marianne for their support.
Coach: Daniel

Ioana
Inspired by FKA twigs’ pole dancing, Ioana signed up for her first pole class. Three years later, it feels full circle that this childhood ballerina dances to Cellophane.
Coach: Gina

Yaki @ weiryaki
My name is Yaki. I am 30 years old. I like music, pole dancing, and genderless people. I like to dress up and not go out. I like my dog, Billie. I like my cat, Betty.
Coach: Gina

Niki @ nikiann68
I thought happiness was living my dream of living in NYC. Finding the wonderful community at B&P is now part of my happiness. And 3 times a charm!
Coach: Gina

Kathryn @ Kattt.xoxo
Finance bro by day, bad bunny baddie by night. Kat brings the dance party with bold tricks, elegance, and a little bit of villain energy.
Coach: Daniel

AERIAL STUDENT SHOWCASE

Kyla Ranney @ ky_ranney
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Gordon Herrero
Gordon is an emerging aerialist who recently moved to NYC. He finds strength in the air and hopes you will share in his sense of melancholy optimism through his performance.
Coach: Kyla

Karen Buriyak @ karenburyiak
Karen fell in love with aerial hoop about a year and a half ago. Now at 65 she wants to share a little bit of that with you! Her piece is about hope…that tiny spark that changes lives.
Coach: Dominic

Annabel Walkow @ annabelwalkow
Annabel is the youngest student in the Student Showcase and has been performing hoop since September 2023. She is an art student at LaGuardia High School and loves movies.
Coach: Dominic

Frannie Ngo aka Sweet Cavity
Baker by day, performer by night. Sweet Cavity performing her second aerial silk student showcase with Body & Pole. She just wants to be a tangerine, because she can.
Coach: Fran

Emma Dietrich @ moondust_aerial
One year ago, Emma took to the air in her first performance at the Slipper Room. She returns to the stage tonight for her third showcase with Body & Pole.
Coach: Dominic

Havanna Fisher @ havannafisher
Havanna is a multidisciplinary performing artist, fashion designer, & educator based in Harlem. A dancer, actress, mezzo-soprano, and percussionist, she makes her aerialist debut!
Coach: Dominic

Sarah Romoff @ SarahNeliaTheresa
She slithers through silks in solace, soaring high above seat-sitters and cynics. Steady your senses — suspense stalks the silks! Surrender your sanity for Sarah Nelia Theresa in her debut silks performance.
Coach: Fran

Natsumi Jacquet @ na_tsu_mi_leo
Inspired by the song Jane Doe and Reze from Chainsaw Man, this piece reflects the tragic fate of an assassin whose love ends in misery.
Coach: Kyla

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Dominic Di Felice @ flyguydominic
Dominic believes that aerial is for every body. It is an honor to help students transform mind, body and soul through aerial dance. Watching people find themselves in joyous flight is the greatest reward.
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Rose Kotopka
Rose, an escaped Nebraskan, combines her passions for ballet, Pilates, and crochet into aerial silks.
Coach: Fran

Stephanie Niu @ niusteph
Stephanie Niu started silks in November 2024 but has pursued her dream of flying since much earlier, when she choreographed her first solo piece on ice to the song “Defying Gravity” at age 14.
Coach: Fran

Shondell Baijoo @ Shonii44
As a professional desk sitter, Shondell took her first hoop class three years ago and fell in love. She’s excited to step onto a stage for the first time.
Coach: Dominic

Nadja McGlone
This piece is inspired by my first year in New York, when I believed I had to choose between fully committing to my fashion design studies and allowing myself to fall in love. The movement reflects that internal struggle—not between two people, but between ambition and the fear that love might derail it. The ending accepts that New York didn’t ask me to give anything up; it showed me I could have both.
Coach: Fran

Jess Connor @ jessconnorperforms
Jess is a circus human who has had the opportunity to work across many stages in New York City. After recovering from an intense injury, she is back in the air for the first time again tonight!
Coach: Kyla

Kathleen Evans @ lyrical_kat
From her teenage years as a competitive swimmer, Kat has loved to move. Lyra is a recent obsession, and as she moves into her 40s, she loves the reminder of what her body can achieve.
Coach: Dominic

Lea Coquet aka Lea Miliana
After moving to New York with the dream of becoming a professional dancer, Lea thought her story had ended when an injury left her unable to use her feet. But sometimes gravity opens another door.
Coach: Fran