International Preliminary,  Male and doubles judges
Fawnia Dietrich ~ USA
Simona Nocco ~ Italy
Aimee Lawson ~ UK
Jamilla ~ Australia
Mara Latasa Saljo ~ South America
Valarie Parsi ~ Italy
Jenni Gooch - UK
Vanessa Costa - Brazil
Pippa Caesar - UK
Jenyne Butterfly - USA 



Finals  International Judges



Kay Penney – Head Judge                    ~ United Kingdom
Daniela Baumann                                ~  Switzerland
Alma Pirner                                        ~  Hungary
Reiko Suemune                                   ~  Japan
Fawnia Dietrich                                    ~ USA
Pippa Caesar Tricks Syntax Coordinator ~ United Kingdom
Jamilla Deville                                      ~ Australia
Jenyne Butterfly                                    ~ USA

Assuring all competitiors that during the preliminaries and Finals 2011
All the judges scores are analysed and independently checked by two members of the organisation and with any irregularities brought forward to the head judge whereby the judge will have to explain verbally their decision making at that time of judging.

Therefore any one judge cannot individually influence the outcome of a competitor.
It is important to the organisation that we work with people of integrity, honesty, ethical and passionate about the sport and dance
for the present day and future growth world wide.

Questions Regarding Judging Criteria
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One of the first pole dance for fitness instructors in the UK and world, who started practicing pole dance techniques in 2001 soon after the birth of her third child as a new fun way to remain in shape mentally and physically, innovating and pioneering the UK pole industry.  As a dance, health and beauty professional expert and fitness professional from a very early age Kay has made Pole now her sole dance and fitness passion.  
She is co-inventor of the Rpole www.r-polefitness.com , the first ever free standing, light weight, portable pole, with no stage, designed specifically for the gym environment and pole fitness  programmes and accredited instructor training she developed in 2008, awarding students the highest awards in the industry from foundational courses to Master trainer status.  Kay has spent the last 8 years continually creating, networking internationally and supporting all pole athletes across the world working with different cultures and ethics, with her simple mission and message in mind – that to allow all to showcase their art of dance and passion on a world stage without the fear of being wrongly judged.  She created he own pole business in 2003 Pole Passion Ltd www.polepassion.com and went on to create the largest and most respected pole competition in the UK Miss Pole Dance UK  www.misspoledance-uk.com , following on adding all categories, amateur and semi pro divisions, including the first Male championships Mr Pole Fitness UK, culminating in the creation of World Pole Sport & Fitness – World Pole Dance in 2009 in Jamaica.

She continues to have a daily and very active role in her business’ despite a busy family life, supporting cancer charities which is close to her heart with her mother and herself both being sufferers of the disease, also women and men in this chosen genre and is proud to have her burlesque instructor training certifications accredited in the UK for fitness too.

2001              -            Started Pole Dancing for fun and fitness
2003              -            Owner and founder of Pole Passion Ltd
2004              -           1. Miss Pole Idol Competitor  - Regional winner
2005              -           2. The Inaugural Miss Pole Dance UK Professional Finals - creator
                        -          3. World Pole Dance Finals  - Amsterdam – invited judge
2006              -           4-11.Miss Pole Dance UK Professional regional heats x 8 in Newquay
                                    12. Miss Pole Dance UK Professional finals – head judge
                                    Miss Pole Dance UK fitness category created and  introduced
                                    Author of the world's first published Code of Pole Practice
                                    Introduction & creator of Master Class workshops for instructors in the UK
                                    13. Local Amateur Pole competition – invited judge 
2007              -           14. Miss Pole Dance UK Professional – head judge
                                    Miss Pole Dance synchronised doubles category created and introduced
                                    Author of two accredited Pole Fitness Instructor training qualifications
2008              -           15. Miss Pole Dance UK Professional – head judge
                                    16. Miss Pole Dance UK Amateur championships created and introduced
                                    17. Miss Pole Dance Japan – invited judge
2009              -           The Rpole is born
                                    18. World Pole Sport & Fitness championships created and introduced – head judge
                                    Invited Honorary Board Member of the Pole Fitness Association
                                               Invited on Cirque du Soleil Pole Dance casting research team
                                    19. Miss Pole Dance Hungry – invited judge
                                    20. Miss Pole Dance Russia – invited judge
                                    21. German Pole Dance Competition – invited judge
                                    22. Miss Pole Dance UK Amateur – head judge
                                    23. Mr Pole Fitness UK championship Inaugural event created – head judge
                                    24. Miss Pole Dance UK professional knockout created
                                    25. Miss Pole Dance UK Professional – head judge
                                    26. Latinamerica Pole Dance championships – invited judge
2010  -                       27. Miss Pole Fitness Switzerland invited judge
                           28. Invited instructor to Dubai and programme development
                                    29. Invited judge Copenhagen
                                    30. Routine for The Nation - nominated facilitator for group session, full day, judging workshop - the first of its kind
                                    31. Invited judge Pole Dance France National championships
                                    32. Invited judge Miss Pole Dance Hungary
                                             Author of Published International Judging criteria available worldwide

