Our CLASSES
At Hudson Valley Pole, we offer a wide array of classes to suit your experience level, schedule, and interests. Explore our offerings, our recurring weekly schedule, and start booking your classes below.
Who it’s for: If you have no (or very little!) experience with pole, we recommend that you start here.
When it’s offered: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays
What you’ll learn: This class is about strength-building basics: pirouettes, sits, how to climb, basic spins, and low pole work. You will learn some beginner choreography while working up a sweat!
Intro to pole
New to our studio?
We offer a new student discount to help you explore our studio. Whether you’re new to pole dancing as a whole, or an experienced pole dancer who’s just new to us, you’ll get $10 off your first Intro to Pole class when you select “New Student Intro Special” while booking!
POle Tricks Classes
Build strength, fundamentals, and advance your tricks.
Who it’s for: If you’ve mastered the basics of Intro To Pole, this is your next step. Generally, we require 5 Intro To Pole classes or instructor approval.
When it’s offered: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
What you’ll learn: In this class, we work on climbing variations, more complex pole sits, and static spins. We also work towards inverting, and cover methods for generating momentum at the base, while building confidence and the foundations of pole tricks. Expect to work on: invert to outer leg hang, crucifix, genie, apprentice, side climbs, superman, spins.
Pole 1: Tricks
Who it’s for: If you’ve mastered the basics of Pole 1, this is an option for your next step. Generally, students take about 15 Pole 1 classes or receive instructor approval before progressing.
When it’s offered: Thursdays
What you’ll learn: This class is about embellishing beginner and intermediate pole tricks, including climbing, sitting, and leg hangs. We will touch on beginner and intermediate holds including elbow holds, bracket, and others. Expect to work on: leg hang variations, shoulder mount from the floor, superman, brass monkey and poisson variations.
Pole 2: tricks
Pole 2:
Spin tricks
Who it’s for: If you’ve mastered the basics of Pole 1, this is an option for your next step. Generally, students take about 15 Pole 1 classes or receive instructor approval before progressing.
When it’s offered: Mondays
What you’ll learn: This class is about embellishing beginner and intermediate pole tricks on spin, including climbing, sitting, and leg hangs. We will touch on beginner and intermediate holds utilizing elbow skin, knee pits and include other points-of-contact that generally work best on spin. Expect to work on: leg hang variations, spin transitions, shoulder mount from the floor, superman, brass monkey. Static options are always given, and inversions will initially be taught on static.
Who it’s for: If you’ve mastered Pole 2, this is your next step. You must be comfortable in outer and inner leg hangs and brass monkey to progress to this level, and you must get instructor approval.
When it’s offered: Mondays
What you’ll learn: In this class you will begin to work on aerial inverts using 3 points of contact, short aerial combos, and dynamic inverse from the floor such as handsprings. Expect to work on: body spiral regrab, reiko, meathook, jade split, and Russian layback.
Pole 3:
inversions
Who it’s for: If you’ve mastered Pole 3, this is your next step. You must be comfortable in many inverted moves, aerial leg hangs, trap mounts, and brass monkey variations to move on to this class. Instructor approval required.
When it’s offered: Saturdays
What you’ll learn: Pole 4 is all about stringing together several power moves in a dynamic and interesting way. In this class we will focus on stamina and adding fluency to many moves you already have in your toolbox. Here you will find advanced variations for moves you already love, and begin creating longer dynamic power combos, spin pole flows, using strength based moves. Expect to work on: reverse elbow Ayeshas, dynamic flip, Marion amber, and flying K.
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Choreo & Heels Classes
Improve your flow with heels and non-heels choreo classes.
Choreo 1: Liquid Motion
Who it’s for: No pre-requisites, but some pole experience is recommended.
When it’s offered: Fridays
What you’ll learn: Liquid Motion is a class devoted to the art of sensuality-based floor (no pole) flowing: knee pivots, shoulder rolls, shoulder stands, thread-throughs, and sweeping movements. Students will be compelled to focus on acceptance of their physical and mental self and explore the variations that they can create, around the base of the pole. Clothing layers are recommended.
Who it’s for: Students who have explored static spins, wishing to learn a routine in heels. Generally students should take 3 Pole 1 classes or receive instructor approval to progress.
When it’s offered: Tuesdays
What you’ll learn: Heels 1 is both for the new dancer who would like to get comfortable in heels, and the seasoned dancer who would like to hone their technique and add flavor to their performance. This class will focus on conditioning, movement skills in heels, and ways to amp up your performance, while learning a choreographed routine.
If you are new to heels, a loaner pair may be available for use during class. Please contact the instructor in advance to reserve a pair: hbrider33@hotmail.com
Heels 1
Choreo 2: low flow
Who it’s for: Students who feel comfortable with a variation of static spins, and pirouettes, wishing to learn a short choreographed routine while becoming more confident dancing at the base of the pole. Generally students should take 5 Pole 1 classes or receive instructor approval to progress.
When it’s offered: Wednesdays
What you’ll learn: Improve your sense of musicality, lines, and expression with the use of dynamic and contrasting movements on the pole. In this class you will learn a unique, stylized routine designed to increase your pole dance vocabulary while also focusing on musical and emotional connectivity. We will work the base of the pole with static spins, floor work and transitions between moves.
heels 2: russian exotics
Who it’s for: Students ready to advance their exploration in heels. At least 3 Heels 1 classes or instructor approval.
When it’s offered: Mondays
What you’ll learn: This is sexy-style pole choreography, with a focus on pivoting on the ball of your foot, and sweeping legwork to gain momentum on the floor and around the pole.
Learn fundamental Russian-style exotic legwork and heel play! What sets this class apart from old school American stripper-style? Russian exotics is about faking flexibility and subtly emoting sensuality from every inch of your body. Lose yourself in relevé pivots, body rolls, and a little floor work.
Who it’s for: This is an open level class. We welcome all students.
When it’s offered: Sundays
What you’ll learn: This class focuses on both structured and free movement. Using instructor-led exercises, students will utilize their movement vocabulary to gain confidence in their abilities to use both low flow pole and floor work.
Open level: Own your movement
Who it’s for: Open level studio space with instructors available for questions and spotting.
When it’s offered: Fridays, Sundays
What you’ll learn: Come into the studio to practice the moves or skills of your choice. Instructor will be available for spotting and questions. Crash pads are available for use as well. This is not a guided class. This time allows for movement exploration, and for students to work towards their own specific pole goals.
