* Miss Pole Dance Australia Finalist 2010 * World Pole Dance Championships 2011, 3rd place doubles division * North Shore Pole Princess 2011 2nd place * Asia-Pacific Pole Dance Championship 2011 3rd place doubles division * World Pole Dance Championships Women's Division semi-finalist 2011 * World Pole Dance Champsionships 2011, 3rd place doubles division * Australia Pole Fitness Championships 2012, Doubles Division, Winner * Australian Pole Championships, winner, group division * Miss Pole Dance Australia First Runner Up, 2012 * International Pole Championships, Runner Up, Polefit Doubles 2012 Girl Next Door Soiree, Los Angeles, 2013 Gravity First Showcase, Mexico City 2013 Guest Performer Pole Theatre UK, Pole Theatre USA, Pole Theatre Greece 2016 Provocarte Showcase, San Jose, Costa Rica 2016 She is a versatile performer and has performed all over the world. Shimmy is available for performances at corporate events, bars/nightclubs, private parties, festivals, product launches and other special events. 2013, 20 number 3 in Australia by the Australian Pole Dance Magazine Top Australian Pole Dancers 2015 United Pole Artists Poler of the Year Award 2015 IPDFA Industry Person of the Year Award Shimmy is an industry-builder, and in 2015 her work to grow the pole industry was recognised with the following awards: Shimmy is a proud brand ambassador for X-Pole Australia and also loves to write, and has a blog, which is published on the Pole Dance Academy website Shimmy hopes to be pole dancing for as long as she lives, and possibly even longer. Shimmy is constantly astounded at how many of the answers to life's questions she has found wrapped around a pole. She's a lover not a fighter, but will fight for what she loves and the people she loves. Shimmy is crazy about pole dancing, handstands, her dog and cat, and animals in general. For Shimmy, the true magic of pole dance is the transformative effect it has on people, in the way that it increases confidence and body awareness. She loves to guide and see the improvement in her students from week to week. Shimmy is passionate about teaching pole. Pole Theatre is the world's biggest pole dance competition. Shimmy and Maddie are the creators of two of the world's most entertaining pole competitions, Dance Filthy and Pole Theatre, which is now held in over 20 countries worldwide. We continue to lead the way in the professionalisation of Pole Fitness all over the world.Michelle Shimmy is a Sydney-based internationally-renowned pole performer, entertainer, judge, MC and instructor. Shimmy co-owns the Pole Dance Academy with her sister Maddie Sparkle and have their own line of pole wear, Shimmy & Sparkle.
The federation ensures members operate in a safe environment, with a high level of relevant knowledge and qualifications and adhering to our Code of Conduct and Code of Practice. In 2018 World Pole Dance created the World Pole Federation, culminating in over a decade of knowledge and experience with over 38 countries, to create an umbrella organisation to promote instructor training and safe studios and instructors. Our unique judging system is the only one to include impartial adjudicators on the judging team, as well as highly qualified and knowledgeable judges who have undergone our leading judge's training. World Pole Dance is a strictly sport fitness championships, where other competitions have followed. In 2009 Pole Passion hosted the World Pole Dance championships in Jamaica and aligned the competition to pole sport fitness, allowing individual choice of moves to encourage innovation in the industry and to show the individual and artistic flair of competitors.īy doing this, the World Pole Dance Championships created a showcase to encourage pole fitness in as many countries as possible, with previous competitions in a diverse range of countries including Switzerland, UK, Romania, Hungary, and China. The first World Pole Dance Championships was held in 2005 in Amsterdam, Holland. We have over ten years’ experience in building a global framework for Pole Fitness Studios and Instructors to operate under, to ensure safe and effective teaching at all levels. World Pole Sport & Fitness Championship and World Pole Federation (WPF) are world leaders in high-quality Pole Fitness Instructor Training programs and National and International competitions.