As a local SLO County girl, Denielle moved to Las Vegas in Feb­ru­ary of 2006 and began her Pole Danc­ing Career in Octo­ber 2008. Pole Danc­ing started as a fun thing for her to do one week­end when her sis­ter was in town vis­it­ing. She loved it! Although she wanted to go back for another class, she was ner­vous about join­ing a stu­dio and was intim­i­dated by the thought of shar­ing a class full of strip­pers and “Per­fect 10″ bod­ies. Instead, she walked into a stu­dio of real women. Every­one was warm and invit­ing and she knew it was for her. One class turned into two, two turned into a month and a month turned into years. The longer she was at the stu­dio the more she got to know every­one and it wasn’t long before other stu­dents started ask­ing her for help. After approach­ing the stu­dio owner with her inter­est in teach­ing, she was brought on as an instruc­tor and received her cer­ti­fi­ca­tion. Her cer­ti­fi­ca­tion was earned through Tracy Gray, founder of Ara­dia Fit­ness, in Pole Lev­els 1–10, striptease, stretch, pole flow level 1 and sen­sual movement. Since 2010, Denielle has been teach­ing at Ara­dia Fit­ness, based out of the Hard Rock Hotel Reli­quary Spa stu­dio in Las Vegas. Being a part of the stu­dio allowed her the oppor­tu­nity to Pole Dance as a Go-Go dancer which allowed her to per­form every­thing she had learned with her clothes ON. She’s been invited to dance at sev­eral local hotspots around Las Vegas. Although she enjoys the thrill of per­form­ing, her true love is in teach­ing oth­ers. Denielle shares, “It’s so amaz­ing to see a stu­dent learn that trick that they’ve been work­ing on so hard or see a once shy woman cir­cle her hips like a pro.” Today, Denielle con­tin­ues to advance her craft through pri­vate lessons with her “Pole Mom” Trixie. “There’s always some­thing to learn in pole danc­ing. A harder trick, a new spin, etc. That’s what I love about this sport– you can always out-do your­self. The per­sonal accom­plish­ments keep you com­ing back for more.” Since day one, Denielle rec­og­nized what a bless­ing it is to have instruc­tors that are sup­port­ive and encour­ag­ing. As an instruc­tor, she looks for­ward to shar­ing her love and pas­sion for the sport with others.

1. What is your life motto?

1 or 2 (reps) today is 3 or 4 tomorrow

2. If someone would create a movie of your life which actor would play you?

Jessica Simpson

3. If you could pick a theme song for your life, what would it be?

Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

4. What made you become an instructor/teacher?

There is nothing more gratifying than seeing a student master a move they have worked hard at.