I’m delighted to bring you our Member Spotlight: this month it’s Suzanne! Suzanne is a quiet force of nature, easily recognisable by her impressive abs of steel and usually executing a complicated sequence of inverted tricks with ease. Not only this, Suzanne is extremely thoughtful and puts a great amount of care not only into...Read More

I’m delighted to bring you our Member Spotlight: this month it’s Órla! Órla is a tattoo artist based in Dublin. When she’s not tattooing or dancing she can be found napping in the nearest small space. She’s been doing ballet on and off since age 13 and has been pole dancing here at IPDA for...Read More

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...Read More

I’m delighted to bring you the latest instalment of our Member Spotlight: this month it’s Kelly! Kelly is a proud cat lady who can be found at the studio oftentimes rocking a pair of 8inch heels but always wearing a smile. She exudes a quiet but unshakeable a ‘can do’ attitude. At almost 40 years...Read More

One of my favourite things about owning a brick and mortar pole dance studio is that I get to host regular in-house showcases where I can join our students, instructors and friends from the Pole Dance world and Burlesque community in creating art and performing our hearts out! I personally feel that there are limited...Read More

Lux ATL: The Stripcraft Spellbook Ladies, we have come to the end of our online studio review and I reserve no hesitation in stating that coincidence or not, the cliché ‘save the best for last’ absolutely applies to our final online studio review. Thus far, we have brought you the breath-taking beautiful movements offered by...Read More

Today I want to share with you something I’m quite nerdily passionate about, motivations and excuses!  Ahh, excuses… Everyday I hear and read so many reasons and excuses to not join a pole dancing class, so I thought, why not put together a list of my favourite ones. These excuses come from real folks who are on...Read More

Hello everyone! I hope you all enjoyed my last tutorial of the Basic Back Arch Slide. Here’s a more advanced variation and is one of my signature moves (by signature move, I mean that I do it all the time, I certainly don’t claim to have invented it) 😉 It’s basically the same as the...Read More

Sarah Scott ‘Off The Pole’ Core Endurance online training Ladies, put away your sequins and get ready to sweat it out with strength training. This, of course, is another pastime of all of our instructors at Irish Pole Dance Academy! This week it gives me great pleasure to introduce Sarah Scott’s ‘Core Endurance’ programme. Sarah...Read More

Cleo’s Rock n’ Pole Welcome back ladies, we hope you enjoyed last month’s blog review of the audaciously awesome Alethea Austin. This week we are super excited to give you the low down on our Australian Pole Sister and fellow pole mom Cleo The Hurricane. If you are new to the pole world, then you may...Read More