Our Studio
PoleJunkies is located just off the beaten track at 2629-17 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada...2 blocks off Crowchild Trail on 17thSW.
Our New 1025 sq ft studio boasts a warm inviting atmosphere, and ensures each student receives their OWN pole for the ENTIRE class.
With combined instructor experience exceeding 25 years, our staff has added fitness and movement mechanics to the instruction of pole!! Now you can learn from qualified trained professionals that understand how to instruct proper, safe, beautiful pole dance classes.
Our Mission
WE are dedicated to providing a professional, safe, friendly, and supportive environment for men and women to learn the art and fitness side of pole dance.
WE are dedicated to helping you get fit and have fun.
WE are dedicated to help your body stay healthy and injury free.
WE are dedicated to enhance the lives of all students who walk through our door.
For Fitness and For Fun.....WE are PoleJunkies.
Our Instructors
| Alena Downs | , the owner and lead instructor of PoleJunkies. Being termed as the "Original PoleJunkie", Alena has taken her love and passion for the pole from the stage, and created PoleJunkies to share with others worldwide. Known as one of Canada's Top Feature Performers for over a decade, Alena is renowned for her dance style, routine ability and pole dance skills. She helps to put a personal twist on Pole Dancing. She focuses on safety, body mechanics and graceful movement, and by applying personal style and creativity to safely practiced pole techniques...PoleJunkies was born. At the age of 35, Alena decided to retire from the main stage, but was not willing to give up her pole! Turning her years of experience of stage performance of pole and floor routines into step by step instruction...adding fitness and safety factors, Alena is able to pass this wonderful information onto her students, so they may all learn the art...safely, at their own pace. With a home base in Calgary, Alena has advanced her instruction to include Fitness and Fun for men and women of all ages...from basic swings to aerial artistry. Whether in the studio, or online in the comforts of your own home, Alena will make you feel comfortable again in your own skin! She personally designs classes to accommodate the needs and requirements of her students. A warm hearted mother of 2, Alena enjoys teaching people from all walks of life. Her ultimate goal is to see the art of pole dance attain the level of attention and respect it deserves. |
| Sheryl Walsh | , one of our level 1 instructors, greets her students with the warmth, and ease that is required with new, eager...yet nervous, students. With AFLCA Certification, resistance training, and 10 years experience as a Personal Trainer, Sheryl utilizes her health and wellness knowledge to enhance the instruction of pole. She was previously a cheer-leading coach, and was also an ABBA Figure Competitor in 2008. Beginning her quest with the pole in 2007, Sheryl started with personal home parties, and became PoleJunkies first student after buying her pole from Alena. Sheryl has been training for almost 3 years, and has blossomed into one of the most caring, detailed instructors with PoleJunkies. With her 2 boys occupying the majority of her time, she revels in her "girl time" at classes. Her mission...to ensure all students enjoy the art of pole dance...safely. |
| Monika Deviat | , our level 2 instructor, more lovingly known to us as the "First Heavy Metal Pole Dancer", has always taken...and been able to give, a very unique view of pole dancing. She encourages everyone to be individual and bring their own style into the classes, which truly makes a great class. With AFLCA Certification, resistance training, and BS.c in Physics, her knowledge assists in breaking down exactly what it is we are trying to teach the body. Her student's safety is always at the forefront of her mind, and she ensures each student gets that personal instruction they need to flourish. Monika first started pole dancing in early 2008, but unfortunately the studio she was attending was not able to provide her with the level of instruction that she expected. She found PoleJunkies in September 2008, and has never looked back! |
| Karen Branford | , another one of our level 1 instructors, has an incredible knack of making the girls truly feel part of pole. With AFLCA Certification, choreography, and training in Strippercise and Burlesquercise, Karen shows an incredibly creative side in class. She personally dabbles in Yoga to help increase her balance for the pole. Karen began with PoleJunkies 2 years ago, after receiving injuries from unsafe instruction in another studio. The need for safe instruction has driven her to become a qualified pole instructor who strives to ensure her personal situation is never repeated by others. A single mom, and a full time event coordinator, Karen's ability to encompass the classes with fun is very evident! |
