Full Circle Brooklyn

Emily is the founder and owner of Full Circle. She's been teaching movement for more than half her life and pole dancing since 2012. As a teacher she loves teaching mindful and challenging movement and helping students realize their potential. In her spare time you can find her hanging with her pup and watching True Facts nature videos on YouTube.

Aggie is a pole dance instructor, mover, groover, and self-proclaimed mischief-doer. She is an avid lover of all things movement weathered tethered to the ground or aerial. Come bother her if you're interested in static rotations, exploring and playing, and most importantly: frog memes.

Allison Schieler, a proud native New Yorker, has been working as a professional circus artist for the last 10 years. A contortionist, aerialist, and dancer, Allison tours both nationally and internationally, and is a prominent performer in NYC. Allison is excited to coach at Full Circle Studio and share her love of contortion and handstands with you all. Let's get bendy!

Anaika aka “Nikey” is a dental hygienist who fell in love with aerial and floor movement 8 years ago. If there is one thing Nikey enjoys is teaching a room full of beautiful people and shouting “Yaaaaaasss”. She is super honored to be a teacher at Full Circle! Come slink and strengthen that body.

Anna is a bodymind movement facilitator and professional dancer. She has over 25+ years of experience as a professional dancer, pole dancer, movement practitioner, performer, teacher/instructor, artistic coach, choreographer, and artist -on and off the pole. When she's not dancing you can find her writing, daydreaming in the park, or hanging out with her two cats. 

Originally from Puerto Rico, Armando has been dancing professionally for more than 15 years. After receiving his Bachelor degree and dance education from the University of Puerto Rico, he left the country in 2007 to perform, choreograph and teach internationally. He started his aerial career doing silks back in 2012 when he was trained by Cuban circus artists and has been teaching Pole Dance since 2014. Based in New York City, Armando has performed for different venues and shows including Stage 48, Schtick a Pole in it, House of Yes, The Triad Theater, Hard Rock Cafe, Secret Loft and The Slipper Room amongst others. Armando was also trained as a personal trainer with Equinox and certified with NCSF amongst other fitness certifications.

Blaine Petrovia Is an NYC based performer and instructor. Known for his devilishly sensual and dynamic tricks, Blaine has acquired numerous Pole competition titles such as PSO’s National Champion, IPN’s North American Champion, USPSF’s Pole Art America Champion and is also a Pole Expo Pole Classic Champion! Blaine is a creative an energetic instructor.

Brigitte is a pole dance instructor from NYC. With her vast knowledge as a dancer (both grounded and aerial) she sees movement as the ultimate form of therapy and self expression. Brigitte’s biggest goal for her students is for them to fall in love with the journey, which in turn will have them to gain the skills and confidence to find their authentic voices as movers. Brigitte is beyond honored and excited to be a part of the Full Circle team! 

Jessi is a rump shaker, art maker, nap taker, and native New Yorker. She has performed and taught dance across four continents. Her classes aim to lead students on a joyous frolic along their growing edge of creativity and athleticism. 

Emily is a pole artist, movement trickster, and liminal being. They began dancing as a stripper and their love for pole expanded into a holistic movement practice. They have been teaching pole for 2 years. They believe in movement as a transcendent language; between individuals, between one's own consciousness and subconscious, between the self and the universe. Through teaching pole shapes and transitions Emily aims to give their students the movement vocabulary to explore their world deeper.

Jacqui is a pole and flexibility instructor from San Francisco. Her training background is intermixed with pole, contortion foundations, and performance art (not theatre, but the weird stressful kind). She loves opportunities for chaos in movement, art, and self-expression, which has driven her to educate and motivate her students to find freedom in their pole and performative practice. Alongside teaching, she loves competition and performance art opportunities to present the darker, scarier, more eccentric version of her character. Aside from that, she loves reading, writing, watching film and music videos, and creating anything she can. 

Kitty is a certified ElevatED Pole Fitness and Liquid Motion instructor who first began pole dancing in 2011, when she was looking for an expressive outlet from her elementary school teaching job. In addition to pole, she is certified in teaching barre and yoga. Her favorite thing about teaching fitness - especially pole - is helping others to feel the same self-love and empowerment that she feels when she dances. She is a positive spirit who brings nurturing and supportive energy to every class she teaches!

