Dancing Poles Biography
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, also spending 6 weeks studying in a Bangkok university. 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 by the strength, beautiful lines, and uniqueness of the art, motivating her to train and start performing again, this time in the world of cabaret and acrobatic pole dancing, where she has established herself firmly amongst the elite polers of Britain, building a solid reputation as a respected performer, choreographer and instructor. She is now a judge and guest performer at many National & International Pole Fitness Competitions, represents X-Pole as one of their feature models and exhibitors at shows, on Fitness TV and at events such as the Clothes Show and Leisure Industry Week. She has judged Battle of the Pole in Sweden, Jan 2012, and was commissioned to be Artistic Manager and create the syllabus for Pole Dancing Studio in Gavle, Sweden The Dinali Centre.
Justine has competed in the UK and internationally. In entering Miss Pole Dance UK for the first time in 2009, she made it straight through to the finals and was awarded Best Costume, 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 in 2011. She was a semi-finalist representing the UK at the 2011 World Pole Sport & Fitness Championships in Budapest, and was awarded wild-card entry to the semi-finals of the IPDFA International Pole Championship for 2012 - where she made it to the second round shortlist cut of just 25 female entrants in the world. In the 2012 Series of GOT TO DANCE - Justine was awarded 3 gold stars from the judges in her first audition, and was called back for a second audition making it through to the TOP 34 in the British series!
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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, also spending 6 weeks studying in a Bangkok university. 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 by the strength, beautiful lines, and uniqueness of the art, motivating her to train and start performing again, this time in the world of cabaret and acrobatic pole dancing, where she has established herself firmly amongst the elite polers of Britain, building a solid reputation as a respected performer, choreographer and instructor. She is now a judge and guest performer at many National & International Pole Fitness Competitions, represents X-Pole as one of their feature models and exhibitors at shows, on Fitness TV and at events such as the Clothes Show and Leisure Industry Week. She has judged Battle of the Pole in Sweden, Jan 2012, and was commissioned to be Artistic Manager and create the syllabus for Pole Dancing Studio in Gavle, Sweden The Dinali Centre.
Justine has competed in the UK and internationally. In entering Miss Pole Dance UK for the first time in 2009, she made it straight through to the finals and was awarded Best Costume, 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 in 2011. She was a semi-finalist representing the UK at the 2011 World Pole Sport & Fitness Championships in Budapest, and was awarded wild-card entry to the semi-finals of the IPDFA International Pole Championship for 2012 - where she made it to the second round shortlist cut of just 25 female entrants in the world. In the 2012 Series of GOT TO DANCE - Justine was awarded 3 gold stars from the judges in her first audition, and was called back for a second audition making it through to the TOP 34 in the British series!
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