1-2-3 November 2024
Body Rock a.s.d. – Milan, Italy
EXOTICA is the first convention in Europe entirely dedicated to exotic pole dance and everything that revolves around this art form.
Schedule
Friday
14:30
16:00
16:00
17:30
17:30
19:00
19:00
20:30
Friday 1 November
14.30 – 16.00
Frame Up group coreo with Tais Klochkova
Coreographic
no pole
Group choreography class, where we’ll come together to study and create a vibrant Frame Up style choreo.
In this class, we will collaborate in group and in pairs, exploring every single element to craft a unique and engaging performance. You’ll experience the joy of dancing in unison, feeling the energy of group movement and sharing the creative process with your fellow classmates.
Get ready to express yourself, connect with others, and bring our collective vision to life through the power of dance.
LEVEL: all levels
HEELS: required
KNEE PADS: required
16.00 – 17.30
Killer Legs with Estefania Jimenez
technique
This workshop includes an intensive active flexibility warm up with effective and safe exercises.
Estefania will be sharing her signature leg extensions with a proper body placement, also tips and drills that will help the students to achieve their legs goals.
LEVEL: all levels
HEELS: optional
KNEE PADS: not required
17.30 – 19.00
Private Dance with Valentina Domino
choreographic
In this workshop you will discover how to move and dance for your partner in an engaging and exciting way. Every touch, movement and look will be designed to fascinate your partner deeply. There is no more generous gift than to arouse intense emotions in someone.
We will work both individually and in pairs, ensuring personalized attention. Participants will receive guidance on the most appropriate attire to wear.
This workshop is open to everyone, including those with no experience in exotic pole dancing.
LEVEL: all levels
HEELS: optional
KNEE PADS: required
19.00 – 20.30
Flow Queen with Olga Baidyuk
choreographic
Sensual choreography with beautiful transitions.
You will learn how to fill the space around you while combining the knowledge with more advanced technical exotic movements, tricks or transitions.
LEVEL: intermediate/advanced
HEELS: required
KNEE PADS: required
Saturday 2 November
10.00 – 11.30
Badass with Sasha Romanova
choreographic
Signature choreography workshop by Sasha Romanova.
Moody sound alert! This time with dynamic saucy choreography full of accents and spicy tricks. Show yourself off, ruin habitual patterns, play with mood! All tricks will be offered in different variations and adjusted to your level.
LEVEL: all levels
HEELS: required
KNEE PADS: required
11.30 – 13.00
Exotic Handstand with Olga Baidyuk
technique
Tricks
In this workshop Olga will share with you all her tips & tricks on how to stay “forever” in different types of handstands while, at the same time, moving your legs all around the space.
LEVEL: intermediate/advanced
HEELS: required
KNEE PADS: required
13.00 – 14.30
The Sexy Old Ways with Estefania Jimenez
choreographic
This workshop includes full body warm up, with mobility exercises and ankle strengthening drills. Students will learn the characteristic movements of the old school style as hip driven turns and switches, pirouettes and spins, all put together in a choreography where the students can work in musicality, tempo, texture and fluidity.
Perfect for all level pole dancers who wants to improve their dancer skills in a traditional way.
LEVEL: all levels
HEELS: required
KNEE PADS: not required
14.30 – 16.00
Flow Essentials with Laura Lou
Tricks & combo
The Flow Essentials workshop is for anyone seeking to enhance their heels flow fluidity and grace. This comprehensive session is designed to break down the fundamentals of seamless transitions and fluid movements in dance.
This workshop is ideal for heels dancers looking to refine their movement quality, ensuring each motion is executed with intention.
LEVEL: all levels
HEELS: required
KNEE PADS: required
16.00 – 17.30
Hard Style with Ira Way
choreographic
During the class, we will prepare the body for dancing by warming up in high heels, which will include a mix of dance moves and exotic basics. It’s going to be hot and very interesting!
Afterward, we will move on to studying dynamic choreography, which will combine original trick combinations, interesting choreography and a brutal mood.
LEVEL: intermediate/advanced
HEELS: required
KNEE PADS: required
19.30 – 23.00
Exotica Party
Sunday 3 November
10.00 – 11.30
Spiraling with Estefania Jimenez
Tricks & combo
This workshop includes a full body warm up with some conditioning exercises.
In this workshop students will learn two static combos, focusing on creating fluidity in motion by exploring upright rotations, maximizing spin on static by learning fun and interesting transitions to level up your static pole repertoire.
