MEET THE PHOENIX FLIGHT STUDIO TEAM
Phoenix Flight Studio classes are taught by a team of passionate and well qualified instructors. We all love what we do and believe that pole dance and aerial classes are more than just a workout! We keep classes small, so you will get plenty of individual attention and get to know your instructors and classmates well. Our focus is always to give you the best experience in a safe and injury free environment. We all have experienced the many benefits of pole and aerial including feeling strong and empowered. Let us show you that too.
JENN JUSTAD
Jenn started aerial on lyra in 2015. She quickly fell in love with this new and challenging way to move and appreciate her body. She has since trained on silks, trapeze and pole. Every apparatus presented different challenges and helped her grow her understanding of movement and the human body. She studied under many aerialist around the Twin Cities in the years to come.
She brought that new found love of movement and started teaching in 2017. She strives to find ways to help all of her students feel accomplished and proud of their bodies.
JANE GREY
JANE GREY HAS BEEN DOING AERIAL SINCE 2013 AND TEACHING SINCE 2019. IN THE SPIRIT OF DO ALL THE THINGS JANE TEACHING LYRA, SENSUAL LYRA, TRAPEZE, FLYING POLE, AND LOLLIPOP.
SUNNY
Karin is a home-grown pole talent, having started her own pole journey as an intro student in August 2018. She fell in love with seeing exactly what she was capable of and has been a fanatic ever since. She is especially enthusiastic about encouraging others to try pole to see if it is right for them, and loves working with beginners. Her personal style evolved from a passion for the sexy side of pole which manifested in a 3rd place finish at the 2020 Minnesota Pole Competition in the Advanced Exotic category.
SIERRA BANG
SAGE
SUNNY SANDRA
Sunny fell in love with the world of pole and circus in 2023. She began teaching pole, lyra, and floorwork in 2025
LEAH
Leah started her pole journey at Phoenix Flight in 2018 and has been captivated ever since! She loves incorporating strength and flexibility into tricks and routines as well as learning creative transitions. Working as a trauma/neuro/surgical intensive care nurse has helped Leah integrate an appreciation for safety into her pole practice. As an instructor she strives to support students as they discover their own unique pole journey, while also fostering a sense of belonging in our community!
Competitions
• 2nd place PSO Chicago 2023, Level 3 Entertainment
• 1st place MNPC 2023, Elite Sport.
STELLA
Stella started her aerial journey in fall of 2018 after seeing a circus group perform at an outdoor event. Immediately afterwards she looked up places you could learn aerial arts in MN, signed up for a hammock intro class and fell in love. She started performing live aerial shows in spring of 2019 and then took up pole in 2021. By 2022 she started teaching aerial and pole parties at Phoenix Flight and has been an aerial and flexibility instructor since January 2023.
Certifications:
AFAA – Group Fitness
AFAA – Integrated Flexibility Training
AFAA – Hydration: Through the lens of fitness
Vertical Art Athletics Foundations Course.
SEEBIE SPARKLEHAUS
Seebie Sparklehaus (they/them), have trained lyra in private and semi-private lessons with many local instructors, including Lynn Lunny, Kristen Zyra, Cheryl Birch, and whoever is passing through! They are committed to ongoing training and study from science-based materials published by Jen Crane (cirque_physio), Catie Bier (physioflex), and Emily Scherb (thecircusdoc) to keep up our ongoing learning. Seebie did lyra teacher training with T Lawrence Simon, previously at NECCA and currently in Boston at the Commonwealth Circus Center.
Working with Jane Grey, they have developed a dynamic curriculum in fundamentals, skills, and artistry. They feel strongly about instilling all students with excellent training habits and empowering everyone to safely explore artistry and expression.
ANNA DOMINA
COLE
JEWELS E.D.SEXY
Jewels took Intro to Pole in February 2022 and became a brand ambassador with Phoenix Flight later that spring. She started pole dancing as a way to safely build strength and stability with hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), as well as to heal and grow in her relationship with her body and sexuality. She has been hooked ever since. She also has a love for yoga and pilates, and her extensive personal experience with physical therapy makes her passionate about finding ways to push herself safely while keeping her overall health at the forefront. She has begun to dabble in performing and you can catch her performing as EDSexy around the twin cities.
