Savor Studio welcomes students of all genders, and all ability levels, from brand new to advanced, who are 18 years old and over. We are located at 8537 Greenwood Ave N. Suite 101, between Verity Credit Union and The Baranoff. There is ample street parking and a paid lot on the southwest side of Verity. Parking can be a little tricky for evening and weekend night classes, please leave plenty of time to park just in case!

Classes start right on time, plan to arrive 10 minutes early, doors are locked at the class start time, and no one will be admitted into class after the class start time, for any reason. Please do not knock or try to get in if class has started. We know this is strict but we want to preserve the time allowed for classes and make space for other students to enjoy their class time uninterrupted. If you arrive late you will not be refunded for your class as it will count as a late cancellation.

✨ What class should I take first? We recommend taking our Intoxicating Intro to Pole lass to start! You can also join our Tantalizing Twerk, Flexxx & a Conditioning classes, or Decadent Yoga classes right away!

✨ What should I wear? For most of our classes we recommend wearing pants that are easy to move in (leggings, sweats) and shorts or bottoms of your choosing that allow you to access your skin. If you don’t want to have exposed skin you can invest in some sticky pole leggings. There are a lot of stick pole brands just search around for what is right for you! Wear a tank top or bra! We highly recommend bringing pole or dance knee pads to class! We like Queen Wear kneepads, they also sell them on other sites if you need them faster!

✨ Be sure to avoid wearing lotion or oils on your skin the days you come to the studio, or shower before you come. You won’t be able to stick on the pole!

✨ We ask that people of all genders cover their nipples in solidarity. This can be pasties or tape, or a top, whatever you want!

✨ Am I Strong Enough? You don’t need to be to start! Our classes will help you build strength and stamina over time. Our intro pole classes are designed to meet you where you’re at, even if it’s been a long time since you’ve exercised.

✨ Do I need dance experience? No! A lot of our dancers had zero dance experience prior to pole dance! We’re here to teach you 💋

✨ Is it normal to be nervous? Yes!! We have all been nervous and might still be! Our community will welcome you with open arms and help you navigate the feels that come up!

Transferring from another studio? Feel free to sign up for classes that feel level appropriate for you based on our descriptions bellow.

Choose Your Spice Level Explained

Here at Savor Studio we do levels a little differently! We like to rate our classes by spice level 🌶️ We have found that traditional leveling systems weren't working for us, so we decided to do it differently! We wanted to invite playfulness, a dash of ridiculousness (because we are a bit goofy here), and remove the judgment around levels. We want you to think about this like you’re turning up and down the heat/ spice level, as needed. Sometimes we all need to turn the heat up or down, regardless of where we are or how long we've been doing this, or adjust it when we are trying new skills we have never done before.

How Do I Pick My Level?

These levels say where you feel you are now/what you’re working on! We are self-leveling, meaning we let you pick what aligns with you, but you are welcome to reach out to us with questions or ask your instructor! If the majority of moves in a class are regularly coming easily and you’re feeling comfortable with them, time to turn up the heat. If you’re regularly finding the majority of the moves in a class really difficult and getting discouraged or frustrated, turn down the heat for a bit until you feel more confident! You also may be a 🌶️🌶️🌶️ level in pole dancing and a 🌶️ in heels, or spin pole, or inversions!

What if I am not feeling challenged in my current classes but I haven’t finished 6 or 10 classes that I need to move into a new level?

You are welcome to change levels if you’re not feeling challenged! If things are regularly coming to you easily, feel free to try the next level. This is true if your classes are feeling too hard, or if you’re feeling discouraged often as well! There is no shame in turning down the heat a little.

Level Descriptions

Pole Dance Essentials Defined: Understands how to walk around the pole, foundational understanding of basic grips needed for pole dancing -true grip (baseball), cup grip, split (half bracket) grip). Knows a number of these spins: fireman, sit spin, front hook, back hook, chair spin, pinwheel, cradle, carousel, sexy downward spiral (our name for falling lady) etc. Understands pirouettes. Transitions between pole/ floor/ wall feels solid.

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Brand new to pole dancing

Brand new to pole dancing/ I’m discovering essentials of pole dance

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I know some pole dance essentials

Where you’ll start in this level

🌶️🌶️ I know some pole dance essentials/ I’m integrating essentials of pole dance with more ease

Where you will be before you move up to the next level

🌶️🌶️+ I’m getting comfortable with pole dance essentials/ pole dance essentials are coming easily and adding I am adding my own style

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Pole dance essentials feel comfortable

Where you’ll start in this level

🌶️🌶️🌶️ Pole dance essentials feel comfortable /I’m starting to refine & finesse my essential pole dance moves, exploring variations of the essentials

Where you will be just before you move up to the next level

🌶️🌶️🌶️+ Pole dance essentials feel integrated and refined/ I’m ready to expand my pole dance repertoire with more complex moves

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I feel proficient in pole dancing

I feel proficient in pole dancing/ my pole dance essentials feel refined & finessed- I’m craving expansion & depth

Other Essentials Defined

Inversions Essentials Defined: All of the above pole dance essentials. Comfortable with a basic invert, fan kicks, jasmine, inside and outside leg hangs, crucifix/dive, hip hangs (pike/ball variations), and chopper. Strong invert from the ground. Understands how to properly engage your core in pelvic tuck, knows how to engage back in inverted positions. An overall solid understanding of grips & body mechanics for inverting. For aerial inversions- has a solid basic climb, side climb (if accessible), comfortable with doing a few climbs up the pole.

Heels Essentials Defined: All of the above pole dance essentials. Understands the basic anatomy of the high heel, how to use the slope & toe box of your shoe, understands how to use different parts of the shoe in different moves, comfortable with walking in heels, pivoting, pirouetting, weight transfers, and basic threading moves in heels are accessible, comfortable transitioning from the floor and standing and vice versa, can access pole dance essentials in heels. Understanding the range of motion your ankle has (i.e. sickle, wing, etc).

Spin Pole Essentials Defined: All of the above pole dance essentials. Understands how to control the force/ speed of your spin going fast and slow (this takes a lot of strength), comfortable holding shape/ poses for multiple revolutions of the pole, comfortable with bracket grip, finding ways to take weight in arms only for longer periods of time. Comfortable playing in basic and side climb (this can take a while to build up strength for). Okay climbing for longer periods of time/ staying on the pole longer. On the pole working on removing hands or legs in various shapes/ moves. Helpful pole essentials to know- pirouette, front and back hook, carousel, cradle.

If you are transferring from another studio and trying to figure out your level please refer to our levels description in the “What Level Am I?” section. You may bypass our class specific prerequisites if you have equivalent experience at your last studio. We are so glad you’re here!

We enthusiastically support you in wearing whatever you feel the most comfortable in!

We have a lot of dancers that love thongs, g-string, tiny shorts, and monokinis, we just ask that all genders cover their nipples with something (that can even be pasties or tape)! We love butts here lol.

We also have a lot of dancers in full leggings, sweats, long shorts, etc! This is you dance journey and we want you to feel safe, confident, and comfy, so whatever you need for that you will be supported here!!

Nope! We have dancers who dance in socks, barefoot, and heels!! You can spend your whole pole dance journey never touching heels and be just as valid a pole dancer as anyone in shoes!

If you want to learn heels, we have Hypnotic Heels 🌶️ This is for our babes brand new to these sexy and complicated little apparatuses!! That curriculum is designed to help you walk in heels and get up and down, and all around the pole! So If you’ve had heels classes that were way too hard that said they were intro, ours is actually designed to be introductory! We want you to feel super confident in what you’re doing 💋