meet the BGP team

Athleticism, adventure and artistry have always been a recurring characteristic of Crystal Belcher aka “CryStylez.” Crystal has an extensive history of dancing, cheering, co-ed competitive sports and dance fitness. She has been a student of pole, an instructor and choreographer since 2010. “CryStylez” thrives on fluidity and showmanship, alongside the thrill of expression and transformation. Crystal’s most recent credits include 2015 Pole Art Italy nominee in Milan, Italy and Miss Pole Dance America finalist in Nashville, Tennessee. As well, she has earned 2nd Place Women’s Professional and Overall winner at 2014 National Aerial Pole Art in Los Angeles, California and 2012 Miss Texas Pole Star Ultimate Champion in Dallas, Texas. Crystal is the founder and creator of Melee on the Bayou: Houston’s Premier Pole Dance competition and Exhibition.

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Amy Henderson definitely is a Pepper (One of a Kind) performer. She dreams of performing and sharing her knowledge of pole performing all around the world. She brings face, fierceness, strength, control and shivers every time she hits the stage. Serving C.U.N.T. (charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent) realness, you’ll be on the edge of your seat waiting to see what she will bring to the table.

Amy is a self-taught pole performer. She started in 2006 and learned from YouTube watching such stars as Josiah Grant, Alethea Austin, Felix Cane, Pantera and Jenyne Butterfly. Since then, she has competed in many competitions, gained respect from fellow artists and self -knowledge about herself as a person and performer.

Amy has been teaching since 2010 at The Girls Room and Vertical Fitness Dallas where she has touched hundreds of lives through pole. She continues her journey traveling over the country to perform, compete and train.

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At 7:30pm, after 100 handsprings, 75 suicides, 500 sit-ups and 50 eighty-pound squats….Zippora begins her pole training. Booming music with heavy bass is blaring. An intense pole vibe begins to ensue. When she trains alone she likes to push her body to the limit and once she has exhausted every limb, she tries to push it just a bit harder. Her training is full of multiple pole drills, which she rounds out with ardent freestyle and flow. She trains alone about 4 times a week, at least 2 ½ hours each day. Breathing is the most important part of her fitness regimen and what is needed to get through those rigorous training sessions. To Zippora flexibility and contortion evokes sensuality and an awakening that she enjoys after almost every workout. From stretching to pull ups to engaging the abs to “keep it tight”, she is enamored with pole fitness as it aids in eradicating insecurities while also developing perpetual confidence on and off the vertical steel.

Zippora “Island” Lewis, Mother and career Apparel Technical Designer, is the 2013 Ms. Tri-State Pole Fitness Champion, SPC Pole Sport Organization Level 4 Senior Winner, APC Pole Sport Organization Professional 4th place Alternate and Black Girls Pole Brand Ambassador. Known for strength and flexibility, Zippora is enthusiastically intrigued by the continual challenges and allures pole fitness brings about at every spin. Owner of the brand BiPOLER Fitness, she understands the diligence required and comradery gained by being a Pole Athlete. Island is excited by working with other athletes and novices who are looking to achieve new goals and reach new heights. Giving back to the community through mentoring, fitness, health education and the support of non-profit organizations are all acts of altruism that she holds most dear.

Zippora plans to continue to compete professionally and provide support within the Pole community, focusing on assisting in the efforts of Black Girls Pole acting as a catalyst for awareness and unity.

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Nicole "The Pole" Williams is a Pioneer in the Pole Dance Fitness Industry and has taken mainstream media by storm after being featured with two of the industry’s biggest music Superstars. Nicole was the lead Pole Dancer in Rihanna’s sexy & highly talked about music video “Pour It Up”. She also took to the big stage with Bruno Mars in Amsterdam at the MTV European Music Awards and was the pole dancer in the Gorilla music video in which she doubled for Freida Pinto.

She began her pole journey in 2007 and quickly fell in love with the athleticism aspect as she grew up a tomboy and played sports throughout school. Nicole was a Certified Personal Trainer and owned a fitness gym at the time she started Pole Dancing. She quickly started telling her clients about her new found love that offered an outlet in which she would learn to point her toes, gracefulness, fluidity and musicality which were traits that she didn’t possess prior to Pole. Nicole had a vision that this was going to be a powerful movement and in 2008 opened Allure Dance & Fitness, one of LA’s pioneer pole studios. She has competed in over a dozen pole competitions placing as high as 1st and winning the Best Entertainer Award at CPDC. She performed in Girl Next Door when it first began and has performed in countless showcases. Nicole has been featured on Ellen, VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live w/ Nick Lachey, Ricki Lake, Access Hollywood, CBS The Insider, Mary May, i-d A-Z dance guide and much more.

Nicole has a complete 6 disc instructional DVD series for Beginner to Advanced students and has a Brand New Instructional DVD series coming out this Summer called “The No Basic Zone” which features all the tricks she did in the Rihanna Pour it Up videos. With Nicole’s fitness & athletic background she excels as a teacher in breaking down moves and making it fun. She instills in her students an I CAN attitude and that when you have a positive mindset anything is possible.`

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