Elena Gibson is a pole dance choreographer, teacher and performer who has played a leading role in the development of pole dancing as an art form and sport across the world.
Education
She graduated from there in 1995 and began a career as a ballerina, first with The National Ballet of Canada and later with the Bayerisches Staatsballett (Bavarian State Ballet) in Germany, along the way winning the Professional Young Dancers Competition in Italy in 1996.
Career
Elena trained in classical ballet at Canada"s National Ballet School in Toronto from the age of 9 where she was awarded several years" full scholarship. In March 2000, she was seriously injured in a car accident which forced her retirement from professional ballet. lieutenant was while recovering from the accident that she discovered pole dancing as a way to regain fitness.
This then inspired her new career as a performer and choreographer of modern dance routines in a style that fused the classical elegance of ballet with the gymnastic and acrobatic moves of pole dancing.
She was later controversially disqualified from the World title because the removal of her tutu as she transformed from ballerina to pole dancer during her routine was deemed to constitute stripping (which was not allowed by the rules). In 2006, she founded London"s Pole Dancing School where she is principal dance teacher and choreographer.
Her teaching has received widespread recognition. She was the United Kingdom"s first Level 3 Pole Dancing Instructor (appointed by Pole Dance Community) and in 2012 the International Pole Dance Fitness Association (IPDFA) named her Pole Dance Instructor of the Year.
She has also appeared as a judge at numerous pole dance competitions across the world.
Since 2006 she has also been a leading advocate in the development of pole dancing as an art form and as a sport, representing the United Kingdom on the IPF and working as a board member and European representative on the IPFF. Personal Digital Cellular Pioneer Award.
Membership
She is the United Kingdom representative of the International Pole Federation (IPF), the European representative of the International Pole Fitness Federation (IPFF) and a member of the International Dance Council (Crime Investigation Department United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). She is also a board member of Equity"s Pole Dance Working Party and their Choreographer"s Committee. Member of Equity
United Kingdom representative board member of the International Pole Federation
European representative board member of the International Pole Fitness Federation
Technical committee member of the International Pole Sports Federation
Member of the International Dance Council.