Miss Sofia Rose

"Candy-Coated Cutie"
Instagram: @miss.sofiax

How long have you been dancing?
I have been dancing all my life in one form or another... I started out ballet when I was 4 and continued adding more and more styles to my repertoire as I got older. When I was 15 I was doing eight hours a week of dance classes which included ballet, hip hop, contemporary and jazz. Unfortunately due to the HSC it wasn't sustainable and I quit dancing to focus on school work.  It wasn't until I was 17 that I found my love for Pole. About 6 months after starting pole I was obsessed and started doing silks and lyra, and I even tried a class of trapeze! (it was not my cup of tea).

 How long have you been teaching at Sky Sirens and which styles do you teach?
I have been teaching at  Sky Sirens since the first full term it opened. I signed up for the first ever mini term as a student, and when Katia recognised my talent she asked me to join the team! I have been loving every minute of it ever since!!

How would you describe your dance style?
That's a hard question. I think my style adapts to my mood, the music, and the apparatus or medium I'm using. However, what never changes is my goal to express or tell a story through my moves; sometimes that means an edgier, stronger routine full of hard tricks and hit accents (like my recent night cap performance) other times it is getting back to the basics for a more feminine and flowy routine (like the Emeralds routine to 'Lies in the Dark', one of my favourites, see the video below!). When I listen to a song I sometimes get an idea of a character of message that I want portray. I want to audience to go on a journey, whether it's feeling what I feel or feeling for me, my aim is to leave people wanting more.

What advice to you like to give to your students?
I have many speeches and rants for my students about lessons I have learnt while doing aerial, and there have been so many lessons learnt. Probably the most important is that the easiest way is not necessarily the shortest. By that I mean it may seem easy to cheat or skip a move at the time in order to move onto something newer/easier/more exciting, however a lot of the time it comes round to bite you on that cute behind you have! I myself relied heavily on my flexible in my inverts and threw myself into them instead of using control and muscle. It was fine... until I started doing them up the pole, at which point I had to go right back to the beginning and learn all over again, and break some very stubborn habits! I have found this also applies to my muggle life. Learn from my mistakes!

What do you do when you’re not being a Siren?
Haha, what don't I do! When I am not all glammed up and teaching people to fly I am at University studying a Bachelor of Human Sciences and Psychology. I also have another job as a disability care worker, so I don't have a whole lot of free time these days, but I wouldn't change it for a second! Sky Sirens is my escape where I get to relax, share my empowerment and knowledge and hang out with so many AMAZING ladies!

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
EVERYWHERE! I want to travel the world and experience it all, but for now I will start with Europe. I have never been, and while it might sound odd I really want to go to Scotland. It's where my other is from and I have heard so many stories that I would like to experience it for myself. And then Paris!

 What does this term hold for you?
As well as Big Bad Booty I am teaching Babydoll and Pearls Lyra, and Babydoll and Pearls Pole.