🎉 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

Calling all dance nerds 🎧 In this episode, we go deep into the making of a dancer. Liza opens up about growing up with a musical family, quitting ballet, moving countries, and rediscovering her power through Frame Up. Her take on musicality, being part of community, and choreographing will resonate with anyone who's ever been obsessed with dance. We talk passion, pressure, socks vs no socks (yes, really), and what it takes to truly own your growth. This is one of our most inspiring convos yet! Plus, she shares what it meant to be recognized by the same people who first inspired her — a true full circle moment

Liza’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foxmakarova/

Liza's telegram channel: https://t.me/+Vt0d2Vs-MYjBTUnM

00:00 Intro

03:00 Childhood ballet & music roots

08:00 Discovering hip hop and joining her first crew

10:00 Moving to Prague & rekindling dance

12:30 Frame Up: how she found the style and her mentors

17:00 Teaching vs. training – how both shaped her

19:00 Joining Poison crew & developing her own style

22:00 Frame Up Convention Moscow – certificates & surprises

25:00 Creating her own choreo group ‘Charisma’

28:00 Preparing for competitions & dancing solo

30:00 Winning in Prague & the power of performance

33:00 World of Dance Greece – international experiences

36:00 Liza’s upcoming teaching tour

38:00 Her unique style: musicality, legs, aggression

44:00 Advice to beginners: don’t panic, enjoy the process

46:00 Quick-fire Q&A: sandals or boots, inspirations & more

53:00 Frame Up in one word? Passion.