Oakland Pole + Dance

"I had such a blast in Georgina’s beginner class. I didn’t know anyone and am really not a dancer. I exercise a lot but don’t have that much control over the small kinds of movements that make a dancing sequence look seamless. Georgina’s beginner class was chock full of amazingly specific verbal cues about how to tilt your pelvis or which parts of your body to make touch the pole for a body roll to look fluid. These are the kind of small changes that someone without any experience dancing can’t catch themselves and for which an excellently attentive and clear instructor is required. And more importantly, she made for such a fun, collegial, and low key atmosphere that the space felt really warm and safe. She’s truly so encouraging and brings such vibrant and invigorating energy to the class that I felt pumped up to give everything a go. I was pretty nervous to give dancing a try but the space felt really rich with community."

"This is the place where my pole journey started last year! So many good things to say about this place and I don't know where to start-- the structure of the classes make it really easy to join regardless of what level you are/where you are in your pole journey. They create such a safe space for you be able to express yourself, and has helped me break out of awkward shell. The community is super supportive of each other and it's nice to see so many different faces/personalities show up to to these classes. Also, all the instructors are UHMAZING!! The instructors I've been working the most with are Angel, Summer and Karina (but honestly all the instructors are great, these are just the ones that had classes that worked best with my schedule). Angel does a great job at really focusing on technique and is my go to instructor when I want to work on improving tricks/foundational skills. Summer's heels classes have started to be my favorite Saturday afternoon activity and I always feel super comfortable in her classes-- I wish I tried her classes earlier! Karina is an instructor holds a special place in my heart-- she was the first instructor I took a class with and I've been coming back to regularly ever since. You can tell she genuinely cares a lot about her students and is always so open to helping out in any way she can (she helped me find my first pair of heels!). Overall, if you're on the fence about whether to try out pole, stop thinking and just sign up for a class!! You won't regret it!"

"I have been going to Oakland Pole and Dance for over a year now. The space is so inviting and I can see they make effort to enhance the studio weather that be new equipment, more poles, or adding more classes. They really take their students feedback and consistently asked for it. All of my amazing experiences with OPD have been due to the amazing instructors. Karina, Roz, Autumn, and Fifi have made my pole journey fun, challenging and rewarding. I can not speak highly enough of these instructors!!"

"One of the Beautiful studio. A lot of natural light. Clean, staff very friendly. Location right cross lake, very nice spot. The work out floor is padded, really smart design easy on knees. Met owner Amy she is very nice. Class size is small. Teacher is awesome - I took silk class with Sable, she is very knowledgeable give a lot great tips. I also took intro Lyra class Kissy is an awesome teacher I learned so many new tricks !❤️❤️ Comeback for sure!"