Tammy Morris has been a professional pole dancer for 16 years travelling all over the world to perform. She started as an exotic dancer and moved in to the fitness industry in 2003. She is a certified Pole and Group Fitness Instructor and is an owner of Tantra. She has won over 15 titles over the span of her career including 1st Runner up Miss Pole Dance World and Best Pole Tricks at Miss Pole Dance World. Her passion for teaching shines through in her classes. Her upbeat distinctive style is sure to keep you challenged and entertained! Tammy has taught thousands of women of all shape and sizes how to pole dance. Her breakdowns and patience help students understand the moves and achieve their goals.
Winnie began exploring her passion for pole dancing in Toronto in 2005. She found her home studio in 2008 when she discovered Tantra Fitness and the wealth of instruction offered there by pole dance maven Tammy Morris. In 2010, Winnie left her full-time job in order to pursue her pole dance teaching career with Tantra Fitness. As of August 2011, Winnie is proud to announce her co-ownership of Tantra Fitness Vancouver, and enjoys her role as Studio Manager for this vibrant community of teachers and dancers.
Vanessa is an ISSA Certified Fitness Trainer and Specialist in Performance Nutrition and has been working in the industry for 6 years now. She has been active her entire life having been a competitive Equestrian from the age of 8 and through various dance training throughout the years.Vanessa has a passion for health and wellness and prefers to teach clients the ‘hows ‘ and ‘whys’ of exercise and nutrition instead of just telling them what to do. A healthy and balanced approach to every aspect of one’s life is the only way to achieve the fitness level and physique desired and that’s what she strives to instill in her clients. It’s a lifestyle choice and she leads by example.
Vanessa teaches a hard core bootcamp and “Abs and Butt” class for corporate clients such as Vancity and The Center for Blood Research at UBC and is happy to now be part of the Tantra team! Her approach is specific to sculpting the female form and building long, lean and firm bodies. She is available for personal training sessions catered to you specific needs and nutritional consultations which include such services as reviewing your current eating plan, grocery excursions and healthy cooking techniques and meal planning.
Hannah Fletcher has been teaching fitness classes for almost a decade and teaches anything and everything including pole fitness which she has taught for the last 5 years! She is BCRPA and ISSA CRT and in 2009 was awarded BCRPA’s Fitness Leader of the Year.
Crystal Lai is proud that her 5 years of pole training have culminated in her becoming Miss Pole Dance Canada and winning Best Entertainer and People Choice at the World Pole Dance Championships.
Crystal enjoys bringing her bubbly personality to upbeat routines, but can also demonstrate grace and control to more melodic music. As a senior instructor at Tantra Fitness in Vancouver, she hopes to use her platform to educate the public about the sport of pole dancing. Crystal also hopes revealing her lack of a dance or gymnastics background will inspire future pole dancers who question their potential; pole dancing can truly stand alone to develop strength and fluidity. With her dancing, she wishes to help progress the technical and performance aspects of her sport.
On stage since she was four and loving every second of it, Lucky is now working across Canada and is on the road to taking her career to the next level. Performing, choreographing, teaching and modelling is what she was made to do and lives everyday to do it.
With a start of 8 years in general intro circus training, 3 years of competitive tumbling, basic dance training and a life guarding certification at some point; Lucky’s strengths are diverse and add to her energetic personality. Currently, she specializes in performing aerial and ground acrobatics. Her current coaching certification is at a Trampoline 2 and NCCP 2 level but she predicts to higher her knowledge in the future.
Lucky thrives on portraying confident characters, musicality, refined movement, and breath taking stunts through her tailored acts. With the intent to electrify her audience, modestly seducing her onlookers is what she does best.
Sylvia is a professional circus aerialist, pole artist, devoted yoga practitioner, choreographer and instructor. She studied circus arts at the world-renowned École nationale de cirque in Montréal and has performed in numerous shows with well-known companies around the globe. Her artistic career has taken her to Europe, Australia, Africa and North and South America. Performance highlights include: Cirque du Soleil’s La Nouba, Germany’s Palazzo Variété, Sweden’s Cirkus Prinsessan Festivaland the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her circus specialties include aerial silks, aerial hoop, trapeze and adagio. Sylvia is a creative artist known for her stunning fusion of strength, flexibility and grace. She is also an aerial stunt performer for feature films.
With over a decade of aerial circus arts experience, Sylvia recently discovered pole dance. She was inspired to merge her circus acrobatics with the sensuous moves of pole dance, in what would become an exploration of artistic expression. At Miss Pole Dance Canada 2011, her first pole dance competition, she placed 3rd overall in the Professional Performer Division.
Sylvia enjoys teaching what she has learned through her own extensive training and performing experiences. She has completed her Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher Training in Power Yoga, Vinyasa Flow and Hatha, and has also completed a Yin Yoga Teacher Certification. She has also taught Circus Arts classes and workshops in Canada, Denmark, the Mediterranean, Caribbean and South Pacific. As well, she has her NCCP Level 1 in Gymnastics and Rhythmic Gymnastics and has taught both children and adults. Her website is www.acrosilver.com
Athletic, energetic, and passionate, Judy has been instructing dance classes since 2004 and attained her BCRPA Group Fitness Certification in 2008. She grew up training, performing, and competing in a various dance styles (hip hop/tap dance/jazz/highland), specializes in Hip Hop/Street Jazz dance, and currently enjoys regularly training in Hip Hop, House, African, and Dancehall dance styles.
Judy met pole dancing first back in 2008 when she first learned and instructed some pole moves at a pole dance/fitness studio. She is back at it now at Tantra Fitness where she is instructing specialty dance-fitness classes inspired by Hip Hop, House, African, and Dancehall dancing, athletic conditioning fitness classes, pole dancing, and leading fun stagette parties.
Her fitness tip: “Get out of your comfort zone and you’ll get wicked results”.