Kay has been involved in the fitness industry for over 20 years, is a qualified fitness professional, burlesque instructor, presenter and performer and supports her team of qualified instructors and runs her own weekly pole fitness lessons www.polepassion.com ~ www.burlesque-passion.com ~ www.misspoledance-uk.com  and is a qualified beauty therapist and sports masseuse for 20 years. She is a member of the Fitness Industry Association and is co innovator of the Portable and Free standing 'R Pole', specifically designed for pole fitness in gyms. Her main ambitions now are to continue to support the most talented all the way through to those new to pole too. Her lifelong affiliation and love of all sports, dance forms & performing arts  and a caring attitude to support those who have a desire to be the best they can be, have brought her to this destiny.

Daniela Baumann  ~  Loft1  Pole fitness info@loft1.ch
Daniela Baumann Judge & co organiser of the 2010 World Pole Sport & Fitness Championships. Daniela  is founder and owner of the biggest Pole-Studios Company LOFT1 in Europe with more than 1100 members.
In only 3 years, 6 LOFT1 Polefitness Studios have been opened in Switzerland alone. The response to this trendy fitness work-out for the modern woman is overwhelming!
Fitness expert Daniela Baumann, owner and  Polefitness Presenter of the biggest Fitness Academy`s in Germany and Switzerland IFAA/SAFS developed this highly effective and fun Polefitness Concept.
Daniela Baumann organises the first Miss Polefitness Championship last May 2010 in Switzerland and for 2011 the first Miss Polefitness Germany Championship. More information: www.misspolefitness.ch

 The famous Swiss Fitness Queen has been working more than 15 years in the fitness industries for tv-shows. She currently sells her popular fitness dvd`s in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

LOFT1 Pole-Studios Europe offers; DVDs, training aids, championships and joint promotion.

 More information at: www.loft1.chor  www.pole-studios.com

MISS POLE DANCE WORLD CHAMPION 2005, Finalist World Pole Fitness & Sport 2009

REIKO SUEMUNE has been pole dancing for 13 years, and she also has 15 years of experience in jazz dance, hip hop dance. She had been teaching pole dancing for about two years when she won the championship at Miss Pole Dance World 2005 in Amsterdam. Nobody, including herself, expected her winning of the title of the first authentic world pole dancing competition, but her journey to spread this great dance/fitness surely started from that moment. Soon her feats attracted widespread media attention in Japan. Reiko established her own company Reiko International Ltd. and opened pole dancing studio, LUXURICA, in Tokyo, 2007 April. Reiko also competed at the World Pole Fitness and Sport competition held in Jamaica, 2009, and ended up fifth.

Her influence is enormous not only in pole dance industry but also in all kinds of Asian entertainment scene. She performs/choreographs for a lot of music festival like SUMMER SONIC and a bunch of business parties, motor shows, CMs, PVs, TV dramas. Sometimes she performs with/behind Japanese famous musicians. She has appeared in more than 40 magazines and about 18 major TV programs in Japan. In 2009, her interview was featured in SOURCE magazine. She also does modeling for fashion brands (Sword Fish, S.I.V. etc). You can see Reiko’s show every weekend in ageHa which is one of the biggest club in Asia and the most stylish one in Tokyo. Reiko leads a pole dance team called PINK FORCE which consists of two men and two female including Reiko, and their show is highly appreciated by Asian club people. Now she is a well-known artist in Japan. Her activity helps public to recognize Pole dancing an art form and healthy, great exercise. She is determined to keep performing herself and producing great shows for others, and will never give up on creating more opportunities for people who want to step into this attractive pole dancing world!

