As with anything, experience is the best teacher and it develops wisdom and knowledge that can't be obtained by rushing through something. You can't fake quality and skill. My name is Nyla and 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 10 years and I invite you to experience a form of exercise that will liberate you and excite you in ways you can't imagine as only a true pole diva can offer you the wisdom of experience and the authenticity of original choreography and ideas. 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 3 years!

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.