In this episode of Strip Journey, Morana speaks with Polina Petropavlovskaia, a Frame Up choreographer, director, and official representative with a background in hip hop and experience in stage shows and TV dance competitions. Polina shares her journey into Frame Up and how joining Agny shaped her first steps, her move to Barcelona after an unexpected career transition, and her experience building the style in Europe. She discusses concept-driven choreography, the role of acrobatics and film in her work, differences between dance cultures, and her future plans for dance films, collaborations, and community growth in Barcelona and beyond.

Polina’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p_petropavlovskaya/

Frame Up Barcelona: https://www.instagram.com/frameup_bcn/

In this episode, Morana speaks with Vienna-based frame up teacher Daria (Dasha) Gendina. Daria shares her journey from 15 years of competitive figure skating to becoming a frame up teacher in Vienna. She talks about how her sports background shaped her movement style, her path through training and teaching, and what it took to build a frame up community from scratch in a new city.

The conversation covers her approach to teaching beginners, combining acrobatics, flow, and ballet-inspired details, as well as her views on consistency, filming as part of the learning process, and developing an individual style. Daria also reflects on competitions, student progress, and her plans to continue growing frame up in Austria.

Daria’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gendosska/

In this episode, Morana talks to Tatiana Filipenko, a Frame Up Strip teacher, dancer, and choreographer based in Slovenia. Originally from Siberia, Tatiana shares her journey from rhythmic gymnastics to discovering Frame Up through a Russian TV show—an encounter that instantly changed her life. With no local teachers at first, she learned from slowed-down videos, eventually moving to Moscow to train more deeply.

Tatiana describes how she relocated to Slovenia and ended up starting a Frame Up community from scratch in a very traditional dance environment. She discusses her challenges, her students’ growth, and her decision to pursue formal choreography education at age 31 to refine her teaching and give more to her dancers.

Tatiana shares her creative process, her approach to motivating beginners, and what she believes Frame Up represents: freedom. The episode closes with Tatiana’s message to anyone thinking of trying Frame Up: just go for it—you belong on the dance floor.

Tatiana’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_filipena_/

00:00 Introduction
00:40 Tatiana’s Background
01:00 Dance Journey
01:50 Discovering Frame Up
02:30 Learning Without Teachers
03:10 Training in Moscow
03:55 Moving to Slovenia
04:20 Becoming a Teacher
05:30 Classes in Slovenia
08:35 Competitions in Europe
11:00 First Frame Up Competition
12:40 Plans and Goals
14:00 Creative Process
14:50 Advice for Beginners
15:40 Motivating Students
16:45 Boots or Sandals
20:30 One Word for Frame Up
20:50 Memorable Teaching Moment
21:10 Fun Facts
22:00 Final Message

In this episode, Morana talks with dancer and choreographer Yuliana Zolotova, joining from Novi Sad, Serbia. Yuliana shares her journey from starting dance at age seven in Ukraine to studying dance professionally, performing on cruise ships around the world, and eventually settling in Serbia for love.

She tells how she discovered Frame Up Strip through Anastasia Koval, later bringing the style to Serbia, where she now teaches and performs. Yuliana recalls working with Serbian pop stars, creating choreography for them, as well as winning first place in her category at World of Dance Serbia.

They discuss her teaching path—from being afraid to teach adults to building Frame Up and heels communities in Novi Sad and Belgrade—and her challenges as an immigrant instructor introducing a new dance style to a new culture.

Yuliana closes with heartfelt advice for dancers: never give up on what you love, stay patient, and enjoy the process.

Yuliana’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuliana_zolotova/

00:00 Introduction
01:00 Early Beginnings
02:00 Studying & Performing Abroad
04:30 Discovering Frame Up Strip
05:30 Teaching in a New Country
06:30 Bringing Frame Up to the Serbian Stage
09:00 Dance Foundations & Style
10:30 Winning World of Dance Serbia
12:30 Injuries & Conventions
15:00 Teaching Today
18:30 Finding Her Style
20:30 Creating Choreography
22:00 Teaching Artists & Groups
23:30 Advice for Dancers
24:30 Upcoming Projects
25:30 Quickfire Round – Shoes, icons, favorite choreo, and fun facts
30:00 Life on Cruise Ships
32:30 Becoming Her Own Project
33:30 Final Message – “Don’t give up on what you love”

In this first episode of season 2 of Strip Journey, Morana talks to Djuna, a dancer and teacher based in Berlin, about her journey into Frame Up Strip. Djuna shares how she went from folklore dance and hip hop to developing her own choreographic voice, and how she builds intention into every piece.