Fawnia Dietrich
I am interested in being considered for the position of international judge because I have 16 years experience as a pole dancer, pole dancing instructor and fitness & figure athlete. Also within this time I have produced eight instructional / informational DVDs on the topics of pole dancing, exotic dancing, and physical fitness (weight training and flexibility). The titles I produced are “Pole Work”, “Dance Moves & Floor Work”, “Fawnia Live in Stage”, Lap Dancing & Entertaining Your Man”, “Making Fitness Fun” (formally “Fitness for the Dancer” ), “Male Exotic Dancing”, “Advanced Pole Work & Fire”, and “Fawnia’s Flexibility Girls.”

Since first learning to pole dance in 1994 I have found that pole dancing is the ideal way for women to express and challenge themselves while entertaining others. I have a keen eye for star entertainers and talent and I have worked as a respected judge for the Vertical Pole Challenge (reality television show) and East Meets West Pole Events.

My competition history as a fitness competitor and exotic / pole dancing competitor is as follows:

2nd Place 2009 Fitness America – Figure Short
2nd Place 2009 Canadian Fitness and Figure Nationals - Figure Medium
3rd Place 2008 Canadian Fitness and Figure Nationals - Figure Medium
1st Place 2007 Canadian Fitness and Figure Nationals - Figure Medium
1st Place 2006 Best Legs Las Vegas, Rainbow Bar & Grill
5th Place 2006 Emerald Cup Figure 5’3”- 5’4”
1st Place 2005 BC Championships – Figure Short
2005 NPC Pittsburgh Amateur & Pro Show – up to 5’4”
3rd Place 2005 Emerald Cup Figure 5’3” - 5’4”
9th place 2004 Canadian Nationals – Figure Medium
5th place 2003 Sophie’s Swimwear Pageant
2nd place 2003 BC Championships Figure – Figure Short
1st place 1999 Muscle & Fitness Mania Women's Lightweight Bodybuilding
1st place Miss Nude Internet 1999
3rd Miss Hawaiian Topic - British Columbia, Canada 97and 99
1st Miss Nude B.C. 95/96 (Dancing)
1st Miss Nude Western Canada 95/96 (Dancing)
1st North American Exotic Dance Champion (Dancing)
1st Canada's Rookie of the Year 95/96 (Dancing)
1st Canada's Western Champion 95/96 (Dancing)
1st Canada's Edmonton Champion 95/96 (Dancing)
1st Miss Nude Amateur World 95/96 (Dancing)
4th place 1994 BC Championships Freestyle Wrestling

Fawnia Dietrich is the worlds first pole dancing instructor and producer of the first pole dancing DVD on how to pole dance. Fawnia has won numerioius exotic dancing and fitness competitions and runs two pole dancing studio’s in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.



 

One of the first pole instructors in Australia, and Australia’s original Pole Dance Champion, Jamilla Deville’s background in dance is rich.  Having trained in jazz ballet, adagio, trapeze, corde lisse and silks, her understanding of the principles of pole dancing are unparalleled.  She performed at the Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony in 2000 as well as at the National Circus and Theatre Conference later that year, and, as a core member of the Fantasy Las Vegas cast for over three years, Jamilla became renowned for her strength, athleticism and grace. 

When Sydney’s first school opened Jamilla was instructing from day one and continued to perform regularly, giving her students the opportunity to learn and be inspired by the possibilities of pole dance in full flight.

In May 2005, Jamilla won the Miss Pole Dance Australia competition.  In the same year, she became the face of X-Pole Australia.

In 2006 Jamilla created the International Pole Federation, an organisation designed to address standards in the pole dance and fitness industry, and founded her own school, The Art of Pole, which continues today with a student base of hundreds of women who have been inspired by Jamilla’s own passion for the art of pole dancing.

Since opening her own school, Jamilla has been invited to instruct in other schools across the world, including the US, the UK, Europe, and South East Asia.  To date, she has toured her classes to the USA (twice), Singapore, Thailand, and New Zealand (also twice).   Jamilla has also trained instructors from all over Australia, including Tasmania, Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.

Jamilla’s crowning glory came in 2007 when she created the first two highly anticipated volumes in her instructional DVD series, The Art of Pole.  The series broke new ground and was praised internationally, even being described as “the pole dancing bible”.  In 2008 she continued the series, adding three new volumes, bringing the series up to advanced level and supporting the many students worldwide who were ready for more difficult moves.  The Art of Pole DVD Collection has grown to five full-length volumes ranging from absolute beginners to advanced and is selling worldwide to countries as diverse as Argentina to Finland to New Zealand and everywhere in between, through the official website, http://www.artofpole.com.   Jamilla is looking forward to creating further volumes in the series.

