Meet the Team
Get to know our team of pole and aerial instructors who are passionate, approachable, and highly knowledgeable in all aspects of the pole world.
Marika
Marika, with 7 years of pole experience including competing in Exotic Generation and Miss Pole Dance, brings her passion for the darker, sensual side of dance to our studio.
Marika loves to encourage everyone to explore their own sensuality & unique style through pole to bring out your most confident, sensual self.
Steph
Steph teaches Exotic Pole and Floorwork. In this class you can expect a mix of styles such as Russian Flow, Hardstyle and Floorwork…. But don’t worry she will make sure the choreo works for you no matter your level of pole experience. This class will leave you feeling sexy and sweaty!
Steph has attended international workshops with Daria Che, Mischka, Kitty Jane, Daphne Lux, Dirdy Birdy and many more, which she incorporates into her classes.
Gab
After spending over a year contemplating and putting off signing up for pole classes, I finally attended my first class—and immediately fell in love with how it made me feel, both physically and mentally. A year into my journey, I moved to Aerial Anarchy with a passion for teaching. After shadowing the incredible instructors here, I’m confident in my ability to help others cultivate positive body image experiences. By guiding them through developing physical skills, I aim to promote body acceptance, self-confidence, and personal growth—just as pole dancing has done for me.
Gab currently teaches beginner pole.
Mia
Mia is an ex gymnast with many medals under her belt, she’s also been a cheerleader & she has incredible skills on the pole! Specializing in exotic, higher level pole, handstands and inversions… she loves sharing her knowledge with students.
Rach
I started my pole dance journey in 2020, and I absolutely love the way pole makes me feel. The combination of dance and confidence that pole dance fosters is incredibly empowering. I take great joy in teaching others and guiding them to experience the same thrill and confidence that I’ve gained through Pole Dance.
My dance style blends hardstyle with sensual elements, and my signature move is the air twerk.
My favourite pole artists are Addison Brianna, and Dani O, whose styles and techniques continue to inspire me.
Sally
Sally has been training, performing and instructing since 2003. She currently owns and instructs at Aerial Anarchy.
Some of Sally's credits include:
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Melbourne Sexpo National Pole Competition 2nd place
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1st runner up VPC doubles division 2013
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Sally was also seen Pole Dancing on Channel Nine's 'House Husbands' in 2012.
Lauren
Meet Lauren – an engineer by day, pole dance enthusiast by night! With over four years of experience in pole, she’s developed a passion for boppy exotics and strength-based tricks. In the past two years of competing, she’s earned titles such as MxPole Amateur Best Floorwork and Pole Expressions Intermediate Classic Winner, always bringing bold characters to life, from Jinx (Arcane) to The Little Mermaid – and even a horny zookeeper. When she’s not on the pole, you’ll find her lifting at the gym, scrolling TikTok, or getting lost in a spicy novel.
Bec
Bec is a passionate pole dancer who is thrilled to share her knowledge and expertise with the students at Aerial Anarchy.
Since embarking on her pole dancing journey in 2018, she has been inspired by fellow pole dancers and cherishes the friendships she has cultivated within the pole dancing community. Bec's favorite areas of focus include dynamic basework tricks, flexi pole tricks, and flow style exotic pole dancing.
Lena
Lena started aerials way back in 2013, as she wanted to step away from ballet. Her fave apparatus of choice is silks, as she has done it for the longest, and thinks it hurts the least, though she has also trained on the Lyra, infinity Lyra, aerial hammock, trapeze and chains.
“I love strength based tricks and sequences as I feel like they really show that you don’t need to be flexible to do aerials. One of my favourite parts of aerials however is creating routines”!
Aleisha
Aleisha loves the idea of using the skills and confidence shes gained through pole over the last few years to help guide and support others in their journey.
“If I can give back even an ounce of the love and support I’ve received from my instructors and pole family, that’s all I could ever want as an instructor”.
Aleishas favourite trick is any trick where she can show off her back flexibility, but everyone who knows her knows she’s a sucker for a ballerina 🩰
Her favourite pole dancer is Vanessa Starla! Aleisha says her ability to make flexibility sexy is breathtaking.
Aleisha has been doing pole for 4 years.
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Indi
I’m Indi, I’m 25, a Taurus and one of the loudest hype girls you’ll ever meet! I love to teach a variety of different styles of dance - from slow sexy floorplay, to a booty routine in sneakers. My classes typically don’t involve a pole and are mainly for wearing normal heels (no pleasers unless it’s a specified pleaser routine!) but you can opt for sneakers or no heels at all - whatever your vibe is.
Indi offers a heels commercial style class currently.
Mikaela
I started silks 3 years ago. I loved watching the silks performance when I went to the circus.
I picked up pole 2 years ago because wanted to be able to pull the tricks and try another apparatus. Teaching silks is a new learning experience and I want to share the feeling you get when you smash out a new trick. My favourite tricks are currently jade split and scorpion on silks. my idol would be a mix of everyone I have worked with over the years. Their passion and drive to be better inspires me as I watch and see everyone put their whole heart into their pole journey. I believe everyone is a bit of an idol as we all have our own strengths and support each other to be better everytime we come to the studio
Paige
Paige has been doing pole since 2021, and fell in love with it immediately. Within one week, she was attending every dance and trick class possible. She loves performing, especially when it comes to sensual dance. She has competed in two competitions so far (Pole Expression Crews 2023 and Solo Expressions 2024) and plans to do many more! She loves performing, and takes every chance possible to get up on stage. Paige won the Sponsors Choice award at Solo Expressions Pole competition in 2024.
Paige had a long road of slowly building up her strength, as she had no background in dance or any athletics before she joined pole. She has been determined and stubborn throughout her journey, always pushing herself to improve. She loves supporting students and helping them through the mental and physical challenges that come with the sport, and is there to hype you up with even the smallest achievements!
Recently, she has discovered a love of pole strap. For the past few months she has been training tirelessly to find new and exciting tricks to perform with the strap, and she is so happy to have the chance to pass her knowledge on. She especially loves that the strap is a good way to work around strength, mobility, and grip limitations, while still improving your strength and flexibility.
Chloe
My aerial journey started way back in 2018, when I took my first silks class and I immediately fell in love!
I trained on and off for so many years until, 3 years ago when I decided to start coaching and take my aerial journey more serious.
Aerial and Pole is my happy place and absolutely love dancing in the air!
My favourite apparatus would definitely be silks/tissue! I love every aspect of it, the strength, the flexibility and the drops. I’ve trained in hammock, silks, Lyra, straps, cord and pole!
My pole journey started to become more consistent In 2024 when I found aerial anarchy! I love how strong and empowered it makes me feel and i’m so excited to share this experience with other women. Fun fact I did my first pole performance when I was 8! My mum, who is my biggest inspiration in not only life but in the aerial world, owned a pole studio for many years when I was little. My favourite thing about coaching would be seeing the excitement on my students faces when they achieve a new skill.