The Pole Palace

I’ve been coming to this studio for two weeks now and it’s truly been a wonderful experience. I look forward to every class I come to. I love that the classes are an hour and a half, it allows for a good warm up and plenty of time to learn new material. Melissa’s emphasis on safety and strengthening before you try new tricks makes you completely comfortable trying them. I also love when she brings her furbabes, it makes the studio feel homey. I highly recommend people come to this studio, they have the best schedule and a wide variety of classes for different levels.

I love The Pole Palace! I’ve been attending classes here for around eight months, and the instructors are all knowledgable, welcoming, and obviously passionate about pole. They have awoken a love of dancing in me that I never knew I had — and MAN, the arm strength I’ve built! Special shout-​out to Gemma… she’s breathtaking to watch perform, and her focus on flow and floorwork has helped me enormously.
Bottom line, if you’ve been considering giving pole fitness a try, STOP CONSIDERING AND COME HERE! :)

The teachers at Pole Palace are extremely thorough and safe which provides a fun environment to get your DANCE ON! There are a variety of classes from floor work/​dance to advanced pole tricks. If you’re into a fun workout and more body awareness & confidence, this is the place for you! Some of my favorite teachers are Melissa (owner), Chalese (who also happens to be a chiropractor), Wendy (she’s pregnant & still rockin’ the pole) and Gemma (love her moves). Come check it out w/​your girlfriends. You’re sure to enjoy!

This is a super fun, professional yet low key place top learn new tricks and «get your sexy» on! Try it !! :-)

This studio has six powder coated poles and two chrome ones of various diameters (40, 42, 45, and 50 mm). There are cubbies to store belongings and a small bathroom.
Classes are a bit disorganized and it seems like advanced students will benefit most from the multi-​level classes.
I attended a handful of various classes this year as an intermediate/​advanced student. I’ll spare the details but I’m not really drawn to return.

The Pole Palace is an awesome studio. It’s a great place to focus on skills or fitness. They have great instructors who always fully explain new moves and conditioning exercises. The studio is nice and clean, and classes are at great times for my schedule. I like all the different classes that are offered, too. Melissa and Mo make this place a fun environment for learning and trying new things.

I am a first timer, and my experience did not meet my expectations.
Bachelorette Party for 12 women:
To start off — and not a huge deal, but she gave me the impression there were more poles than there actually were… left some of my guests watching or sharing a pole for part of the time. I would like my own pole for the whole time at $ 35/​person.
What WAS a big deal was her attitude. I would expect any dance instructor of a bachelorette party to be fun and engaging. Melissa was very uptight the entire time. She taught us the technical moves, but we were there to have fun, and she didn’t bring that aspect.
It is really disappointing when I hear the other girls in their party describe their experience as something like this: «it was pretty fun… I just wish the teacher was nicer/wasn’t in such a bad mood» They ALL ended with that comment.
I love this concept and will definitely do it again… but at another studio.

I tried this place out through the Unilocal deal, and have been thoroughly impressed. Melissa have an eye for detail, she’s great at explaining things in a way that makes sense, and she never makes you feel foolish for screwing up a move. She’s extremely safety oriented and understands the mechanics behind each move, and she doesn’t push beyond a strength level, she gauges well. There’s powder coated 40 mm poles (don’t slide down those… pole burn times a million) and a 45 mm and a 50 mm chrome. Many of the poles spin but she has some static options. She’s great at correcting bad form as well, again in a way that doesn’t make you feel foolish for having developed a bad habit. Great workout, great warm up, highly recommend for any level (I’ve been doing pole on and off for about 2 years).

The Pole Palace is my favorite pole studio in Portland. I’ve visited all the studios in PDX and this is by far the best! Melissa is very knowledgeable and a amazing teacher. She’s very good at teaching the correct form and ways to do pole tricks.
The studio has a lot of different types of poles. There’s rotating, powder coated, chrome, different sizes so lots to choose from.
There’s classes daily, so it fits my schedule well. The classes are drop in so you can go as you like.
The pricing is also very reasonable compared to the other studios around.
LOVE THIS PLACE!

First of all the studio is gorgeous, warm and welcoming! Ozzy has great knowledge of the body and her alignment cues are amazing! I would recommend this place to anybody who is interested in learning or to anybody who wants to refine their skills. She has a variety of poles with different finishes to meet everybody’s needs! I love this place for the amazing instruction in a warm cozy setting!

The Pole Palace is one of my favorite places in Portland. Pole dancing has been a passion of mine for about a year now, but Melissa has advanced me in a way I never could on my own. Her expertise and ability to create good habits is invaluable. She teaches me the correct way to do tricks and proper strength building exercises. I’ve also done the yoga/​stretching classes here and I think they are fantastic. I like to hold poses for longer and do deeper stretches than you get in a normal yoga class. Melissa seems to understand that and creates classes that leave me inspired and feeling like I got an amazing workout!

The Pole Palace is an awesome place to get an excellent work out, learn new moves, and just have fun! I think this is a great alternative to working out and can give women an opportunity to gain self esteem and really become comfortable in their own bodies. As a beginner of this work I was pleased with having Melissa as my instructor for the class. She is very encouraging, supportive and educated and I hope to be as toned as her some day. I was sore after my first class which means I am already on my way to amazing arms and abs. :) I would recommend this studio to anyone!

Ozzy is super talented and strong she’s a awesome fun teacher ;-) I’ve already learned so much from my classes with her. She’s worked really hard and done a beautiful job remodeling the whole place!!!