Sign Up for the 15th Annual Mynx Extravaganza!
The Extravaganza holds a very special place in my heart. It started as a one night showcase in a small venue featuring my students and a few strip club dancer friends of mine. It has since grown into a glorious 3 show festival featuring my students, our extended Pole Family (that's you! ) and phenomenal headliners. I am blown away and so proud of what it has become and what it represents! From the beginning it has served not only as a student showcase but also as a benefit to the Sexual Assault Victim's Care Unit, a non profit organization that provides free emergency and long term counseling for victims and survivors of sexual assault, rape, and incest. Thank you for helping us continue that tradition! Please note that since this is a benefit, if you are selected you will not be paid for your performance.
However, we do our best to set out of town performers up with housing with a local student or friend of Mynx Academy as well as provide local transportation whenever possible. As this is first and foremost a student showcase, priority will go to current Mynx Academy students and other spaces will be filled by our guests. I sincerely wish we could accept every single one of you- students or not- but unfortunately there are only so many available slots. It's important that you understand Performers will NOT be chosen based on skill level or experience, but rather on passion, creativity, commitment, entertainment quality, execution, and variety.
Beyond being a student showcase and benefit for a wonderful organization, the mission of the Extravaganza is to celebrate and showcase the diversity within the pole community in every way. Performers of all skill levels, genders and gender/non-gender expressions, ethnicities, body types, styles, physical abilities, and adult ages will be considered. I do not make the selections alone. A panel of Mynx Academy instructors and I will be reviewing applications. I assure you, we represent a wide variety of opinions and perspectives and each have a unique love for the art form. These are all people who are dear and near to me and they are all trustworthy. All sensitive material will be handled with care, compassion, and discretion. When deciding on your concept and theme the very most important thing you can do is be true to yourself ! Do NOT do what you think you SHOULD do, but rather that thing you really WANT to do. Perhaps the thing that just won't work for any other show. Maybe you think it's too weird. Or too naked. Or not naked enough. Maybe it's the thing you want to do but are afraid of stepping out of your comfort zone or away from the style you are known for or expected to do. The thing you are excited about but maybe never thought you'd have the chance to bring to stage. This is the time to DO THAT. Be creative and make a statement. Share a story. Sexy styles, Strip tease, Comedy, Dramatic, Sporty, Contemporary, Horror, Nerdlesque, Country, Power Pole, Low Flow, and the un-labelable are ALL encouraged.
Stripping is absolutely allowed and the only costume rule is that nipples and genitalia must be covered regardless of sex. Artistic content and music may be adult themed and lyrics may be sexually explicit. However, we will not accept anything deemed racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist ,or overtly misogynistic or appropriative .
IMPORTANT DETAILS & DEADLINES:
The shows will be held at the historical Casa Loma Ballroom in St. Louis, MO. on September 30th and October 1st, 2022.
This is a gorgeous venue with lots of space and a huge stage. There is lots of space for performing, warming up and changing.
Please note when planning your piece- You will have one 12', 45mm Lupit pole with spin or static option center stage on rigging with lots of space all around and a hard wood floor.
Videos need to be minimum of 2:00 minutes and maximum of 3:30 minutes in length of one run. Videos can be choreographed, partially choreographed, or even freestyled to the song you plan to perform to in order to give our panel the best idea of how you want to present your piece the day of. You don’t have to be in costume but something close always helps us imagine YOUR vision!
PLEASE TRY AND KEEP VIDEOS HORIZONTAL WITH ALL LIMBS AND BODY PARTS IN FRAME. Do not submit videos with distractions and other students in the background that are not in your piece. Again, do not submit cut or edited videos. Videos must be one continuous run.
Applications are due SATURDAY, June 25th by 11:59pm. You will hear back from us EITHER WAY on or before Sunday, JULY 17th.