- LanguagePortuguese, English
- Duration1h15
- DifficultyBeginner
- Next Date09/05/2026
Pole dance workshop in Lisbon for complete beginners who want to start this journey with no prior experience and no physical requirements needed beyond willpower and motivation. Led by Hugo Matos, pole dancer for over ten years, certified instructor and director of Pole Temple Studio, this introductory session covers the full foundation of pole dance: from physical conditioning and acrobatic flights to floorwork sequences, basic acrobatics and creative movement exercises that help you begin expressing yourself through contact with the pole. This is as much about self-knowledge and body awareness as it is about technique.
The session follows a clear progression through six areas of content. We begin with a warm-up and physical conditioning on the mat before moving to acrobatic flights and physical conditioning on the pole, then into basic acrobatics and floorwork sequences with dance. Throughout the session Hugo provides individual feedback and personalized support, adapting challenges to your experience level and creating a safe, welcoming and genuinely empowering space where every participant can move at their own pace. Pole dance builds muscle strength, joint mobility, body awareness and confidence in a way that is difficult to find in any other practice, and this workshop is the right place to find out if it is for you.
What you’ll learn
💃 Warm-up and physical conditioning on the mat and pole
💃 Acrobatic flights and basic acrobatics on the pole
💃 Floorwork sequences and dance in contact with the pole
💃 Creative movement exercises to develop personal expression through the pole
💃 Technical and artistic details behind each element step by step
What’s included
🌟 Full guided instruction from Hugo Matos throughout the session
🌟 Individual feedback and personalized support at every stage
🌟 A safe, welcoming and empowering space to build strength, flexibility and confidence
What you leave with
A solid introduction to pole dance, a foundation of technique and body awareness to build on, and a clear sense of whether this practice is going to become part of your life.
I am Hugo Matos, pole dancer for over ten years, certified instructor by elevatED in 2018 and director of Pole Temple Studio in Lisbon. I teach pole dance because I believe in what it does for the people who practice it: the strength, the confidence, the relationship with your body, mind and heart that develops through consistent and supported practice. This workshop is the starting point for all of that.
No prior experience or physical requirements needed. Open to everyone who is curious about pole dance.
Related Tags: Sports & Fitness, Dance
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More about your Teacher Hugo Matos
Hugo Matos Pole dancer for more than 10 years ;
Instructor and Director of Pole Temple Studio
Certified Teacher by elevatED (pole dance fitness and flexibility trainings) in 2018.
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Madalena Veiga
18/11/2025 at 08:52Adorei a aula, o professor foi super claro e querido. Fiquei super surpreendida com o que aprendemos na primeira aula.
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