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PERFORMANCE PREP SERIES
Do you want to step into the spotlight but have no idea where to begin? Are you an experienced performer looking to up your game? Join us for an 8 session series where you will gain experience in all aspects of preparing for and performing a choreographed piece. Whether you’re dancing on the pole, a chair, or the floor, you’ll learn the fundamentals of choreography and how to take the audience’s breath away with your tricks and stage presence!
Each 2 hour session will start with 45-60 minutes of activities followed by a short warmup and practice time with a coach. Throughout the course you will build your own piece and will have opportunities to practice performing in a safe, supportive environment!
COURSE DETAILS
DATES & LOCATION
Biweekly on Fridays, 6-8pm
June 28th - October 4th
(16 weeks)
Watertown Studio:
100 Parker Street,
Watertown, MA 02472
DROP-IN PRICING
Just need to polish up one or two aspects of your performance?
Drop into any 2-hour session with an experienced coach for just $55! (Register at the session descriptions below).
Membership discounts apply
THE TOTAL PACKAGE
Ready to level up your entire performance game? Sign up for all 8 sessions for $375!
Save $65 and get a FREE 30-minute performance video review with a coach as an added bonus!
Membership discounts apply
SESSION DETAILS
Session 1: Performance and PSO 101 with Michelle
June 28th, 2024: 6-8pm, Watertown
How do you decide what kind of performance or competition is best for you? What should you expect and how do you prepare? Set achievable goals, figure out how to avoid and/or manage injuries, and overall have the best possible performance and/or competition experience.
Session 3: Creating choreography with Alicia
July 26th, 2024: 6-8pm, Watertown
Learn how to create movement sequences, build with the music, and mesmerize with stunning choreography! Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or total newbie, you’ll learn tools and tricks to build your own creative and unique choreography.
Session 5: Intro to musicality with Michelle
August 23rd, 2024: 6-8pm, Watertown
Learn to identify and connect with different elements of your song, from emotion and vocals, to beats, pauses, and discrete instruments. We’ll explore how moving with and around these details can dramatically enhance the impact on your audience.
Session 6: Setting and working the stage with Melinda
September 6th, 2024: 6-8pm, Watertown
Learn how to plan out and use your stage environment, whether you’re in front of a crowd at PSO or performing at one of our community day events. We’ll talk angles, props, costumes and how to incorporate everything into one seamless piece.
Session 7: Mental and physical preparation with Alicia
September 20th, 2024: 6-8pm, Watertown
Preparing for a performance comes with both mental and physical challenges. Meet them head on with techniques and advice for preparing for and overcoming creative blocks, performance anxiety, physical injury, and more.
Session 8: Finishing Touches: Stage presence and audience engagement with Lala
October 4th, 2024: 6-8pm, Watertown
The key to a memorable performance is in the finishing touches. Practice engaging with an audience, taking time for your moment, and elevating your routine into a truly breathtaking performance!
MEET YOUR COACHES
Alicia (she/her)
Alicia has 11 years of experience performing chair and pole dance in front of audiences in Boston, Raleigh, and Los Angeles. She has worked hard to build skills to push through performance anxiety and has grown to love the feeling of delivering a show-stopping performance. Alicia is passionate about guiding others on the creative journey of crafting a piece and supporting students through the highs and lows of performing!
Awards:
2019 PSO Northeast Entertainment L4 - Second Place
Melinda (she/her)
Melinda is a robotics engineer and educator who loves to nerd out about the physics of pole dance (and movement in general). She grew up doing musical theater, and then dove further into movement and dance - from ballet and tap to jiu jitsu and partner acro. She started pole in 2014, and has been teaching since 2016. In addition to her own competition experience, she's served as a judge for PSO since 2018, and has years of experience working with students to build and polish routines Off the pole, Melinda also likes to hike, bike, and climb rocks. She still likes to sing along to musicals. You can find her on instagram @myrilamica
Awards:
2019 PSO Northeast Entertainment L4 - First Place
2019 Amateur of the Year nomination
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Michelle (she/her)
Michelle is a writer, gamer, somatic storyteller, and all-around daydreamer with a passion for performance. She has been poling since 2016 and has lived in four countries (so far!) but truly found her home when Fly Together Fitness opened its doors in 2019. Since then, she's become an advocate for body awareness and building sustainable movement habits that let us engage with our beloved hobbies even as our bodies and abilities change. As a performer, she loves to bring stories and characters to life through dance. As a coach, she is passionate about helping dancers reach their full creative potential: bring her a spark and she'll help you transform it into a blazing performance! Find her - and her quest to Dance All The Games - on Instagram @pol.etry
Awards:
2022 PSO Northeast Dramatic L3 - First Place
2021 PSO Northeast Championship L2 - First Place
2021 PSO Taurus Low Flow L1 - First Place
Lala (she/her)
Lala Luscious (she/her) is a certified Twerk Technician, trained at Atlanta's renowned Vertical
Joe’s in 2017. She now instructs twerk classes at Fly Together Fitness in Watertown, while also
showcasing her burlesque talents across the greater Boston area.
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Angela (she/her)
Angela has been a performer for the last 20+ years having been on stages across Europe and north America. Her focus has primarily been in pole acrobatics and both classic and neo burlesque. As a stage performer her strengths lie in her character versatility, creative choreography and story telling. While she has stopped competing in 2015, after winning gold in her preferred category of doubles pole, she is very familiar with competition requirements having judged many hours for PSO and other stage competitions.