Biography

Jenyne, also known as Butterfly, has been a professional pole dancer for 10 years. 
She first began pole dancing, which then led her to other circus aerial apparatus and it was
then she truly discovered her love for flying. 
The focus of her life became performance art and she moved to Las Vegas. Jenyne acquired positions performing in the shows Le Reve (produced by Cirque du Soleil director Dragone) and for world famous DJ’s such as Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, and David Guetta. 

She teaches and performs on trapeze, hoop, fabric, rope, hammock, straps, bungee, and she created the first female aerial pole act. Jenyne won the inaugural  US Pole Dance Federation Champion in 2008 and then placed 2nd in  the World in 2009 at World Pole Sport & fitness championships

She is actively involved in instructional workshops, performances, hosting
special events, and judging competitions.

Jenyne recently visited places such as Australia, Russia, Canada, England, Scotland, Italy, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Caribbean. Jenyne is an innovative mentor in pole safety and fitness programs, as well as federations supporting the growth of pole dance. She is honored to be recognized for her passionate and dedicated leadership in this amazing industry.

Her warm and friendly approach to all is her speciality and why she is an intergral part of World Pole Dance and its organisation.

I am a total, self confessed pole addict and incredibly lucky to have found such a wonderful fitness activity and be a part of such a supportive industry. As the owner and director of Polenastics Ltd and one of the instructors of a team of good friends, I am living proof of the pole dream!
Finding pole at the ripe old age of 35, back in 2006, I have enjoyed a wonderful pole journey from student to instructor to the owner of Polenastics Ltd. I work with and have met some gorgeous people in the industry and am very blessed to have discovered the strength my body was hiding from me all those years!
I am lucky enough to have been trained by some of the world’s best polers and aerialists including: Alesia Vazmitsel (semi finalist on Britain’s Got Talent 2010 and second runner up Miss Pole Dance World 2009), the fantastic Pantera, Jenyne Butterfly, Deb Riley, Sally-Ann Giles, Suzie Q, Jamilla Deville, Jessalyn Medairy, Henka Venelaar, Amber Ray, Felix Cane, Karen Chaundy, Donna Gant, Alethea Austin, Estee Zakar and KT Coats. I have had silks and hoops training and training in Chinese Pole technique. I have hosted master classes for national pole schools for their pole students and trained other pole instructors including Loïc Lebret from Paris and Anna-Marie from Berkshire Alternative Dance. 
I am thrilled to be one of the judges for the preliminaries heats at World Pole Dance 2010 to be held in Zurich in October 2010, and for 2 heats and the final of the Pole Divas Championships 2010. I was also honoured to be selected as one of the 9 strong judging panel for the 2010 NSPDS (National Synchronised Pole Dance Squad) competition and voted by the panel to be voted one of the 2 official head judges. I thoroughly LOVED being one of the official pole cleaners for the 2009 UKAPP heats and final too =D.
You will often see me at competitions, master classes, jams, pole events and performances in order to satisfy my thirst to share, perfect and learn new pole moves and teaching tips. I also LOVE running Polenastics, we have a fantastic, creative and strong pole family – I am VERY proud of what the Polenastics team has achieved and look forward to sharing this fitness craze for many more years to come.

 

I'm Vanessa Costa,
I graduated classic ballet in the state dance school of Rio de Janeiro, the school that graduates ballet dancers for the municipal theater.
I have 20 years os dancing experience as teacher of classic ballet and modern jazz.
I've been praticing pole dance for 4 years, did specialization in amsterdan and argentina, I'm the president of rio de janeiro's pole dance association and brazillian's pole dance federation.
Responsible for organizing the brazillian pole dance congress and the official championship of brazilian pole dance federation, I introduced in Brazil the book of rules of pole dance and jugding code completely based on international patterns of olympics.
I have a training center in the city of Rio de Janeiro on Barra da Tijuca that is the only one in Brazil 5 meters high and spinning.
I believe my experience in dace, corporal expression, choreographic compusition will be a big value for the judging work. Besides being a south american representative.

I have been pole dancing since 2005 and instructing since 2007.

My love of pole started with a pole hen party, where i took to it like a duck to water and just wanted to learn more, and from that first lesson wanted to teach pole.
I am REPs accredited and hold an Exercise to Music Level 2 qualification, and am a Qualified Pole Passion Level 1 and Advanced Instructor Level 2 instructor.

