Meet Our Instructors!
ATTN: We are currently open with a full schedule of classes for members only. However, Beginner drop in classes are on hiatus indefinitely. We are hoping to offer new Beginner member's classes in February or March. Please sign up here to be notified when we open new classes or reinstate beginner drop in classes:
If you already have pole dance experience and would like to join an existing class, we do have limited availability and would love to have you. Please email Michelle directly at michellemynx@gmail.com to discuss your best options.
We are also offering our 1 hour private parties for up to 7 guests for $150 at this time. If you would like to book a private party you can do so here: (Party page link)
For more info on our current guidelines please see here: Home
Bailey Elizabeth has been pole dancing since fall of 2015. It didn’t take long for her to fall in love with pole dancing before she was locked into it’s sexy gaze.
She has competed and performed across the US since 2016 with over 7 titles awarded. Her fondness for exotic styles has influenced the way she dances including lots of heel clacks, hair tosses, drop splits and fast acrobatic movement. She loves challenging herself by constantly freestyling, and encouraging others to do so to find their own style and unique flow.
When she isn’t pole dancing, she reverts to her self-proclaimed nerdy self, fantasizing about her next adventure or obsessively discussing Harry Potter fan theories across the internet.
Karen began actively practicing yoga in 2007, took her first YogaFit® instructor training in 2008 and has been adding group fitness trainings & teaching her custom classes ever since. Whether leading a class or taking one, she loves to see people feel healthier, stronger and just generally better about themselves. When she's not on a yoga mat or a pole, you can catch her with her energetic pitbull Potatoes, or on stage with her fellow St. Louis Lady Arm Wrestlers. Karen is eager to share her style of yoga, her love of movement (including twerk) & her passion for exercise with her classes.
Photo by Allan Crain
Steele Starling has introduced women and men to pole dance at the Michelle Mynx Academy of Pole Dance since 2011 and done pole since 2008. Steele loves to meld pole with burlesque and story telling and he won the polesque division of the 2013 Gateway competition. He loves to help people problem solve ways to improve their pole. He loves collaboration and duo work in his performance. His favorite shows included the Hubba Hubba Revue and Red Hots Burlesque in San Francisco as a featured performer, the Americana, the Windy City, Fierce Queer and the Show Me Burlesque Festivals, including as part of the Beggar's Carnival. This year, he was able to start performing with St. Louis's Ether and Moss Circus.
Horchata Dentata
Regina
After spending years bored gym and teaching aerobics, she wanted to try something new, adventurous and fun as well as something that would allow her to explore her sexy side. She came to pole dancing in 2009 and became captivated by the sultry sexing style of dance lead by Michelle Mynx. Regina is a wife, mother of 6 and grandmother of 4 who loves showing that you can be both strong and sexy no matter your age or walk of life. With the love of pole dance in her heart she spreads the joy by instructing pole parties. Regina has performed in the Michelle Mynx Acrobatic Pole Dance Extravaganza years 2009 - 2016 and in 2014 she performed in the Show Me Burlesque Festival as well as in 2015 being a finalist in the North American Pole Dance Competition in the Masters Division. She also placed 2nd in the Gateway Pole Dance Competition 2013 in the Polesque Division.
Michelle Mynx
Frankie Jay
Kirstie Ellerbe