INTERNATIONAL POLE DANCE FITNESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2008

PoleArt Runner-up

Anna Marie has been pole dancing for over 18 months. She is also a member of “RrJ Garments”, a break-dance group in The Philippines. Anna Marie truly loves pole dance and has had great success in a variety of competitions. She was a winner of the 2008 FHM pole dance competition in The Philippines and also the winner of the PoleArt category in The Philippines Pole Dance Fitness Championship 2008. Her unique combination of break dance with pole dance impressed the judges and was a key driver to her being awarded PoleDance Champion.

PoleDance Runner-up

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Marsha has always had a passion for dance. At age 10, she began her training in rhythmic gymnastics at The Los Angeles School of Gymnastics in Culver City, CA. Marsha later developed a love for musical theatre and graduated at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. At this private college she studied singing, acting and various dance styles like jazz, ballet, tap and theatre dance. After graduating, she continued to train at the Broadway Dance Center. To further improve her dance technique, four years ago she began to study Ashtanga, Bikram, and Mysore yoga. Marsha also works as an actress and model in Hong Kong. She has starred in a variety of martial arts/action movies and has studied different forms of kung fu.

A Japan native, Yuko’s background in dancing includes samba and capoeira, both of which she learned in Brazil. She studied samba for 3 years and capoeira for 5 years and it was during this time that Yuko deepened her love and development of these dancing skills. Yuko became a pole dance performer in Osaka, Japan and for more than one and a half years she has perfected her skills in this performing art. Her combination of capoeira with pole dance made for a striking performance, one that won her PoleFit Champion.