LEVEL: high beginner and up (students must be comfortable with full bracket grip)
HEELS: optional
KNEE PADS: not required
11.30 – 13.00
Hairography with Olga Baidyuk
choreographic
Have fun dancing the routine full of hair whipping. Learn how to throw your hair in every single direction, how to gain control over it and how to become best friends with it.
LEVEL: all levels
HEELS: required
KNEE PADS: required
13.00 – 14.30
Spinning Goddess with Laura Lou
Tricks
choreographic
The Spinning Goddess workshop is dedicated to mastering the art of spinning pole, focusing on technique, control, and fluidity.
This class is perfect for those who want to enhance their pole dance repertoire with spins that look effortless and enchanting.
This workshop is designed for pole dancers who aspire to improve their spinning skills, offering the tools to become a spinning goddess on the pole.
LEVEL: intermediate
HEELS: optional
KNEE PADS: not required
14.30 – 16.00
Exotic Tricks with Ira Way
Tricks & combo
During the class, we will go deeply through the details and the technique of performing original trick transitions on heels both on the pole and on the floor. Ira will offer different variations for different levels.
LEVEL: all levels
HEELS: recommended
KNEE PADS: required
16.00 – 17.30
Latin Inspired with Sasha Romanova
choreographic
Dance workshop by Sasha Romanova with her signature style choreo. This class is about to play with style, sound, unexpected transitions and shapes.
We will dive deeply in choreo story, nail performance and musicality in details.
Speed could be faster or slower, mood could be also different. Be sure that 100% your dance skills will be boosted and curiosity celebrated.
LEVEL: all levels
HEELS: recommended
KNEE PADS: required
Guests
Estefania Jimenez
Estefania is an old school pole dancer based in Mexico, with almost ten years of experience. She started pole dance back to 2013 after having an intensive training in ice skating and Ballet in her younger years. She has been teaching and performing all around the world for years in different studios, pole retreats and camps.
Killer Legs – 4:00 p.m. Friday, November 1 2024
The Sexy Old Ways – 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 2 2024
Spiraling – 10:00 a.m. Sunday, November 3 2024
Laura Lou
Laura celebrates the transformative power of pole dancing, focusing on the physical and emotional benefits this art form brings. Her philosophy centers on creating a supportive environment where every individual can explore pole dancing’s capacity for enhancing flow and boosting confidence while creating a sense of glow. She believes in the joy of movement and the importance of feeling good in one’s body, regardless of age or pole level.
Flow Essentials – 2:30 p.m. Saturday, November 2 2024
Spinning Goddess – 1:00 p.m. Sunday, November 3 2024
Olga Baidyuk
Dancing is not the only passion of hers. She loves to help women to reach their full potential, open up their inner beauty, unleash and express their inner femininity & sensuality through dance movements and better body awareness.
Through her classes she will empower you with the knowledge & tools on how to work with your body and mind to greatly expand the horizons of your abilities, explore your sexy & seductive self while keeping the elegance, grace and beauty in every movement of your dance, work with your body in order to progress in a fast, effective and safe way in exotic pole dance.
Hairography – 11:30 a.m. Sunday, November 3 2024
Exotic Handstands – 11:30 a.m. Saturday, November 2 2024
Flow Queen – 7:00 p.m. Friday, November 1 2024
Sasha Romanova
Sasha is a Ukrainian multi style pole dancer, artist and activist, presenter of signature classes in many countries, choreographer, judge and organizer of pole jams, battles and Pole together Camp in Ukraine. Co-founder of Obert Studio in Kyiv.
Dancer with 20+ years stage experience, including 9 years of pole dancing and teaching.
Latin Inspired – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, November 3 2024
Badass – 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 2 2024
Ira Way
Ira is a pole dance instructor since 2012. Has acrobatic background. Started dancing Exotic in 2014. Her first competition was in Exotic Pro Hard Style category in 2015. Now she’s a multiple winner of Ukrainian Competitions in Pro and Stars categories. Judge of championships in Ukraine. Gave more than 50 workshops just in a last year.
Well known all over Ukraine for her original choreographies with high movement density and creative exotic transitions. Ira love is to share my vision of music through movements.
Hard Style – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, November 2 2024
Exotic Tricks – 2:30 p.m. Sunday, November 3 2024
Tais Klochkova
Tais started her dancing career as a classical ballet dancer, moving from Moscow to Italy she began to practice pole dance.
