Yep You guessed it I have been working HARD these past couple of months!

The following is the exact copy from the Pole Dance Community Website. To see it in it’s home environment CLICK HERE or Read on…..

THANK YOU PDC!!!!

Nia Pearce from PDC approved pole dance school I Would Rather Be Pole Dancing achieves Level 2 pole dancing instructor status.

Nia received 2 references from PDC approved pole dancing instructors Pippa Ceasar from Polenastics and Jenni Gooch from South Pole Akademy..

Pippa said “I would like to offer my reference in support of Nia Pearce’s application to become a PDC Level 2 Pole Dancing Instructor. Nia is delightful, thoughtful, entertaining and methodical. Her passion for pole is visibly brimming over and her talent for creating a wonderful and positive teaching environment is outstanding.  I am proud to pole with Nia and count her as a friend. To progress her pole career, Nia is constantly attending events and classes and workshops to hone her skills and talent and I have no hesitation at all recommending and supporting Nia’s application.”

Jenii said “I would like to offer my reference for Nia Pearce’s application to level 2 instructor. I have known Nia for a few years now, we first met at a pole jam where she was very enthusiastic to learn and was friendly and easy going, since then i have had the pleasure of playing with her at pole jams, photoshoots and events. She works hard at her own pole technique and those of her students, and also works hard at her business and creating a great pole community at her pole school. I have worked with Nia as a dancer on the i-phone app ‘pocket pole studio’ and also as a judge for ‘the routine for the nation’. She is a true pole professional. Nia has lots to give and share with the pole world, and I would recommend her classes and her as a great teacher and poler.”

Let’s take it from the beginning and check out Nia’s fabulous CV:

Aged 12 – 21 Dance Classes in Street Dance, Ballet, Tap, Modern & Drama
Aged 16 – 21 – Dance Assistant & Student Teacher
1998 – 2000 Btec National Diploma in Performing Arts – Dance as specialised subject
2000 – 2010  Aerobics & Dance Qualifications
Exercise to Music (Aerobics) – NVQ Level 2 – ( Reps Level 2 ) – YMCA
Professional Studio Instructor Award – YMCA
Studio Resistance Training – YMCA
Gym Instructor – NVQ Level 2 – YMCA
Fitness Pilates – Rachel Holmes / Choreography To Go.
Cardio Kick – YMCA
Swiss Ball Training – Paul Chek ( Stability Ball )
Flexi-Bar
First Aid – including CPR.- St Johns Ambulance (2010 )
Vertical Dance – NCFE – (Pole Dancing) Beginners (2008)
Vertical Dance – NCFE – (Pole Dancing) Intermediate ( 2010 )

Experience after Vertical Dance Qualification:

In 2008 I passed my Vertical Dance Qualification, I started with 2 classes a week (4 Poles so 12 max in each class) and over the past 2 years they have continued to grow so I am now teaching 6 classes a week. I was limited to times at my previous venue (Mon – Weds only) but at the studio I am now able to encourage more training for both myself and my students.

Due to time constraints of the previous venue I had never offered Hen Parties or had the opportunity to run extra sessions outside of class. With the new studio I am now able to offer support to students and can now encourage them to enter competitions and exams as we have a brilliant space that is readily available. I hope to run quarterly Pole Jams to encourage students to learn more & to be able to interact with the Pole Dance Community. The Advancement and Accreditation Programme (AAP) is a brilliant focus for class that I wish to bring into our current classes & look forward to bringing students up to the high standard that is ensured.

In 2008 – 2009 I had some personal issues that needed resolving and from my CV you can see that after those had been dealt with I put my heart & soul into bettering myself as an instructor and broadening my knowledge.

