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Who are you learning from?
Nyla Farraz
Owner/Pussycats® Pole Dance
Pole Cat Power™ Regional Director, Arizona
Professional Dancer, Choreographer, Certified Fitness Instructor & Group Fitness Director, Personal Trainer, Pole Cat Power™ licensed instructor, Pilates® Instructor, Off-Ice Competition Ice Skating strength trainer, and massage therapist and dance/sports rehabilitation therapist.
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I have been a stage performer for almost 20 years. I started in a magic show as a magician's assistant when I was 14 and have traveled the world as a professional dancer since I was 18 in shows in Japan, the Caribbean, Brazil, Mexico, Mississippi, and Las Vegas. Apart from dance contracts in large casino shows and Las Vegas productions, I also rely on my 9 years of experience as an exotic dancer to give my students the most AUTHENTIC pole dance experience available. While I've retired from performing as an exotic dancer, I still perform in other mediums all over the world and even locally with a few burlesque shows and corporate events. My educational and training background includes a lengthy history of fitness instruction, training and arranging group fitness classes for large health clubs, massage therapy, anatomy and physiology, kinesiology, jazz, hip hop, ballroom dance, gymnastics, Pilates, Yoga, body bio-mechanics of dance, exercise physiology and dance rehabilitation, Pole Dance Physics and training in the Pole Cat Power™ Pole Dance Method.
I have been teaching body movement and dance for over 12 years and I invite you to experience a form of exercise that will liberate you and excite you in ways you can't imagine! When you dance at Pussycats, you learn REAL POLE DANCING from REAL POLE DANCERS. All of our instructors have a background and CERTIFICATIONS in fitness and/or dance and they have ALL undergone an extensive pole traning regimen to learn to effectively and safely teach pole dance. Come see why we have been called the "Nordstrom's of Pole Dance" for over 5 years!
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| 1980-1990 |
Dance training in Ballet including Cecchetti Technique. Extensive barre and technique under the direction of Penelope Dudleston of The New York Ballet. Jazz, Tap, and expressive movement with Brenda Davis.
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| 1990-1993 |
Hip Hop, Modern Dance, Contemporary Movement and Creative fundamentals. Specialized courses at UNLV. |
| 1991 |
Began performing with Vincent Marasco's Magic Stage Show - magician's assistant/dancer. |
| 1992 |
Flamenco training with Margo Torea - Las Vegas |
| 1993 |
AFFA Certification for Group Fitness & Personal Training |
| 1993 |
Pilates Certification and began teaching Dance Conditioning |
| 1993-1994 |
Instructor. Step Aerobics and Cardio Dance at Gold's gym in Las Vegas. |
| 1993 |
Bluebell dancer in "Jubliee" at Bally's Las Vegas |
| 1993-94 |
Back up dancer for "American Superstars" at the Flamingo Hilton Las Vegas |
| 1994-1995 |
Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan. "Show Club" performer/back up dancer and aerialist. Katayama Agency. |
| 1996-98 |
Dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines. Dancer and magician's Assitant |
| 1994-1998 |
Industrial shows for Cirque du Soliel, Anita Mann Productions, Vegas Hot Stuff Productions and Farrington Productions. This included traveling production shows as well as contract work for Caesar's Palace. |
| 1997-98 |
Bandai-Atami, Japan. "Vegas Hot Stuff" performer/back up dancer at Bandai Onsen Hotel. |
| 1998-2000 |
Teaching and fitness at various studios. |
| 2000 |
Showstoppers Live at Red Mountain Theater in Mesa, AZ |
| 2000-2001 |
Private personal training practice |
| 1993-2002 |
Travelled intermittently as an exotic dancer. Mexico, Canada, Flordia, New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles. This work was inbetween my regular "gigs" to keep the bills paid. Being on the road taught me a LOT! |
| 2002-2005 |
Group Fitness director for Pure Fitness. Organized schedule and fitness programs for 3 locations. |
| 2005 |
Became Pole Cat Power Licensed. Aerial training with Shawn Lee. Opened my first studio! |
| 2005- Now |
Regional Director for Pole Cat Power. Dance instructor, Owner, Creator Pussycats Pole Dance. Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer. |
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My teachers, colleagues, instructors and coaches include Shawn Francis Lee, KT Coates, Fawnia Mondey, Barry Lather & Tina Landon (Janet Jackson choreographers), Louis Van Amstel (Dancing with the Stars), Penelope Dudleston (NYC Ballet), Carlos Leon (Madonna's trainer) and more.
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| I offer private training for soccer moms, desperate housewives, recent divorcees or any other women who want to get started but who are a bit too shy for group classes. I also do private training, consultation and choreography for ' working girls' and exotic dancers to help increase income and stage presence. Shawn Lee is also available for private training and choreography at our studio in Hollywood. She is the ORIGINAL POLE CAT and her skills are unmatched. Please contact her at shawn@polecatpower.com. |
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