Victoria, BC · Fall 2026
The Magic is Yours
PoleCoven is Victoria's pop-up pole and dance studio. Our next performance season is taking shape across the city, with classes, workshops, and creative programs being finalized. Explore what's coming and register for what's live now.
Photograph by Natalie Sky Photography
Sept 1, 2026 Update
How to Book a Class
Create an Arketa account to book classes, workshops, and series. We're not offering our Captivate Performance Program or subscription plans right now. New pop-up venues and registration dates post here as they're confirmed. Join the newsletter to hear first.
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What you can book today
Floorwork Performance Series
Six weeks of floorwork training in platform heels, ending on stage in Dance with the Devil, presented by Pandora's Box Cabaret.
- Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 PM
- Saturdays, 3:00–4:30 PM
- Starts Sept 9 · performs Oct 16–18
ELEVATED: Heels & Floorwork Technique
Heels and floorwork technique for movers who already know their platforms. Refine your walk, your floor transitions, and the way the shoe changes everything.
- Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 PM
- September 9 – October 14
Drop-in classes
Our regular weekly classes, hosted across greater Victoria.
- Sundays — Studio 4 Athletics, downtown
- Thursdays — PoleTrix, Langford
- Wednesdays — Pandora's Box Cabaret
First Touch
A ninety-minute workshop for people with no experience at all. Barefoot, co-taught, safety-focused. We're finalising dates now.
Tell me when it opens
How we work
A pop-up, on purpose
For Fall 2026 we're back to the model we started with in 2020: smaller programs spread across multiple studios.
Three studios are on the calendar now, with more joining through the season. Popping up keeps us close to the island's other dance communities.
More about usWhere we teach
Three rooms this season
They're in three different parts of town, so check where your class meets before you set out.
Studio 4 Athletics
715 Yates St
Downtown Victoria
Pole Class, Workshop, and Open Studio Pop-ups
PoleTrix
3218 Jacklin Rd
Langford
Pole Class and Workshops Pop-Ups
Pandora's Box Cabaret
734 Aldebury St
Esquimalt
Floorwork and Performance Training Pop-Up
More locations to come!
We're confirming additional spots through the season. The mailing list hears first.
Tell me whenComing up
Shows & Events
Pole Coven × Pandora's Box Cabaret
Floorwork
Performance Series
Six weeks of floorwork training in platform heels, starting September 9 and ending with you on stage in Dance with the Devil: Reap What You Sow. Three nights of wicked variety performance with Pandora's Box Cabaret.
Photograph by Katie B. Vision
Series Information
The Essentials
The show you'll perform in
Dance with the Devil: Reap What You Sow
Presented by Pandora's Box Cabaret and written, created and produced by Duchess St. Claire. Hosted by the Devil himself, it blends burlesque, drag and dance into a night of variety performance built around the seven deadly sins. PoleCoven performs a guest piece.
It's their second rendition. Last year the show asked who is in hell and whether they deserve it. This year it asks who is on earth, and deserving of hell.
- Maple Leaf Ballet — a church built in 1888, audiences seated on the original pews
- Fri Oct 16 & Sat Oct 17 — doors 6:30 PM, show 7:30 PM
- Sun Oct 18 — doors 6:00 PM, show 7:00 PM
- 19+ · residential street parking · wheelchair accessible entrance
Details are maintained by Pandora's Box Cabaret. Their page is the current one.
Content and themes
This is not a gentle show, and you'd be performing in it. Pandora's Box lists the following themes: death, violence, implied sexual assault, grief, torture, injustice and murder. The show carries strong political themes and leans into the horrors we face as a society.
If any of that is something you'd rather not spend six weeks inside, that's a good reason not to apply this round. Don't worry, we'll have other shows. Enrol in ELEVATED or come to drop-ins until the next one is announced.
Dress code for the audience is Midnight Society Macabre: black and red, elegant mourning shrouds, witchy couture.
Read the full warningsDance with the Devil 2025
Experience something unique
Set in a historic church built in 1888 (now home to a ballet school), last year’s show premiere unfolded beneath glowing stained glass with the audience seated in original wooden pews. Join us again this year for an intimate, reverent setting that makes this performance unforgettable.
Photos by Katie B. Vision
Floorwork Series Options
Choose your track
Train
ELEVATED floorwork technique on its own.
$130+ GST- Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 PM
- September 9 – October 14
- Six weeks of technique, no performance
Train + perform
The full program — ELEVATED plus the performance track.
