Meet your Instructors
Bec Collins may be better known as performer ‘Bebe Sparkle’, The Queen of Diamonds! She is a Tasmanian pioneer or pole, creator/owner of one of Tasmanians, Hobart’s first, largest and most respected pole studio ‘Diamond Class Pole and Fitness Studio’ Est:2007
Not only is she the award winning creator and business owner of ‘Diamond Class Pole and Fitness Studio’, she’s an established entertainer, pole/aerial artist, emcee, producer and troop leader of her ‘Diamonds’ known for her fun, creative, saucy, leggy , splitty and gravity defying performances!
An internationally accredited as a Master Trainer withe IPDFA (Instructor of instructors), Bec/Bebe is the most experienced/qualified in her field of pole instructing in Tasmania. Skillful with a strong passion and ability for relating anatomy to technical execution on and off the pole, plus breaking moves down into immense detail that has her students learning safer, faster, understanding and executing moves at the most professional standard.
As an entertainer, she currently performs in festivals including ‘Party in the Paddock’ annually and ‘Dark Fringe’ with some of her past performing seen at ‘Falls Festival’ for 3 consecutive years, Fundraising Balls, Galas, nightclubs, at ‘Dark Mofo’, been on ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ multiple times as well as on many burlesque stages nationally.
A staple Ali in Tasmania’s Queer scene since she started in 2007, being snapped up by ‘Flamingos Dance Bar’ as a regular pole and burlesque entertainer and has appeared in numerous ‘Taspride’ events including Queens Ball and New Norfunk to name a few. She is proud to be part of the all inclusive community and promotes love, kindness and sparkles for all!
Within her industry, she is responsible for progressing pole dance from the pubs and clubs of Hobart to a professional fitness, dance and theatre studio environment. She has offered Tasmanian polers the opportunity to progress on a national level by producing the only Tasmanian Pole Dance competitions 2007 – 2022 , including the Tasmanian leg of the ‘Miss Pole Dance Australia competition’ for 5 years. She has more recently in 2024 brought back her very own revamped state wide comp ‘Pole Dance Tasmania ‘ a pre – professional competition to give all those new and upcommers a performance opportunity to progress in an all inclusive supportive Tassie owned and run competition.
Recognised nationally as one of the ‘Australian Pole Dancers Magazine’ top 50 most influential people in the industry multiple years, Bec is extremely passionate about offering Tasmanian polers the same, if not better opportunities than are available in other states and is super proud her studio is considered as one of the most professional in Aus and the only professional studio in Hobart with ‘IPDFA’ qualified instructors (the highest accredited internationally recognised qualification accredited with ‘Fitness Australia’ + may more leading Fitness/Acrobatic/Aerial/Pole/Sporting bodies)
Passionate about providing a way for others to find their inner sparkle and shine their brightest, Bec has taught and met copious inspirational women and men that have gone from very little self body/mind confidence and strength to finding a happier, sparklier version of themselves they never thought possible through pole dance and fitness. She’s taught many title winners in Pole Dance, Burlesque, Pinup, Drag as well as being special guest judge and performer for numerous comps including for the renowned ‘Miss Pole Dance Victoria’ multiple times.
Come Sparkle with Bebe Sparkle aka Bec Collins 😉
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Cherry Snow is the head instructor of the troupe The Diamonds of Polesque and Manager of Diamond Class Pole and Fitness Studio.
After discovering Burlesque in late 2011, Cherry was amazed by how much her confidence grew and in early 2012 she decided to delve into the world of Pole Dance as well!
Bringing these elements together (Polesque) in both her teaching and performing, Cherry has found a way to empower women and loves seeing their confidence grow as hers has.
Pole Dancing Achievements
Shane
Shane has been an advanced level poler at Diamond Class since 2012 and a valued staff member for many years best known for his comedic co-emceeing roles at themed shows, cleaning the poles and helping out at every single Diamond pole show and competition and for his ridiculously acrobatic pole tricks we get him to show off regularly!
Becoming an instructor early 2019 he has judged in-house student comps and is best known for his upper body strength tricks and flips + strength training techniques that add a WOW to any pole routine!
Haidee
Haidee has been pole dancing since 2013, having trained in Brisbane and Stockholm, then joined us at Diamond Class in Hobart in 2018.
She has competed in many in-house student competitions where she has taken away titles in the Advanced Division. She also represented Diamond Class as a finalist in the Miss Pole Dance ACT/TAS heat in 2018.
In addition, she has performed at exciting events in Hobart with our performance troop ‘The Diamonds of Polesque’. Known for her strong aerial tricks and inversion skills, Haidee has also become an Internationally Accredited Pole Dance instructor with the IPDFA (International Pole Dance and Fitness Association) as a Level #2 PolePro instructor at Diamond Class.
Her focus is training students with strength and stability methods towards the perfect handstands with and without pole, as well as level instruction
Jorja
Jorja, better known as her sassy and saucy alter ego Miss Ginger Snap, started pole dancing in 2020 as a means to get more active during the pandemic and spice up her fitness routine.
She started dancing from a very young age, performing jazz and ballet routines from as early as 4.
She has always loved dance and performance very much enjoying being in the spotlight, the fun and creativity of burlesque, but also the strength and confidence pole dancing has given her.
Jorja is still reasonably new to instructing and is enjoying getting to know her sparkly students plus helping them reach their goals and aspirations.
She is also a sparkly Diamond Class receptionist!
