The Team
Instructor team
Behind Fly & Flow is a team of hard-working, skilled and most importantly passionate people. Read more about them here.
Ana
Teacher & Co-founder
Ana is the longest-standing pole dance instructor in Maastricht, with 7+ years of teaching experience. Her journey started in spring of 2016: she was looking for a sport that would improve her self confidence, wasn’t boring and would be “cool” like gymnastics. She immediately fell in love with pole dance and hasn’t stopped since.
Ana might make (nearly) everything look easy now, but she started with 0 experience (not even dance or gymnastics!) and her journey has been marked with chaos (quitting teachers, closing studios and the pandemic). She has taught herself most of what she knows which has helped her develop a keen understanding of how pole poses, tricks and combinations work. While trial and error have been her best teachers, she would like to spare that (sometimes painful) road for others. She’s looking to share her knowledge and experience with fellow pole lovers.
Ana teaches Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, Advanced and Flexibility.
Competitions:
– IPSF Dutch Championships Open Artistic Pole (2025): Silver
– IPSF Dutch Championships Open Artistic Pole (2024): Bronze
– PSO Netherlands Level 4 (2023): Gold
Languages: English, Dutch, French, Spanish
Caroline
Teacher & Board Member
Caroline began her pole journey at Polecats Manila (The Philipines) in 2015 and it quickly became a way for her to foster a deeper connection with her body. It became a way for her to find and embrace both strength and grace in every movement.
As she grew and progressed, she discovered new outlets, including Pole Heels and Chair Dance.
When she’s not at the studio, Caroline is a university lecturer and PhD student. Her skills as a teacher transfer perfectly to the studio setting: the eye for detail, open mindedness and dedication she shows in her day-to-day job ensure she will be able to guide any student through the first steps of their pole journey.
Caroline looks forward to flow, grow and have fun together!
Caroline teachers Beginners 1, 2 and Flexibility.
Languages: English
Thelma
Teacher
Thelma started her pole dance journey in 2015 in Korea and when she moved to Germany she continued honing her craft. Thelma is all about sensuality, sexuality and self-confidence. Thelma brings something absolutely unique to our studio with her joyful energy, sensual flow and her belief that we should all dare to be sexy.
Thelma’s expertise is everything exotic: exotic pole dance, exotic heels, burlesque (or polesque!). She also has a softer more emotional side to her dance. Her contemporary flow combines floorwork en low pole flow to share all her emotions.
Thelma teachers Exotic Heels, Contemporary Flow and Intermediate 2.
Competitions:
– POSA Korea Angelcup Pole Dance Championship, Amateur Exotic (2019): Bronze
– Pole Art Korea, Exotic Professional (2019): Bronze
– Korea Pole Sports, Federation, Professional Category (2019): Pole Dancer of the Year
Languages: English, German, Korean
Janine
Teacher
Janine fell in love with both acrobatics and dance at a young age: ice skating and gymnastics on one hand, and ballet, Latin dance and jazz dance on the other hand. When she moved to Nijmegen, she discovered pole dance and everything clicked into place: it was the perfect blend of dance and acrobatics while also offering a new world of possibilities.
Despite several challenges – the pandemic forcing her to train at home, moving to a Canadian without a studio, a concussion (not related to pole dance!) – her passion for pole dance, her dedication to learn and her skill have only continued to grow. She is more excited than ever to share her love with her students.
Janine teaches Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, Advanced and Flexibility.
Competitions
– Pole Passion Kuijk Semi Professional Division (2019): Bronze
– ADC Competition Intermediate 2 (2019): Bronze
Languages: English, German, French, Russian, Luxembourgish
Cay
Teacher
Cay started pole dancing in fall 2021 in Berlin after attending a queer pole workshop the summer before. They quickly fell in love with it, but the limitations of their own health taught them how important proper technique and strength are. So they started quickly trying to learn as much as possible, not only on the pole but also about the theory behind it.
When they are not currently nerding out about pole dancing, they study Data Science at Maastricht University and work as a Software Developer.
Cay teaches Beginners 1, 2 and Flexibility.
Languages: English, German (and more Dutch every day!)
Are you our next teacher? Reach out to us to discuss the next steps!
We wouldn't be where we are without our co-founder: Melissa
A word of thank you to our co-founder and good friend Melissa. In August 2020 she stumbled upon an online advertisement for pole dance. That “flap of a butterfly wing” led to co-founding the studio with Ana, a place to share her passion and happiness. Life happens and she has taken her away from Maastricht, but her love for pole dance and our community stays as bright as ever at the studio.
Good to know: all instructors are available for private classes. Contact us for their pricing and availability.