Anniversary Showcase 2019

This March, my little business Irish Pole Dance Academy turned 8 years old. So what better way to celebrate than with our usual Anniversary Showcase!

Everyone who knows me knows that IPDA is my soul’s work; I am fiercely proud of the community of badasses that my studio is home to. I set up this company while I was on the dole and dreamt about one day having my own studio (more about that in an upcoming blog post). IPDA is so much more than just a studio and more than I ever could have dreamed of! Thanks to everybody who has supported my business over the years; here’s to the next 8 years and beyond!

Massive thanks to everyone who performed at the showcase: Kathleen, Sarah, El, Trena, Agata, Ava, Katia, Kate, Clarisse, Órla, Danielle, Solange, Joshua, Tessa, Trixie, Victoria and Jonathan. Seriously honoured and humbled to have you all dance with me; such grace, magic and strength ye brought! Thank you my sister Steff Caffrey for holding it all together and playing a blinder on the sound engineering, Shaun Ryan of Crooked Gentlemen and AM Photo Star for working their calm magic and capturing the event so beautifully (which you can see below), thank you to our pole cleaners Jenna and Suzanne, and of course thank you to Kathleen and Trena for helping out with the MC-ing.

All photos below by AM Photo Star:

Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Oh look, it me – Arlene Caffrey. In this photo I’m about to go into an epic tick-tock split (I swear I’m not falling).
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Katia shows us how to rock the night away!
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Here’s me on MC duty!
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Kate bringing all the intensity of her Scottish Highland dancing fused with pole dance.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Trena (and her impressive back muscles) combining chair gymnastics with pole dance and 9inch heels.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Órla making her debut with grace and ease to the IPDA stage.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Clarisse appearing to defy gravity with the flattest flatline scorpio you’ve ever seen.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Danielle and her epic boots bringing the show!
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Agata Jurago – Queen of American style sexy flexy flow.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Tessa channelling her not-so-innocent badass vibes.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Leanne had the pleasure (which you can tell by her face) of being Ava Hennessy’s human prop in her guest performance.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Sarah ‘Bang Bang’ Blackmilk!
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Lykan Animal and I debuted a new chair dance duet (I swear we are not just lying on the floor for the craic).
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Trixie Vixen – “the alter ego every good Catholic girl wishes they had”.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Solange moments before she blew the roof off of IPDA with her epic drop!
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Trena Murphy on MC duty, like a pro!
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Josh casually lifting his entire body 90 degrees to the pole, no big deal.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Victoria showing us all what it looks like to be comfortable in one’s own skin.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
El Fegan, pole queen of Ireland and our guest all the way from Belfast.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Kathleen Doherty closing the show with old school stripper sass and sexy flexy antics.
Irish Pole Dance Academy Anniversary Showcase 2019
Splits for days! Hurrah!

With love,
Arlene Caffrey

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