In 2009 I had my first taste of a Pole Jams & Workshops, I love them and below are the ones that I can remember attending with dates:

Pole Jams:
KT Coates 23rd August 2009
Taylors Retreat Pole Jam
30th August 2009 B.A.D.S
11th April Polenastics
17th January 2010 Spin City Pole Fitness,
21st February 2010 KT Coates
18th April B.A.D.S
8th August B.A.D.S
12th Sept 2010 Polenastics
13th February 2011 Polenastics

Workshops & Masterclasses Attended (2009 – 2010):

28th November 2009 – Jessalyn Medairy Workshop
13th March 2010 – Deb Riley’s 8 Hour Masterclass
23rd May 2010 – Karen Chaundy Masterclass
27th June 2010 – Pantera Workshop
15th August 2010 – Estee Zakhar Workshop
9th October 2010 Badazz Workshop
27th November 2010 Sally-Ann Giles & Annie Norris
23rd January 2011 – Darren Pritchard  – Male Pole Dancing instructor Workshop
5th February 2011 – Sally-Ann Giles Workshop

Through meeting some fab instructors I have found out about some amazing opportunities,  Here are some of the events that I have been lucky enough to either attend or be actively part of.

26th Spetember 2009 – Helping at Spin City Pole Dance Show -  Kate needed helpers for her show so I volunteered as I know how hard it is to find people who are willing to muck in. I had a fantastic evening and met some really talented ladies.

5th December 2009 – Spin City Pole Performance – After Helping at the Spin City Performance Kate asked if I would like to perform in their Christmas Show. I performed a dance to Kings Of Leon ‘Be Somebody’ . I stripped from a Full Nun’s Outfit to a sparkly pole outfit & managed to achieve the handspring on time after months of practise! (Amazing considering my knees were knocking backstage & I could hardly keep my eyeliner straight!)

19th March 2010 – Polenastics Pole-a-thon – Polenastics set up an event to encourage pole dancers across the uk to be part of and raise money for charity I encouraged my students to attend and we attended with 2 car loads of girls heading to MK to help & support. A great but tiring evening!

28th March 2010 – Pocket Pole Studio Dancer – Here I had the opportunity to become part of something new and pioneering as applications go. It has it’s creases that need ironing out but I am proud to be part of something that was completely new & exciting. Version 2 should see a more professional and user friendly app.

1st May 2010 – UKPDD – Wanting to raise awareness of Pole Dancing I gladly helped raise its profile locally by offereing Free Taster Sesssions & A Free Pole Jam. The Day was a great success & everyone enjoyed it!

23rd May 2010 – Routine for the Nation – An utter honor to be asked to judge this event & I feel I acted with professionalism when it came to the crunch. A huge responsibility being a judge but brilliant weekend meeting more fab polers! Karen Chaundy Masterclass was fab too! ?

12TH June 2010 – Vertical Dance Intermediate Qualification – Wanting to stay up to date and safe in my teaching this was a qualification that needed to be taken! I enjoyed the day and felt great to know everything I have been teaching is safe and correct also to know that I am proficient as an intermediate instructor aswell as student. Thankfully, I passed this qualification! yay!

26th June 2010 – Pole Unity – The standards of Pole Dancing is soaring and Pole Unity this year just proved it. Last Year was inspiring enough to all students but this year raised the bar. I have entered our dance school to be part of this great event next year but the theme, you’ll have to wait and see

3rd July – UKAPP Stevenage – Supporting another local pole group just myself at this one as it was too far for some but I enjoyed spending time supporting the local talent and being amazed by the girls that we have out there at the moment! amazing!!!! UKAPP is great because it gives normal people a chance to get up there and give it a go…. so proud to watch and one day I hope to enter some of my students into these competitions!

7th August 2010 – Bitten Event – Polenastics asked if I would perform with them at a Convention. A nerve racking experience but when you’re up there it’ s not so bad. The manoeuvring with PVC / Rubber Leggings was challenging & well sweaty to say the least but a brilliant experience and I had a chance to meet some celebrities which is always pretty cool!

22nd August 2010 – UKAPP Bracknell – The Bracknell heat of the competition and had more support for this one!  Talent is getting bigger and bigger and recognised some of the faces as these girls were more local. I love the pole world!