MELODY MOONSTONE
Melody began her pole dance journey in 2019. She grew up dancing and performing various genres – from ballet & contemporary, to hip-hop, jazz, and tap dance, fostering a life-long love for movement. After teaching dance classes to children & teens for 4+ years, Melody was looking for a new way to challenge herself, so she took a leap and signed up for her first pole class. From the very beginning, she has loved how pole dance fosters feelings of strength, confidence, & community, and strives to pass that along to her students. As an instructor, Melody draws from her dance, strength training, and psychology backgrounds, placing focus on the mind-body connection, proper muscle engagement, and graceful movements. She has always enjoyed expressing herself through dance & physical movement and loves to help ignite that spark in others.
GRANNY PAM T
SAMI SONIC
Sam learned their first headstand at the age of 4 and has been more comfortable upside down ever since. Sam has been training pole all over the Twin Cities since 2018 and became a certified instructor in 2023. A teacher and accessibility specialist by day, Sam takes pride in their ability to teach complicated concepts in a way that makes sense. Sam loves how pole can be a sport, an art, a hobby, and a community all in one. You can find Sam doing handstands and headstands, lifting heavy weights, learning flips, and constantly seeking new ways to be a strong, badass mover.
ANGEL
Angel discovered chair dance in 2020 and immediately felt the power of using movement as a way to reconnect with herself. Chair dance reminded her that she was more than the roles she carried each day—it gave her space to feel confident, expressive, sensual, and fully herself. After becoming a certified Own It Experience instructor in 2022, Angel has been passionate about creating spaces where others can experience that same transformation. She believes chair dance is an approachable way to begin a dance journey, welcoming students of all experience levels to build confidence, reconnect with their bodies, and explore their own sensuality through movement and self-expression. Angel’s classes blend choreography, musicality, and encouragement in a supportive environment where students are celebrated for showing up exactly as they are. Her favorite moments are watching students surprise themselves—not just with what their bodies can do, but with how they begin to see themselves. She believes everyone deserves the opportunity to feel strong, confident, expressive, and completely at home in their own body.
LE PETIT MORT
Le Petit Mort (they/them) took flight in early sobriety (2014) by way of single point trapeze and aerial silks in Boulder at Frequent Flyers. They kept chasing the high at Aerial Cirque Over Denver before returning to the land of ten thousand lakes in 2016. Mort danced from Lyra (gratitude to Seebie, Lisa, Cheryl) to hammock (gratitude to CoCo) to rope (gratitude to Lisa and Alissa) and back, anchoring with Lyra, playing elsewhere when they find more time. They train handstands with Lynn when they can, for that seamless head to toe balance. A poet with little movement background, Mort loves spinning magic with students, building strength and trust in their bodies, all while cultivating the wisdom of how to keep each other safe in the air and in our hearts. They performed duo for Queer Circus in 2021 and look forward to many more collaborations in community.
THE REAL MATT DAVIS
THERESA
ELLA
BELLA
When not behind the counter checking you in as a BA, you can find Bella taking pole, trapeze, floorwork, and the occasional chair class. This plus-size powerhouse is always up for a chat, a hug, or helping other self identified plus-size babes modify moves.
NICKTAE
Tae has been dancing for over ten years, performing for 8 and poling for 4! She’s excited to bring a background in many different dance styles and a general life long enthusiasm of movement to their classes, to encourage others that even the once shyest of people can thrive and find space with dance.
SHELBY
MICK
OLIVE
Olive started dancing with Pheonix in January 2023. She loves Lyra, pole, floorwork, and chair and specializes in sensual movement. You can also catch Olive performing around the cities as Lady Cobra where she brings silly sultry western flair to the stage! Pheonix has become an important home to Olive where she can build community and connection to her body through movement.
JAMIE
SEE HOW WE WORK
PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED INSTRUCTORS
All our instructors have CPR and AED certifications and have been trained by Vertical Art Athletics, recognized by the Pole Safe Federation! We offer Pole Tricks, Pole Dance, Aerial Tricks, and most importantly, Fitness classes to help advance your pole and aerial training in a safe and very effective manner. Check out our classes today!