
There I met co-owner Martina Thornhill who of course was lovely and I was welcome to attend the session. Ecdysiast studio opened in 2008 and is based in SE Portland, OR. Upon arrival in the US, I gave myself approximately a day to settle in before heading to one of Ecdysiast’s Saturday drop in practice classes. The tour included: Kennewick, WA Spokane, WA Seattle, WA Federal Way, WA Tacoma, WA Olympia, WA. There were a few pole studios that I regret I couldn’t go to South of Seattle and also West of Seattle as time was limited. I hope that as a result, more USA pole schools will join and back the PDC as well as visit us here!Īll of the studios that I visited in the US as both a teacher and a student were very welcoming – I would say with open arms, but in the US a handshake is the norm well it is here too, but as you know us polers are a bit ‘lovie’ and we like to hug and kiss. The Pole Dance Community (PDC) also asked me to be an ambassador in order to forge strong links in the community between the USA and the UK. While I was based in Portland, OR, I did however manage to spend plenty of time as a pole student, which I absolutely loved (I’ll talk about that more later on). Of course it was why would it be any other kind of visit from the director of The Flying Studio? I dearly wish I’d been able to spend more time at each studio on my road trip. In 3 weeks, I had to really pack it in each visit was a flying one. So, while visiting my family in Portland, OR, I arranged visits to as many pole studios as I could fit in during my 3 weeks in the Pacific North West of the USA. You may or may not know that I am half American.
