Guest Workshops: Cutie Whippingham!
Schedule
Sat Nov 23 2024 at 01:15 pm to 04:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
B4, BV Studios, 37 Philip Street, Bedminster, BS3 4EA Bristol, United Kingdom | Bristol, EN
The incredible CUTIE WHIPPINGHAM will be at 360 Pole Dancing on 23rd November for guest workshops! Bookings opening shortly, please add your info to the waiting lists to get first dibs (They are definitely not sold out yet!)£50 per 90 minute workshop.
13:15: Aerial Magnetism
Cutie’s signature aerial workshop! This workshop focuses on transitioning into impressive aerial shapes smoothly and with confidence, then building upon those shapes to transition fluidly through sequences with style, grace and magnetism. This workshop intends to make your aerial flow look seamless and breezy.
Level: Intermediate+ (must be comfortable with aerial inverts).
Requirements: Stripper Heels optional. Grip essential.
Adaptations: Where possible.
15:00: Spiceography
This is a choreography workshop focusing on oozing seduction whilst having ‘on point’ musicality. In this workshop, we aim to have everyone looking and feeling like a total siren with confidence levels so high they’re borderline cocky.
Level: Mixed
Requirements: Stripper Heels and kneepads
Adaptations: Always
[We also have the option to add a 3rd workshop at 11:30am. This will either be an additional run of the Spiceography Workshop, or "Take It To The Stage" Performance Toolkit. Please add your info to the waiting lists to show your preference, and we'll be in touch if this is added!]
Workshops are NON-REFUNDABLE ONCE PAID. but it's possible to sell your space to a fellow poler. Please notify 360 Pole Dancing of any changes!
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I’m Leila AKA Cutie Whippingham! I’d like to start with a bit about me so you know my background and what I do. I started pole in 2014 after graduating from a dance institution - I fell in love instantly and by 2015 I was a certified instructor and began teaching and stripping. I worked in clubs in Brighton and London until 2022. In 2018 I was commissioned to perform for Redbull where Nike scouted me, and my career took off in the direction of working with brands, introducing them to pole, and evolving my work of destigmatising and decolonising pole.
In 2020 I founded Blackstage which is an organisation that centres pole dancers of colour with a special focus on those with intersecting identities (LGBTQIA+, sex workers, disabled folk, plus-sized polers and those on low incomes). Blackstage truly revolutionised the pole industry in the way it interacts with race, wages, inclusivity and accessibility, influencing widespread change throughout. My style of pole is heavily influenced by my background in contemporary dance, stripping, and general weirdness and hilarity.
