Hello everyone! Welcome to KCL Pole Dance Fitness’ KCLSU Page!
Please read the below BEFORE purchasing anything.
Introduction to KCL Pole:
We are so excited that you are thinking of joining KCL Pole! We are a club that welcomes students from all levels – right from complete beginner to advanced performers. There is no previous experience necessary, just come along and have fun :)
If you are left with any questions after reading this, then please reach out on our Instagram (@kclpole) or email (kclpolefitness@gmail.com)!
Memberships we offer:
- Standard Membership – For those currently studying at KCL
- Associate Membership – For any non-KCL members who want to join!
- Term 2 Standard Membership – For KCL students who want to join after Term 1 has ended.
- BeActive Sports Team Membership:
This top-up allows sports clubs to use these sessions as extra training throughout the week, and it gives members the opportunity to attend other sessions available on our weekly timetable.
Student membership is £35 for the academic year, but with this top-up, you can access it at a discounted rate of £20.
To activate your BeActive account, you will pay for the BeActive Sports Team Membership Top-Up through your sports club website. Your club will be responsible for activating your BeActive Sports Team Membership account. Once activated, you can book BeActive sessions.
Our weekly social sport and physical activity programme is available to all students and we look forward to seeing you there!
Memberships are SEPARATE to any classes MUST be purchased before buying any class products. You WILL NOT be allowed to attend a class if you have not purchased a membership.
What’s included in a membership:
- A wide range of socials – from crazy nights out to other non-drinking activities! Sports nights, dinner socials, indoor climbing etc.
- Trips - Summer tour and other short trips for competitions or pole shows
- Competitions - We take part in a variety of London-wide competitions and with a membership you can take part! We boost a successful competition history from National Champions, 2x Regional Champions, to 4x KCL vs UCL Varsity Champions!
- Showcases - We have a range of showcases from small-scale club-only ones to help our members boost confidence, to large-scale charity showcases, giving you plenty of opportunities to showcase your routines no matter your level!
- Access to open pole practice 3x a week – A chance for you to practice all the moves you’ve learnt in class!
- Acess to purchasing other classes – a membership is essential.
- Workshops - alongside classes, we also occasionally put on workshops like aerial hoop, silks, heels and hand-balancing classes at a discounted price (we sell them for £12-18 but they usually cost ~£45 per class in London)!
Types of classes we offer:
- Weekly Pole classes at our very own Studio on Waterloo Campus or an external studio - Complete beginner to advanced at a heavily discounted price (we sell them for about £12 per class but they usually cost ~£21 per class in London)!
- Open Pole Sessions - Free sessions included on the membership to practice, try out pole moves and hang with all the great people here at KCL Pole!
- Conditioning classes– Strength and flexibility training to greatly improve your pole skills, suitable for people of all levels.
- Heels – a weekly choreography class suitable for people of all levels. Heels are encouraged if you have them – if not, socks are fine!
Class levels:
PLEASE READ THESE LEVEL PREREQUISITES BEFORE BOOKING A CLASS. NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN.
- Beginner 1: Suitable for all beginners, especially if you have never even touched a pole before! You will learn combos and tricks on both spinning and static.
- Beginner 2: A beginner class which focuses on pushing beginners to reach their invert, as well as learning harder beginner combos and tricks. We would suggest this for members who have already taken a few classes.
- Lower Intermediate: Suitable for polers with a strong invert, a class where they can unlock upside down moves and longer combos.
- Upper Intermediate: For polers who are confident with being upside down and aerial inverts. This class will help you build the technique required to progress into shoulder mounts and ayeshas as well as teaching you how to execute more complicated combos.
- Advanced: Sky is the limit! You will learn to utilize advanced tricks such as shoulder mounts and ayeshas in complicated combos as well as moves that push the limits of your strength and flexibility such as janeiros.
- Conditioning: Suitable for all levels - this will give you strength and flexibility to help you improve your pole no matter your current ability!
- Heels: Suitable for all levels - a class focusing on the art of choreography and movement with heels.
Academic Year 25/26 classes & timetable: Term 1
More information regarding classes will be released soon on our instagram page @kclpole, make sure to follow us and keep an eye out!
Classes/bundle information:
To attend our pole classes, you need to have purchased a KCL Pole Fitness membership and you need to have also purchased the classes (seperate to the membership). Our classes are taught weekly and can be bought in bundles. The class bundles last for 5 weeks (except the first bundle where it will last 4 weeks).
Please remember not to put lotion / body oil l on 24 hours before a class for grip reasons, and to wear shorts etc for skin grip! Please arrive on time - if you arrive later than 15 minutes into the class then you will not be allowed to attend for health and safety reasons.
KCL Pole President Welcome, 25/26
To new, returning, or prospective members,
We are looking forward to meeting all of you, and we are so excited to spend this year together. We hope that you'll have an amazing experience either giving pole a try, learning new skills or improving them with our kind and accepting community.
Thank you for reading all of this, we hope that we were able to answer most of your questions. Please feel free to reach out with any other questions or concerns through our Instagram (@kclpole) or email (kclpolefitness@gmail.com).
All the best
Yagmur Ates
President – on behalf of the KCL Pole 2025/2026 Committee