They talk about:

• Why Frame Up changed how she feels dance

• Teaching in Berlin and building trust with students, her Innuendo Crew

• How she supports beginners to let go of “looking clean”

• Why she wants dancers to "go through something" on stage

This is an inspiring episode for dancers at all levels who want to deepen their connection to movement and find their own voice in performance.

Djuna’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ddjunna/

Innuendo crew instagram: https://www.instagram.com/innuendocrew/

00:00 Intro – Meeting Djuna

02:00 Djuna’s dance background

03:25 Discovering Frame Up during the pandemic

05:10 What changed in her dance expression after Frame Up

08:00 Teaching Frame Up in Berlin

09:00 Djuna’s choreographic process: intention first

12:15 Why vulnerability is part of her style

14:10 When she feels most like herself in dance

17:10 Favorite pieces: Emotionally driven choreographies

18:45 Movement qualities: tension, contrast, softness

20:30 Advice for dancers: let go of needing to be clean

21:20 Frame Up in one word

23:00 What makes her proud as a teacher

24:00 Outro – Final reflections and thank you

🎉 Season finale! In episode 25, I sit down with Anna Strok, dancer and teacher from Warsaw, Poland. Anna talks about starting from ballroom dance, transitioning through go-go and high heels, and eventually finding her home in Frame Up Strip. Anna, previously a founder of the iconic Total Strip Weekend in Belarus, shares what it’s like teaching in Poland, leading her team “Cablook,” and her dream of creating powerful community spaces across Europe. Expect stories about failing forward, sexy choreos, and building art with heart ❤️

Anna’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna.strok_dance/

Cablook instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cablook_dance/

00:00 Intro – Episode 25 and welcoming Anna Strok

01:00 Anna’s dance beginnings – ballroom to go-go to heels

03:00 Discovering Frame Up Strip and falling in love with it

05:00 Creating the Total Strip Weekend competition in Belarus

07:00 Growing the Frame Up community from scratch

08:30 Moving to Warsaw and starting from zero again

10:00 Her project ‘Cablook’ – building a team and student family

12:00 What ‘Cablook’ means & her open-level teaching approach

13:00 Teaching at camps and conventions across Europe

14:00 Competing with her team in World of Dance and Stage 18+ Prague

15:00 Planning to compete solo for the first time

16:30 What’s next: organizing events, growing skills, and new choreos

17:30 Her choreo process and why music is everything

18:30 Signature style: sexy, soft, and emotional

19:00 Advice for beginners – start in socks, don’t be afraid

20:00 Boots or sandals? And her Frame Up inspirations

21:00 Favorite learning experiences

23:00 Describing Frame Up in one word: “Expressing yourself”

24:00 Her favorite teaching memory – owning her own dance hall

25:00 Fun fact: she used to hate heels!

26:00 Final message: more kindness, more support, more community

28:00 Wrap-up and thank you!

What happens when a disciplined ballerina turns rebellious and blends technique with raw emotion? 🖤 Meet Vivian Voss from Greece — creator of "Experimental Erotica" and one of our original voices in the European Frame Up scene. From founding Greece’s first contemporary pole group to building her spider-inspired dance community, Vivian shares her story of unapologetic artistry, risk-taking, and how she teaches dancers to embrace their erotic expression.

Vivian’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivianvoss_/

Experimental Erotica's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/experimental.erotica/

00:00 Intro & meet Vivian Voss

01:00 Dance beginnings: from ballet to contemporary

03:00 Why she created Experimental Erotica

06:00 First encounters with Frame Up Strip

08:00 Teaching in Greece: challenges & growth

10:00 The story behind "dada dolls" and her clothing line

12:00 How she got the nickname Spider Mother

14:00 Teaching at Greece’s High Heels Convention

16:00 Competing at Pole Theater

17:00 Future plans: growing the community and hosting more intensives

19:00 Her first self-organized erotic intensive weekend

20:00 Style focus: eroticism, musicality & spider movements

22:00 Advice for new students: "Be a blank canvas"

23:00 Manifesting through dance & why technique matters

25:00 Boots or sandals? + Frame Up inspirations

27:00 Favorite learning moment: Strip Stars Camp Poland

28:00 Her own choreo favorites & signature moments

29:00 Fun fact

31:00 Final message: Try new things, embrace your identity