26th November 2010 – BAD Studio Launch – Fab evening sharing some quality time with Anna (Level 2 pole dancing instructor Anna-Marie Fulbrook) & fellow polers, such an achievement opening your own studio and very daunting, hats off to Anna she has worked hard and it shows!

4th December 2010  – Burlesque Performance – I was asked to perform at a local pub for their burlesque evening. The night was an organised mess after the leading lady twisted her ankle in the ice & another dancer’s music didn’t work. No warm up or practise time, certainly made me cope ‘under pressure’ . Not sure if performing is my cup of tea? Will need another couple of go’s before I make my mind up though.

My Biggest Pole Dancing Achievements – Emotionally & Materialistically.

1st October 2010 – This was the biggest milestone in my pole career. I opened my very own studio. It was a massive gamble but the risks were worth it, I needed to spread my wings. I started writing this CV before I got the studio and, WOW, 6 months down the line I am still catching my tail there always seems there is something I can improve on. The students love it and have supported me every step of the way. I love teaching my students dearly and have a great sense of achievement when they nail a move they have been so desperately trying to get. Makes you feel all warm and gooey. That is my biggest achievement making them feel good!

Pole Dancing Goals & Aspirations for 2011.

For 2011 I already have in the diary Bucks Pole Challenge. I am hoping to perform here. I am not looking to win but I am hoping to gain knowledge & experience of a Pole Dance Competition so that I can advise my students on what goes on. I feel I cannot tell them the pro’s and con’s until I have been on the other end of the pole and not on my bum watching! I have a student who wishes to compete too so hopefully we can grow together on this little journey!
Pole Unity is another amazing cause that I would like to support. We have entered a theme so I need to get started on choreography and put the word out to anyone who wants to dance in the show. I think it will be a great opportunity for my girls and I friendly environment to show their family & friends all they have achieved through pole! Looking forward to it already!

As every year I would like to support UKAPP & many Pole Jams & workshops! I would love to have a workshop with Miss Amber Ray & a couple more sexy flexy one’s!

By the end of 2011 I hope to have my sister trained and qualified in at least Exercise to music and hopefully 2012 will see a pole qualification for her too who knows maybe this year we will be able to afford it?!

Also I hope to gain a higher media presence. Media isn’t my strong point so I hope I can overcome this barrier and start getting out there on my writing. I am more physical than intellectual so I tend to play to my strengths. This year though hopefully I can maybe write an article or two who knows? I have 10 months to play with yet!

Thank You for reading and as you can see I have big plans for the months ahaead. I feel I have grown so much with the support of the pole community and look forward to hopefully gaining more knowledge and getting stronger and stronger as the months go on! Exciting times ahead!!!
The Pole Dance Community would like to congratulate Nia on acheiving Level 2 pole dancing instructor status and for being a great ambassador for the fitness pole dancing industry.

It’s 6:45am on the first Bank Holiday Monday of 2011 and my alarm is waking me up….. WHY….. because today we travel to Trafalgar Square in London to take part in a record breaking attempt!

Most amount of Burlesque Dancers dancing for 5mins.

6:52am Ok, better get up!

Fishnets, Check.

Corset, Check.

Frilly Knickers, Check.

Red Lipstick, Check.

We met the rest of the troops there and what a day!

I could load pictures & write a HUGE Blog post but it appears we made the news…… So I’ll let them tell you….

Click Here To See Us Making the News in ATLANTA Picture No.4 is one of our Girls being Pap’d!

Click Here – We’re Cracking Canada (Check out pictures 6 & 8!)

Click Here for YahooOOOooooo News

Click Here for the Orange Website

Click Here, Yep we’re in India too!

Click Here for Virgin Media’s Take on it

And Finally …..The Metro

THE BEST way to spend your Bank Holiday! The Team were asked to have pictures with dozens of tourists. We will be in peoples holidays snaps from all over the world! What an amazing experience….

