Justine Mclucas- International Pole and Aerial Artist

Justine started dancing at the age of 3, training in ballet, jazz, contemporary and singing throughout her childhood. With Honours in her RAD Advanced Ballet training, and a quarter finalist in the prestigious Prix de Lausanne competition at the age of 15, she was soon accepted to the Hamburg Ballet School where she completed her professional ballet training and performed with the school and company on stages around Germany. After an injury left her unable to dance en pointe, Justine went home to Australia and began working in finance. A keen interest in studies and a passion for South East Asian culture, she completed a Bachelors Degree in Arts (Asian Studies), with a triple major of Asian Studies, Anthropology and Thai language. Financial services however led her to trading and collateral management in leading investment banks in London in a successful career spanning almost a decade.

But her true love has always been dance, and fate would have it that a gym in central London in early 2007, tempted Justine to try their Pole Dancing classes - and she was captivated, motivating her to train and start performing again, this time in the world of cabaret and acrobatic pole dancing, where she has already established herself firmly amongst the elite polers of Britain, building a solid reputation as a respected performer, choreographer and instructor, and was recently invited to judge and guest perform at the heats and Finals of the UK's biggest Amateur Pole Dance Competition, UKAPP, and to represent  X-Pole as one of their feature models and exhibitors at shows and on their website.

In entering Miss Pole Dance UK for the first time in 2009, Justine made it straight through to the finals and was awarded Best Costume, and in 2010 won the London Pole Divas Professional heat, and went on to place 2nd in the Grand Final in Manchester. She again competed in Miss Pole Dance UK in June 2011 in Brighton, tying for 1st Place on points, and was finally awarded 2nd Place after the tie breaker... she was also awarded Best Entertainer. MPD UK 2011. Justine  went on to compete in the World Championships in Budapest in October.

Her brilliant shows, with their stylish and classy choreography, her elegant, graceful movements, jaw dropping tricks and flexibility makes Justine an all round highly entertaining performer and has landed her parts as a feature dancer/ pole dancer in music videos for Bryan Ferry, RnB sensation Femii, rock band The Violet May and in the Cyclops Vision film, Babes of Baghdad. She has also worked at London Erotica, with the Fuel Girls, and at the Wam Bam Club cabaret show at Café de Paris, London, performing on the pole, the Can Can, Burlesque and Vegas Showgirl numbers.

With her own studio in London, Ecole de Pole, established in Jan 2010 - Justine imparts her passion for the art of Pole Dancing to others as a means to both improving fitness and expressing ones artistry through movement. Her skills and knowledge from a career as a professional ballerina and qualified Fitness and Pilates Instructor make her and the team she has personally trained at Ecole de Pole the ideal school to trust with your pole dancing tuition.

Justine will be traveling the globe this year teaching and performing.
If you would like to book Justine please contact Stacey Snedden on Justinemclucasmanagement@gmail.com

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