KEDA BREEZE - Director and Tutor
Keda Breeze was trained at Circomedia circus school in Bristol
and also has training in many other areas of performance. She has been
working as a circus, cabaret and burlesque artist since 2001 and is
now at the top of her profession. Keda currently appears at top end
events and private parties and performs nationally and internationally,
as well appearing on TV, film, and in print.
Keda started running Pink Kitten classes in Bristol in early 2005 as
she had had so many requests to teach her skills to other women. The
unique combination of her exotic dance knowledge and her performance
training meant that her classes were immediately a huge success. She
found it hugely rewarding seeing the confidence and self expression
women were gaining by learning these new skills which she too had gotten
the same sense of empowerment from learning in the past. As the
school got many requests for classes from other areas she then handpicked
and trained new teachers so that Pink Kitten could spread its wings
further. As well as performing and running the school, Keda still
finds time to teach her regular classes and workshops in Bristol. In
her classes students achieve more than they ever dreamed would be possible.
She feels privileged to teach her classes because all the women who
take part in them make them much fun and so rewarding.
NICOLA ZIMMER - Tutor
Nicola is highly trained in sports and fitness and has many
qualifications in the field. She currently in the final year of a BSc
in sports coaching and conditioning, and plans to progress to postgraduate
study in a fitness related area. She is also a first degree black belt
in Tae Kwon Do and has competed in national and international level
and won the ITF European Championships in June 2006. Nicola has also
worked as a coach of Tae Kwon Do to children and adults. As well as
pole dancing Nicola now practices ballet regularly which she loves.
She has taken place in several pole displays, been a finalist in Miss
Pole Princess UK and has started performing burlesque. As a teacher
Nicola encourages her students to invent their own moves and create
their own individual styles. What she loves most about teaching is that
she gets to facilitate peoples learning and help people achieve things
they didn't think they would be able to.
HANNAH NICHOLS - Tutor
Hannah has danced through out the whole of her childhood and
adult life. As a chid and young adult she trained in classical ballet,
modern and jazz dance. She then progressed on to contemporary and street
dance. She has performed at many different events including; theatre,
nightclubs, weekend dance events, catwalk performance, outdoor events
street events and most recently at the 2008 pole unity. Hannah has taught young children movement and dance,
and taught group choreography to adults.
On teaching pole dancing Hannah says "I really enjoy teaching pole dancing
because it is a fun and sexy way to keep fit. It improves your confidence
and teaches you to spin, wiggle and pose like a diva".
Erin Bienek
Erin has trained and performed in a variety of dance
styles throughout her childhood and adult life. As a child Erin was
trained in Ballet, Jazz and Tap dance. Alongside the classical training
she has performed regularly in musicals and theatrical performances.
She then progressed on to Samba dancing, training with The London School
of Samba and performing at Notting Hill Carnival, as well as teaching
Samba to children and adults.
More recently Erin performs alongside bands, touring
with them at festivals, music events and club nights. The most recent of these was at Glatsonbury, where Erin amazed evryone with her Pole dance moves in The Rabbit Hole stage. Erin has always
loved to dance, and has found her passion in teaching
others how to move, dance and express themselves.
Natasha Stanley
Natasha started off her training by taking ballet lessons as a young child. Over the past 6 years she has taught salsa, hip-hop, street jazz and modern theatre dance, and has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and the Edinburgh Festival. Natasha taught herself a variety of dance styles and as a result is firmly of the belief that anyone can dance.
Her training predominantly lies in drama and acting, with qualifications from LAMDA and the Victoria College of Music. A member of the National Youth Theatre, she has also played major roles in a number of semi-professional plays and musicals and is therefore well placed to teach both dance techniques and the art of performance.
Natasha loves to watch her students progress from the nervous 'can't do it's of the first half-hour to the confident performers of the last, and finds that pole dance and burlesque are a fun and exciting channel for this progression.