Our Instructors at Work It Dance and Fitness, Norwalk CT

OUR INSTRUCTORS

Our instructors continually train with some of the best dancers and athletes from Russia, Brazil, France, Australia, Italy, Canada, Japan, UK, Turkey, and other countries all over the world to ensure you are getting the best, most updated techniques in the performing arts. Our instructors are not just studio teachers. They continue to perform all over the world for artist such as Missy Elliott, Chris Brown, Mariah Carey, and have appeared in music videos and on TV shows such as America’s Got Talent.

Michelle

Michelle studied ballet, tap, jazz, cabaret, hip-hop, cheer-dance, bellydancing, and pole dancing. Michelle has performed for 10 professional sports teams including the New England Patriots. Michelle is X-Pert certified and placed

1st and 3rd at the Pole Sport Competiton

in Boston and CT.

MICHELLE

Co-owner
Tone and Tighten
Pole Dancing/ Fitness
Burlesque
Bellydance

TONY

Tony received his X-Pert Pole Instructor certification in 2011 after catching the “pole bug” from his wife. With no formal dance training, Tony was able to quickly develop the technique and strength to run his own Pole Fitness class.

TONY

Co-owner
Pole Fitness

TAVA

Tava is a performer, teacher, book author & advocate who travels throughout the East Coast to teach workshops. She loves sharing this dance with her community and at people’s happiest occasions. Tava continues to study authentic styles of Arabic dance including Turkish, Lebanese, North African,

Greek and Egyptian

influences.

TAVA

Bellydance

Tanya

NYC native, mother to two teenagers, former school administrator and teacher. Studied dance for 15 yrs, gymnastics for 6 yrs, and pole for 6 yrs. 3 time PSO competitor & placed 1st in levels 2 and 3. Certified elevatED pole instructor & ACE certified personal trainer.

TANYA

Pole Dancing
Pole Fitness
Power Hour

LUCY

Lavinia a.k.a. “Lucy” was born in Transylvania, Romania and is a licensed physiologist. She is a pole competitor, is certified ElevatED pole and flexibility instructor, as well as Liquid Motion 1.0 and 2.0 certified. Lucy is dedicated to challenge each student to push their own limits and

become stronger physically and mentally.

LUCY

Liquid Motion
Pole Dancing
Flexibility

LARISA

Larisa was born and raised in Russia, where she studies rhythmic gymnastics, dance, and was an award winning pole fitness athlete. Larisa owned her own pole fitness studio in Russia before moving to Connecticut and joining the Work It

Dance and Fitness staff.