I am so thankful for having such a diverse job….. Why don’t you do some thing different and outside the box today…. Life is short… GO FOR IT!!!

Signing Over Out….

Pearcey xxx

So it’s a Sunday Night, I’ve spent ALL day updating my website and to some that may be mega boring but it just adds to my happiness of working for myself, being my own boss & loving the pole industry. Getting the Pole Studio has inspired me to work so much harder and make that place a sanctuary for everyone. I love being there and if I had to liken it to anywhere on earth I’d say The Studio…. It’s my Pub! I Just LOVE being there… It’s my sanctuary, I feel at peace & completely at home. It’s MY space…. ( technically the landlord may have something to say about that statement but) I Love looking at the poles, tidying my desk, cleaning my floor, making the throw overs perfectly in line ( I know that’s sad! )

It just makes me happy being there & I hope that if everyone who visits it, can feel even a small percentage of how it makes me feel….. Then I’m happy!

We have an Open Day on the 6th November so Ladies & Gents if you wish to pop down and see what I am babbling on about then have a peek….. To you it may just be a room with some poles, a desk & a sofa…. to me it’s home

I am truly grateful to everyone who has made it feel that way…. You know who you are   xxxx

First Time with a MAN!

**Bad Azz** Workshop!!!

Today I travel to Milton Keynes to visit

**Bad Azz**    & of course the lovely Polenastics crew!

This is my first workshop with a man and wasn’t sure how I felt as I’ve never really seen a male pole dancer shaking his thang. I have to say…DANG!!!  I’m IMPRESSED coz he taught me a trick or too (not saying I know every trick in the book but I’m a female…. Surely I should?)

I am thankful for **Bad Azz** for showing me how to:

1) Make ….. *ahem*…. My Booty ‘Clap’…. Yes you heard right and Yes it’s more of an applause than just the singular clap, but we’re working on it

2) get into those signature moves of his, Kamikazee, The Dangerous, Popcorn, Scissor splits, Flow & some Sexeeeeeeey floor work!

3) do it America Stylee…. The language, the movements it was all SO inspiringly sexy & motivating! Fab Dancer, SUPER flexible and hardcore strength! Wow, What a man!!!

Love HIM!!!!    xxxx

18^th September 2010

I’ve got a dirty secret…..

So it’s my birthday this weekend and I have to tell my girls something VERY important today. Yesterday I signed a contract to work for West Star Rehearsal Studios. The legacy of working for Bar 95 aka The White Horse will now come to an end. We will have our own dedicated Pole Studio with available parking, laminate floors, mirrors, and big spacious area to dance in. I wonder how they take the news….. We’ll see

12^th September 2010

The Speed Humps from HELL!!!! Oh & the lovely polenastics JAM!

Yes we’re over in Hitchin this time causing more havoc and taking up space on their poles this time we had them all to ourselves as they were all poop’d after too many spins and twizzles with Pippa!!

We nearly had a pole each and left learning the process of how to drop from Airwalk into Pea… but none of us having the minerals to do it! Hmm…. Maybe next time?

Thank You Pippa for teaching me some more moves even though inside I’m sure your body was screaming NO MORRREEEEEE!!!!

We took home Daredevil today, Joni & I were VERY pleased

The journey home was bliss too….. after we found the route WITHOUT speed humps.

Beginner Blogger

So today I’ve looked in my diary and backdated everything I’ve been upto, I’m new to blogging and to be honest writing my life as I go? We all do so much in a day surely you can’t write it all? Actually you wouldn’t want to read it all? Some bits are just mundane?!

Whilst writing I have realised the following

1)      I write everything that comes into my head – ( May not be a good thing? Items such as lol… and general ‘sayings’ that I use day to day = Not Cool! )

2)      My grammar & punctuation… It’s just shocking isn’t it?! I have no excuse, I did go to school. Just never paid attention to that bit & to be honest we’re all good at something….. mine’s not grammar & punctuation! If you don’t like it feel free to spell proof each item and send back to me ( Thanks )

3)      From point 2 you’ll notice I even ‘make words up’, I do this in class to…. I call it Talking Dyslexic ( I am sorry if this offends anyone who is actually dyslexic) but I do talk dyslexic, my mouth cannot keep up with my brain and all the words come out at the same time OR sometimes I don’t have the right words so use a far inferior word in its place that barely / vaguely  explains my point. Funny in class ( students laugh with / at me… either way they are laughing ) however rubbish when you are in an argument!

