Classes

Group Classes

Learn with others who have similar goals and aspirations as you, under the guidance of an instructor.

Private Training

We offer customized private and semi-private classes to help you obtain your goals. Competition prep and choreography packages are also available. Please e-mail the studio for more information at: 
info@cmachicago.com

Special Workshops

From time to time, our studio will host a workshop that is specifically focused on a skill set or topic.

Group Class Descriptions

Our group class curriculum is designed to increase strength, flexibility, and stamina while stimulating creativity on all levels of movement. 

WELCOME TO POLE
Never touched a pole before?  No problem! This class is to help all persons with no experience using a pole develop trust in the apparatus and in oneself.  No fitness or exercise experience is required.  This class is appropriate for all ages, genders, and fitness levels, and is suitable to any movement style or total lack thereof.  Come on in and have fun!

POLE NOVICE
In this class, you’ll learn foundational skills of maneuvering with elegance around the pole and begin developing comfort moving vertically upon it.  You’ll learn techniques to make all your movements efficient while building strength, acquiring movement quality and style, and having a great time.​
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POLE INITIATE
Now that you know your way around the pole, more aerial pole skills are going to be added to your skill set.  In this class you will acquire techniques to turn yourself upside down in a variety of ways and techniques to find security in a variety of inverted holds at varying heights on the pole.  Now is the time to being integrating “tricks” into your dance.

POLE ADEPT
Having acquired methods to turn upside-down and a number of inverted holds, this class will focus on constructing combinations between poses and introduce more difficult holds.  Material covered in this class may include “repel” moves, drops, tumbles, and skills which rely on greater range of motion in the spine, hips, and shoulders.  Get ready to challenge your mind and body in a new way!
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POLE PROFESSIONAL
The time is now to take the limits off yourself and strive toward your personal best!  You will learn some of the same skills that your favorite professional pole dancers have performed in their competitive routines, while refining and perfecting skills from previous classes and pairing them with dance elements.  Expect to learn planche variations, aerial contorted poses, and transitions involving ballistic motions which will expand your faith in your body’s potential.

REVOLVER
Learn the secrets to controlling your rotation on the spinning pole, and try some of your skills from previous pole classes on a moving apparatus.

FLEXIBILITY
This is a class intended to improve your body’s range of motion using deep, focused stretches and restorative movements, whether for dance, health, or just for fun.



 

HEELS OVER HEAD
​Find your balance in variations of the headstand, forearm stand, shoulder stand, and handstand and learn fun combinations between these positions.  Learn new acrobatic skills to integrate into your floor and pole movements!

FULL-BODY MOBILITY
​Explore and push the limits of your range of motion. This class includes active and static deep stretching for the whole body along with a joint-stabilising and dynamic flexibility work-out.  This class will present a challenge appropriate for persons with limited stretching experience as well as those currently practicing contortion.
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DANCE EXPLORATION
This class encourages the dancer to thoughtfully and freely interpret music. In each class, dancers will be given a warm-up and a segment of suggested movement before being invited to do improvisational movement using the floor, pole and anything else within reach to get your point across.

POLE DOUBLES
Bring a partner and learn how to perform pole tricks together on the same pole! This class will include both static and spin pole tricks. Prior pole experience is necessary. Must be able to invert without momentum and climb.

EXOTIC MOVEMENT
In this class you will learn the unique beautiful style of movement referred to as Russian Exotic. You will be taught flowing combinations on and around the pole that combine sensuality, grace and imagination. Shoes are absolutely a MUST for this class and knee pads and/or leggings are highly recommended. No street shoes please.