Upcoming Workshops
We are excited to welcome guest instructors from across the world to Venus.
Future workshops are listed below. Bookings are via our booking platform TeamUp.
Act Creation
Summer Intensive
Join us for an incredible 3-day act creation intensive where you will learn to craft a stunning pole routine that will leave your audience in awe!
Over the course of three days, we'll dive deep into the art of creating a pole act, focusing on essential elements such as trick choice, musicality, storytelling and style to create a seamless and captivating performance. All with the expert guidance of seasoned performers Kelly Vee & Zaki Musa along with guest instructors Callum Stevens and Kitty Man.
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Schedule:
Wednesday 12th March 10am-5pm
Thursday 13th March 10am-5pm
Friday 14th March 10am-6pm (including showing)
Open to All Levels of pole experience
Donna (@donkakong)
Donna Carnow (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based pole dancer, aerial pole artist, national pole champion, and human pretzel-tornado.
Donna is the 2022 US National Pole Art Champion where “she POLE the show” (New York Post). Her performative abilities have been described as the “production’s true showstopper” (New York Times) and celebrated in Variety, The New Yorker, The New York Post, Theatermania, and more. Recently in world-renown Circus Flic Flac she “performs aerial contortions that look completely unreal - all with perfect ease” on aerial pole. Other notable performance credits include P-VALLEY STARZ, Company XIV, Virgin Voyages, EUPHORIA at The Hard Rock Casino Atlantic City, and her Drama Desk award winning performance “LUST” in Seven Deadly Sins NYC (Off-Broadway) voiced by Cynthia Nixon. Donna is a resident performance artist at internationally renowned venues like The Box, The Slipper Room, House of Yes, and a regular performer in variety + circus productions worldwide.
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Sunday 20th July
4.15pm Kips, Flips & Splits
6pm Aerial Pole
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Jessica Risque
Jessica Risque (she/her/they) - This queer, gender-bending powerhouse invites you into a world of seductive allure, where sensuality meets rebellion. With a rich background in the SWer and performance scenes, they captivate with a movement style that's as bold as it is welcoming, encouraging each person to discover what freedom and expression mean to them. Fiercely vocal about SWer rights and unapologetically political, they carve out space for the misfits, the outcasts, and those who don’t fit neatly into any box. Come join in the defiant celebration of self, shaking off the world’s judgment with every heel bang, and surrender to the seductive power of being unapologetically YOU.
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4.30pm Slugy Sexy Worms
6pm BRAT Pole Era
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