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Our Judges
Meet the judges for the Pole Masters Championship! Our panel of experienced and highly skilled judges brings a wealth of knowledge in both performance and technique. Each judge is carefully selected for their expertise and commitment to providing fair, professional, and unbiased evaluations, ensuring every competitor’s talent is fully recognized. Learn more about the dedicated individuals scoring this year’s competition!
Lychee Storm
Meet LycheeStorm, where their favorite spots are twirling around the pole and rolling on the ground! Lychee's style is a blend of sensuality and flow, and they hope to bring an ethereal element to their movement.
Narlton
Narlton is a pole artist and coach since 2009. He was Hong Kong's first male international pole competitor, representing the country in events like IPSF. In 2016, he founded a popular pole studio in Hong Kong and developed a competitive team. Certified in Hand Balancing and Contortion from Mongolia, Narlton relocated to Montreal in 2022, completing a circus training program. Currently, he teaches Flying Pole, Hand Balancing, Contortion, and Aerial Straps at L'école nationale de cirque and offers online/in-person coaching. He has also judged pole competitions since 2023.
Anaelle
Anaëlle graduated in Visual and Media Arts and began pole dancing in 2015 at Milan Pole Dance Studio in Montreal. Captivated by this aerial sport, she quickly embraced performing, drawing inspiration from the worlds of competition and striptease. Passionate about sensuality and the erotic, her style combines artistic expression and physical performance. Since 2018, Anaëlle has regularly taught and performed in Montreal, with shows at clubs and various events. She encourages students to push their limits, celebrating the expressive power of the body.
Nadia Genois
Nadia, passionate about movement and self-discovery, brings a rich background in health, gymnastics, and contemporary dance, with over 15 years in movement instruction. She began pole in 2009, combining acrobatics with dance, and started teaching a year later, also offering classes in flexibility and floorwork. A certified Floorflow® instructor, Nadia is also a Feldenkrais practitioner with a private practice in Montreal, focused on somatic education and body awareness. Her studies in osteopathy enhance her approach to understanding the body's complexity.
Amélie
Upon her arrival in Montreal in 2014, Amelie gave pole dance a try and it was love at first sight. She started working at the studio a year after and quit her corporate job in 2018 to focus on teaching and managing the studio. She loves flowy pole combos, heels and floorwork. Her new found love is teaching flexibility and mobility classes. She loves helping students move freely. You might have seen Amelie performing on stage for Snoop Dog at his 2019 Montreal show
Saskia Klunder
Saskia is a Montreal based pole dancer, instructor, stripper, producer and actor.
During her decade-long career, she has won multiple awards, shared the stage with rap icon Snoop Dogg four times and starred in a documentary about Pole Dance. In 2021 she was listed as one of Montreal's "Top 10 Women to Watch" by C2 Montreal. She is the 2023 Professional Champion of Dance Filthy USA, and in 2024 began co-producing 'The Slut Show', a cabaret that's main goal is to honour the origins of Pole Dance and Burlesque.
Saskia’s style is provocative, theatrical and energetic.
Anna
​Anna is a Montreal-based pole artist and instructor, with almost a decade of experience in the art. Her unique style and artistry have made her a sought-after performer in the Montreal scene, captivating audiences with her blend of hypnotic sensuality and power moves. She loves to embody about raw, authentic expression in her dance and likes to inspire students to connect to their true selves through their movement.
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