$300+ GST- Classes — Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 PM · Sept 9 – Oct 14
- Choreography — Saturdays, 3:00–4:30 PM · Sept 12 – Oct 3
- Stage — tech rehearsal Oct 10, three shows Oct 16–18
Already registered for ELEVATED and want to join the show? The performance track can be added on its own for $170 + GST — apply using the same form.
Is this for you?
What you'll need coming in
For ELEVATED
- A year or more of consistent heels and floorwork training
- Six months or more in platform stilettos
- Comfortable walking and crawling in platforms
- Candlestick, shoulder roll, plank, pike
For the performance track
- Everything above, plus:
- 1.5+ years of performance experience
- Strong musicality
- Learns and retains choreography quickly
Not there yet? Keep training with us in ELEVATED and apply for a future series — this one comes back around.
The commitment
What we'll ask of you
- Attend the dress rehearsal and perform in all three shows
- Attend the required classes and Saturday rehearsals
- Practise your choreography between sessions
- Arrive prepared and open to feedback
- Review our terms, attendance requirements, and cancellation policy
How to apply
Four steps to the stage
Check the prerequisites
Submit the form by Sept 4
Hear back by Sept 6
Register and pay
Fall 2026
Classes
Sundays at Studio 4 Athletics downtown, Thursdays at PoleTrix in Langford, Wednesdays at Pandora's Box Cabaret. More locations are being confirmed through the season.
This page is still filling in
We're writing class descriptions, level guides and instructor pages over the next few weeks. What's below is live and bookable right now. The schedule and pricing come straight from our booking system, so they stay current even while the rest of this page catches up.
This week
Schedule
Pulled straight from our booking system, including classes added mid-season.
Passes
What it costs
Drop-ins, class packs and memberships, live from our booking system.
What to bring
- Kneepads for anything on the floor
- Platform heels for heels classes — Pleasers, Hella Heels, Burju
- shoefreaks.ca is a good local option
Between levels?
Email us and describe your training so far. We'd rather place you well than have you bounce off something too hard.
Get in touchSince 2020
About PoleCoven
PoleCoven is a pole and movement studio in Victoria, BC, where technical training, embodied exploration, and personal expression belong together. We honour pole’s lineages and welcome all bodies, backgrounds, and reasons for moving. Come to build strength, develop artistry, and become more capable without becoming less yourself.
HOW WE STARTED
Built for performers
PoleCoven hosted its first classes in March 2020. In 2021, we hosted our first student showcase, and the program has grown since then. PoleCoven has grown its drop-in technique and performance training programs over the past 6 years, and holds regular shows at Dance Victoria in Saanich and Artemis Whiskey Bar located in Market Square.
Since our initial pop-ups out of Studio 4 Athletics downtown, we expanded by collaborating with community partners like Luminesque Dance, Pandora’s Box Cabaret, and others. In 2024, we produced our first show, Thrive, and now focus on creating student performance opportunities.
Where this comes from
Pole Dance History
This art form emerged from strip clubs, and the moves we adore in floorwork, heels, and pole are from the sex workers who built the movement vocabulary the whole industry now trains on. We teach it as their art form, credited, rather than as a workout that happens to involve a pole.
Who teaches
Instructors
Our instructors are working performers: the material they teach is the material they take on stage. Your goals and your pace set the class; their job is to get you there safely.
Mayari
Owner
Sylvia
Instructor
Maowi
Instructor
Luna
Instructor
Sloane
Instructor
Mel
Programs
Britt
Operations
Maybe you?
We're glad to hear from instructors who teach the way we do: technique first, credit where it's due, and a room where everybody belongs.
Teach with usHow we run now
Back to where we started
This Fall 2026, we've shifted back to our original model, but at a larger scale of venues. You can find us on Sundays at Studio 4 Athletics, Thursdays with our friends at PoleTrix, Wednesdays at Pandora's Box Cabaret, with more announced as the season goes on.
We read everything
Get in touch
Two inboxes, so your message lands with the person who can actually answer it.
Classes, accommodations, billing
Where to start, what to bring, cancellations, injuries, anything about money.
[email protected]Applications & performance
Questions about applying, prerequisites, or whether a series is right for you.
[email protected]Mailing list
Hear it when it lands
First Touch dates, new pop-up locations, series applications opening, and show announcements. We only write when there's something to say.
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