TEACHERS
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Courtney L'amour
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Courtney L'amour has been working in the entertainment and dance industries for over 15 years. She's worked and toured around the world, such as NZ, Australia, New Caledonia, Europe, Asia and South Africa. She opened one of the very first pole dancing schools in NZ over 13 years ago and has been teaching burlesque and burlesque fitness classes for many years. She was part of the first neo burlesque troupe in Wellington, called the Sisters of Strangelove and runs her own award winning burlesque cabaret dance troupe called Les Folies de L'amour.
Courtney performs at festivals and shows around NZ and overseas and teaches workshops and classes. She is the creator and organiser of such successful shows as The Burlesque Masquerade Ball, Cabaret L'amour and Burlesque Baby. She has won "Peoples Choice Award" and "Contribution to NZ Burlesque" in the New Zealand Burlesque Festival 2014. |
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Carina
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Carina has a background in competitive gymnastics as well as being a gymnastics coach.
She has been rock climbing since 2011 and took her first pole dancing class in January 2013. She loves that pole dancing challenges you, not only physically, but creatively as well. Due to her background in sports, her dedication and passion as a student, she quickly progressed to become an instructor and performer. She loves passing on her knowledge and love for this sport to her students and enjoys watching them grow as people and as fellow pole dancers. |
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Kendra
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Kendra has been training in the art of pole dance for almost three years.
Her passion for ballet is shared by many members of her family and is something she enjoys bringing elements of into her classes. Kendra also trained in Chinese dancing for two years. |
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Monique
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Monique has completed training in RAD Classical Ballet, and has Jazz and Contemporary dance experience. She regularly teaches BurlesqueFit at Studio L'amour, and brings vibrancy into everything she does.
She is currently training in and performing multiple dance forms including burlesque, cabaret, vogue and drag. Monique is a part of Les Folies de L'amour dance troupe and has starred in a multitude of shows throughout Wellington. After completing her Biotechnology Degree at Victoria University, Monique is now working towards a Diploma in Performing Arts, majoring in Commercial Dance. |
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Penny
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Penny spent her early years studying drama and improvisation, but in her mid-twenties found herself compelled to explore the world of dance. She trained for three years in belly dance which gave her a strong knowledge of muscle isolations and how to use them to emphasise movement and create visual impact.
In 2014, Penny began learning burlesque with Courtney L'amour. Here she found a haven where she could express herself, make friends with like-minded people and goof around without being frowned upon. Penny now works as a teacher and studio administrator at Studio L'amour and is also a stage manager for various productions around Wellington. Despite being laughably ungraceful and cursed with short hamstrings, Penny has plans to infiltrate Ballet and Contemporary dance classes at some point. Her mission is to learn the ways of those unfathomably bendy people. You will find Penny flailing around in pole fitness most evenings of the week and is attempting to become competent in aerial silks, lyra & trapeze. She's also hoping to have a crack at fire-dancing, much to everyone's dismay. |