Marianne fell in love with pole dancing in 2016 and began teaching in 2021. Inspired by the many incredible instructors who have helped shape her own journey, she strives to create a safe and supportive environment for students to learn proper technique, discover their own unique movement quality, and share in the joy of pole dancing. When she’s not teaching, learning, or jamming at the studio, you might find her performing on stage, obsessing over her dog-ter Parsley, interpreting a tarot spread, or talking to her plants. 

With extensive experience in pole, gymnastics, yoga, and hand balancing, Samantha Star is both a dynamic performer and informative instructor. She believes perfecting the fundamentals is the best way to gain strength and coordination to achieve a higher level of fitness and grace. Her methods help her students achieve confidence, strength and power. Samantha teaches in NYC & Brooklyn and also travels the world to perform, compete, judge,  and teach workshops.

Sonali took her first pole class in 2017 and has been dancing and performing ever since. A lover of all things aerial, few things make her as happy as spinning upside-down 10 ft in the air. In 2021, she became a Climb & Spin certified pole instructor and is excited to explore this new chapter with Full Circle. When she's not pole dancing, she can be found reading in a park, drinking on a roof, or seeing live music somewhere. Come talk to her about trashy TV, pop punk, and WWE. She has a lot of opinions and will ask to pet your dog. 

Stella is very passionate about sharing her love of pole dance. She teaches people to move with hot bitch intentions – sensuality, awareness and confidence! She has been pole dancing since 2007, teaching since 2011, and in 2019, became a stripper.

With every lesson, she provides a technical foundation and space for exploration and self discovery. She also emphasizes body care via balanced training. Stella strives to provide a safe space for people to express all the parts of themselves, including their sexual side -- she stands for sexual empowerment!

Tresa has been a pole dancer, aerialist, and all around studio rat for the last 6 years. When she’s not at her desk job in insurance, she’s jumping at every opportunity she can get to support the pole community, to co-teach with her Pole Mom, Roz the Diva @rozthediva , and to shadow her physical therapist. She completed ElevatEd pole instructor training in 2018 in Hawaii, and is so excited for this opportunity to share her love for pole and to invite others into this uplifting community. 

Toni  Walker formerly known as Spinflows on instagram is a Pole and Dance instructor from California, USA. Toni Walker has taught at studios in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and internationally. They spent the last year teaching pole in another language in Bologna, Italy. While abroad, Toni traveled to Berlin, Germany and Turin, Italy to teach her signature low flow workshops. They have been practicing freestyle movement methods for 11 years and began pole dancing about 4 years ago. Toni finds freedom in pushing boundaries and diving deep into exploration whether it is in heels, socks, bare feet or aerial tricks. They are constantly looking to challenge their perspective on movement regardless of the medium or style.

Yeireline is a pole dance and flexibility instructor in NYC with a passion for strengthening the mind, body, and soul connection through movement. Yeireline is ready to make the dance community a bit bigger! Known as her students personal hype woman, Yeireline knows no larger joy than seeing someone find their inner voice via dance and movement.

Zoë has been teaching pole and movement for almost 10 years. Additionally, she is a certified Yoga instructor and NASM Certified personal trainer. She spent many years participating in pole competitions, but now gets much more enjoyment out of teaching others. Zoë’s teaching philosophy is to help others grow through strong foundational technique, while encouraging her students to develop their own style. Zoë is thrilled to be an instructor at Full Circle, and to be a part of a Brooklyn community, where she is a resident.

Alex, an NYC native, started his pole journey in early 2016. Since then, Alex has graduated from the Body&Pole workstudy program, performed all over NYC, has become both Elevat-ED and Liquid Motion certified, and has taught at multiple pole studios throughout NY. 

As a pole dance instructor, Alex’s mission is to help individuals discover capabilities they never thought possible, and to have fun while doing so

Rachelle is a Melt Method instructor that comes from a dance, martial arts, and aerialist background. She first learned about the benefits of Melt while training as an aerialist in NYC. After suffering from several injuries leading to chronic pain, Melt helped her regain movement and has kept her pain free so she could continue to pursue her passion as an aerialist. 

Her passion for Melt Method and her gratitude she experienced, inspired her to continue her education and help bring the healing benefits of Melt to as many people as possible.