I not only teach pole dance for my company South Pole AKademy, but also deliver pole dance instructor training internationally for Pole Passion (www.polepassion.com/fitness/become-instructor)

In 2009 myself and my synchronized pole dance (and South Pole AKademy) partner Cat were ranked third in the UK for doubles pole in Miss Pole Dance UK 2009 Championship! Our first ever competition!

I was also invited by Pole Passion to teach for them at the world festival of pole dance in Jamaica, March 2010 - which was an amazing experience! Teaching beginners pole trix lessons, the practical element of the instructor level one certificate, and aerobics too (on a beach!)

I have had the privilege of training with some of the world’s best pole dancers including Jenyne Butterfly, Felix Cane, Jamilla Deville, Maxine Betts, Alesia Vazmitsel, Deb Riley to name but a few.

My background has stemmed from many types of dance, performing arts and martial arts, but pole has taken over! I have always been a keen fitness and health enthusiast participating in many types of sport throughout my life, including tennis and aerobics. My background working in Pharmacy has also given me a good grounding in anatomy and physiology which I reference constantly when instructing. Teaching pole fitness makes me feel so happy... and so lucky! I can not think of anything better than teaching people and seeing the joy of them achieving 'that move' they have been working on, and seeing them get more confident, stronger and fitter.

In 2010 I have been involved in the i-phone app ‘pocket pole studio’ which has been great fun to be a part of and I was over the moon to be asked to be a part of it.

My other proud achievements have been chosen as a model for the R-pole series and have the privilege of being involved in testing all the poles also being an official face of R-pole too - To be one of the judges for NSPDS ‘routine for the nation’ May 2010, where I undertook, as a group, a days intensive training on how to judge a pole competition. This was a valuable experience and I wish to extend my judging further. I also performed at the competition with my pole doubles partner Cat to demonstrate advanced level doubles pole to the competitors and the audience.

 

Simona Nocco is Fitness Manager and President of FIPD Italian Pole Dance Federation.
She was a TVs Producer, Project manager and Senior Editor for Italians TV station as Sky, La7, Canale 5.She fell in love for ballet, aerial arts and naturally pole dance. In 2008 she opened Poledancexfit a pole dancing school in Rome and suddenly in Bologna.
She brought pole dance in many Italian sport competitions: 21° and 22° Festival  del Fitness -Roma 200910; Danza in Fiera –Firenze 2010; Bit-Milano 2010 Pole Dancing Show for Milano Expo 2012; Rimini Wellness- Rimini 2010.She has contributed
 for a significant increase of Pole Dance in Italy. In 2009 she founded the Italian pole dance federation which supports and includes the main pole dancing school and studios in Italy. In June 2010 she organised the 1st Italian Pole Dance Championship the first competition officially recognised by ASI Italian Sport institution connected to CONI.

 

I took dance classes from an early age and grew up loving to dance. I tried many different and crazy things but I always came back to dance. I took a summer course in 1997 and gained an NCFE in Dance Performing Arts and I went on to take the next level the summer after. The next level up was a performing arts diploma specializing in Dance; I took this alongside studying for my A-levels. However after a back injury I was forced to leave just before completing my first year. It was then that I thought I would never go back to dancing 
    After a relationship breakdown in 2005 I decided to do something crazy and out of the ordinary. So I dragged my friend along to a strip club one cold dark night and took a pole dancing class - that’s where it all began!

I have since taught hundreds of people in the North East and Northumberland.

After opening NPD in 2008 three months later I came home from my honeymoon pregnant! This put my pole dancing on hold due to a difficult early pregnancy. Thankfully some fantastic girls came along to work alongside me and without them teaching for me during my pregnancy I would not have been able to keep Northern Pole Dance going. I now have around 8 other instructors regularly teaching for NPD. All of whom I trust without hesitation to provide the best, safest and most correct pole tuition to the many students we have through the doors.

I made a decision to stay in the local area while my daughter is still so young. This means I have not travelled to many of the pole events around the UK and beyond. It is only now that I am able to feel comfortable enough to leave her for prolonged periods of time in order to pursue a more active pole career.

At this moment in my life I definitely feel that I am more of an instructor than performer-particularly since having my daughter. I have not entered any competitions and competed myself - although I have choreographed many of the routines you can see performed by Northern Pole Dance students and instructors. For now, I think that the success of my students reflects my choreography and competition potential.