4)      I use ……….. far too much. I try and replicate my everyday speech and I suppose I call that a ‘dramatic pause’. Either way it’s using up web space. Note to self – ditch it

5)      Serial Offender of Text Speak! U kno wot I mean? T3rrible! LOL

6)      I love Smiley Faces in whatever format they come in    :D  :)  :D  :)  :P

My main come back to all the above….Well what can I say….. I’m only human ain’t I? And well…. it’s my blog so Ner Ner Ner Ner Nah!  :)

Zombie Photoshoot

So I’ve come back off a *LUSH* holiday relaxing, drinking, working & just tanning my hide.( Thank You to my pole princess for that you know who you are ). I’m looking more than healthy & what did I book in my diary?

A Zombie Photoshoot with the deadly mix of Anna-Marie Fullbrook, Pippa Ceaser, Louise Coburn,Dawn Roberts & the amazing photographer…..Scott Chalmers.

I’ll be honest I wasn’t even in the room. I was still *yawn* tired from holiday…. Tired? I know I had relaxed for a week – FATAL! I’d stopped hadn’t I! So today was just a chance to dress up and get eating some flesh – Anna promised me she wouldn’t scare me however with the white contacts in. She had to do the face…. you know that scary stare… *shudders* .

Lou did a FAB job on everyone’s make up, Pippa gave some much valued advice which led to me finalling nailing that Twisty Grip Handspring, Dawn just giggled the whole day and was fabulous on the pole despite grip issues ( I had the same said issues – think we over killed on the mud & gore )

As for Anna-Marie, well she made the photoshoot just SUCH fun getting into character with rasping throat gurgling noises ( even scarier with those contact lenses and ‘the stare’ ) *Shudders*

Scott is such a professional and completely embraced the idea of the shoot & put up with some really craziness! Hahaha Poor man!

**Update**

To be honest I have the pics back and because I don’t watch Zombie movies ( Too scared ) my Zombie face isn’t that convincing …… *sigh* Never Mind… I had a Lush experience poling with the lovely ladies xxx

A Memorable 30^th

This blog would not even be here if it wasn’t for pole & I would not even know these people if it wasn’t for Pole Dancing. 8 Girls hit Watford with one shared passion – POLE! A truly hilarious night out with some gorgeous girls all from class. I am truly grateful for having such amazing girls in my life and the night was SUCH a good night. Free Drinks left, right & centre. Free Entry, Vip Entry & our Taxi for the night was a 16 seater Hummer!

The thing I’ve learnt from this night is we may grow older in years, but we never truly grow up… only if you want to.

Also, people become insanely flexible when drunk and the prospect of 30 is looming.

Needless to say the birthday girl spent the first couple of weeks after her birthday on crutches…. We will never learn will we? Birthday girl… I love you and please listen to your pole mother when advised that ‘some things’ just ain’t a good idea?

Big Love – Pearcey  :D

xxx

Well I have just come back from the weekend as I was asked to be a  part of the judging panel for Routine for the Nation Competition in Plymouth. The competition was set up by the National Synchronised Pole Dance Squad ( of which I am a part of ) Otherwise known as NSPDS.

Studio 22 based in Taunton won R4N and we will soon be rolling out their winning routine.

Here it is right here!

I had a fab time judging ( although a lot of responsibility!) and enjoyed a workshop with Karen Chaundy of BodyBarre whilst I was in Plymouth. I even have the bruises to prove it

The NSPDS are doing great things…. Check out their website to find out more!

National Synchronised Pole Dance Squad