Professional Division Finalists

Dawn Marie - Orlando

Dawn, also known as Crimzen Dawn,  has performed in musicals/experimental plays/music videos and various celebrity events. She is a founding member/performer for Hypnotiq Aerial Arts. Dawn  has also performed locally with the Drip Performance Art Company.  In 2012, she won ‘Most Artistic’ at the Florida Pole Fitness Championship. She currently teaches at Lotus Fitness Studio and Allure Dance Studios in Orlando, and is a regular performer with Moshi Moshi Productions. Dancing is her greatest love!!! And throughout all of the styles she has learned, pole dancing has become her greatest passion! No other form of dance has so effectively blended sensuality/fitness and art.  So whether you like the sexiness, the fitness or the artistic aspect, there is something for everyone! 

I am a pole fitness instructor who would like to be described as an aerialist, often pretends to be a dancer, and regularly forgets that I am not (yet) a contortionist. Even though I have been a pole instructor for two years, I will always consider myself a student. I continue to look forward to everything the wonderful men and women of the pole community can teach me. Outside of pole, I am a recent graduate of the University of Florida. I received my degree in Art History, with minors in Classics, History, Teaching, and Medieval Studies.

Jane Allen - Plantation

 

Samantha started pole dancing two and half years ago under the instruction of Sarah Jade. She was  gymnast for the majority of her life and found pole while trying to find a comparable workout as she got older.  She immediately fell in love with the sport and has stuck with it ever since.  She is currently teaching at Buttercup Pole Dance and couldn't be happier to have found such a loving family of women.  She is honored to return to the FPFC this year and compete in the professional division. 

Samantha Lawrence - Tampa

Jerlyn Scott - Jensen Beach

Jerlyn has been Pole dancing for the past four years and open Sinsational Pole Dance Studio up in March 2010. Pole has been amazing direction in her life. She is a strong woman, and a confident leader because a PoleFitness. Jerlyn was in the 1st Florida Pole Fitness  Championships and the Florida Pole & Arial showcase in October 2012. She is also certified by XPert  training, powered by Crunch and X-Pole. She loves sharing this passion with the world. 

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Rosa Rodriguez - Miami

Rosa, born in Panama and raised in Miami. She is an energetic, restless and ambitious girl who truly loves the art of pole. Pole fitness has made a huge impact on her life and has helped her become more disciplined in every aspect of her life. It has also helped diminish any negative energy around her. Rosa is a self taught pole dancer and trains in contortions and has tremendous support from her family and friends. She has been pursuing her career in circus and pole performance for the past 2 years. She has put a lot of sweat, time and passion into making herself the best pole artist that she can possibly be.






Sarah Claussen - Tampa

Sarah is the owner of Buttercup Pole Dance. She is a lifetime resident of Florida with a BA in Sociology from the University of South Florida. Pole dancing became a passion of hers 5 years ago and has grown into a career.

She is a certified AFAA fitness instructor and was a competitor in the 2011 USPDF nationals competition in New York City and Winner of the title of "Most Athletic" in the 2012 Florida Pole Fitness Championship professional division.  Sarah was recently granted PRO status after winning 2nd overall at the 2012 USPDF amateur nationals! Her love for this sport grows everyday and she hopes to show other women the amazing mind/body benefits of pole dancing!

Nicole is a fifth generation aerial artist, from Sarasota FL. She has traveled all around the world performing, sharing her life passion and following her dream as a aerial artist . Nicole is the 2012 Florida Pole Fitness Championship Amateur Champion.

Nicole Landkas - Bradenton

Katie took her first pole class in April 2011 and was immediately addicted. Since then, she has taken every chance to improve her skills, including competiting in the Amateur Division in the first annual Florda Pole Fitnes Championship and performing at various venues. She loves the life changes that pole has facilitated and is proud to be a part of the 2nd annual FPFC.

Katie Cooper - Jacksonville

Melissa Schrader grew up in the midwest and began her pole journey in Chicago two and a half years ago.  She is honored to hold the title of The Great Midwest Pole Dance Elite Champion of 2012.  She has since moved to Florida where she began training and instructing at Pole Dance Fitness of SWFL in Bonita Springs. Melissa fell in love with how challenging and expressive pole dancing can be, and she is inspired daily by an amazing community that shares that same love. 

Melissa Schrader - Bonita Springs

Amanda is the owner and lead instructor of Siren Fitness. She began dancing early in life training in ballet and contemporary dance with the Northwest Florida Ballet, Virginia School of the Arts, and Florida State University.  In 2008 she discovered pole and immediately fell in love with the combination of dance and aerial gymnastics. She began teaching herself at home and eventually opened a studio in order to share her love of this art form with others. 

Amanda Whittington  -

Panama City Beach

Lesley Schooley, better known to her students as Reina, has trained in various forms of dance since a very young age like Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern, and more.  In late 2011, she attended a class at Pole Dance Miami just for fun and didn’t expect it to be so challenging.  She continued to attend class to learn as much as possible and decided to compete for the 1st time in 2012 where she won Most Artistic in the Amateur Division of the Florida Pole Fitness Championship.  Her win landed her a permanent instructor position at her studio and, currently, she is the Studio Manager there as well.  She’s looking forward to see where pole may take her next!

Lesley Schooley - Miami

Cali DeArmas began pole dancing in May of 2011. Having been a competitive gymnast for 10 years as a child, she was instantly drawn to athletic side of pole. Cali was accepted to compete in the Florida Pole Fitness Championship in 2012 and won "Most Athletic" in the   Amateur Division,  two months shy of her one year "pole anniversary". She then went on to compete in the American Pole Fitness Championship in NYC as a "Masters Division Finalist". 

Cali trains and teaches at Vixen Fitness in Orlando, FL. She has been married 5 years to a soldier in the US Army, who is currently deployed to Afghanistan and they have a 3 year old son.

Cali DeArmas - Orlando