She fell in love so much with this discipline that in a few years becomes one of the first to practice and teach Exotic pole in Italy.
She never quits to explore new ways to express herself through dancing so in 2022 became the first and unique Frame Up Strip certificated choreographer in Italy.
Frame Up group coreo – 2:30 p.m. Friday, November 1 2024
Valentina Domino
Valentina began her career in pole dancing in 2010, training with international teachers and later becoming certified as a teacher. In 2015 she realized her dream by founding Body Rock Pole Dance Studio. She wins numerous titles in exotic pole dance competitions and becomes a judge in Italian and international competitions.
Recognized for her sinuous and elegant style, she is a figurehead for sexy style in Italy.
Private Dance – 5:30 p.m. Friday, November 1 2024
About
EXOTICA is the first convention in Europe, established in 2019, entirely dedicated to exotic pole dance and everything that revolves around this art form. EXOTICA represents a new experience, a true journey filled with emotions, discoveries, and adventures within a fascinating and complex universe.
If you are captivated by exotic pole dance, this event is the perfect opportunity to rediscover yourself and enrich your experience, both physically and mentally. Indeed, exotic, as we present it, is much more than a simple physical discipline: it is a spiritual practice that unites the physical with the emotional dimension.
We offer numerous workshops with international stars, technical and thematic deep dives that will not only help you improve your dance skills but also teach you to listen to your body’s language. You will be guided to transform emotions into movement, to overcome your limits, and most importantly, to deeply love your inner self.
This year, EXOTICA invites you to enjoy three unforgettable days filled with events that will enrich your inner world and offer you a unique experience.
You will be welcomed by 7 instructors specializing in different styles, over 20 hours of lessons, and a vibrant and dynamic show!
ENTER THE WORLD OF EXOTICA, DISCOVER YOURSELF EXOTICA!
EXOTICA was born from the collaboration of two professionals in the exotic pole industry who wanted to create a space where it’s possible to learn, share, and live our common passion: EXOTIC POLE DANCE. Tais and Valentina’s vision for EXOTICA is to unite diverse styles and philosophies under a single event, allowing participants to dive deeper into their interests or explore something completely new.
EXOTICA is a sporting event organized by Body Rock a.s.d based in Milan.
Past editions
2020
Welcome to the Exotica Convention 2020, a remarkable event that took place just before the world entered lockdown due to the pandemic. This edition continued to build on the success of our previous year, showcasing an incredible lineup of stellar guests in the exotic pole dance scene. Attendees had the chance to learn from the outstanding Kaya Blum, the captivating Vika Halitskaya, the dynamic Sofa Makurina, and the charismatic Andy Candy. We were also honored to have Rimma, the creator of the female animation style, as part of our extraordinary lineup, alongside Exotica co-creators Tais and Valentina.
In addition to inspiring workshops, Exotica 2020 featured a vibrant evening celebration that included stunning showcases from talented performers like Letizia Saquella, Natalia Rizhikh, Alexis and Laura Lou.
Now, we’re excited to return after a pause, ready to rekindle the emotions of being together and creating as a community once again. Join us for the next chapter of Exotica and experience the exotic pole dance like never before!
2019
Welcome to the Exotica Convention 2019, the inaugural edition of an thrilling event dedicated to the world of exotic pole dance! This convention was created to celebrate our collective passion, speak freely and discuss the main problems in the world of exotic pole and provide an opportunity to learn from the best in the industry.
For our first edition, we proudly featured renowned names in the exotic pole dance scene, including Daria Che, Sasha Meow, Alyona Soul and Lucia Lazebnaya. Joining them were the mesmerizing duo Domino & Alexis, showcasing their incredible double exotic. Additionally, we were thrilled to have Liza Sergeeva present Frame Up for the very first time in Europe, and of course, our very own co-creators Tais and Valentina played a vital role in bringing this event to life.
Exotica Convention 2019 was not just an event; it was a vibrant celebration of movement, creativity, and community, where dancers and enthusiasts came together to share their love for exotic pole dance. Join us as we continue to inspire and elevate this beautiful art form!
Where
The event is organized by Body Rock a.s.d. and will be held at the venue in via Tagliamento 3, 20139 Milan (MI), Italy
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Address
Via Tagliamento 3, 20139 Milano (MI), Italy
Body Rock a.s.d.
C.F. 97701680155
