Instructors
Inclusive Dance Classes for Adults
At Bastet Dance Fitness our instructors are just as unique as you are. If you are looking for a fun and engaging way to move your body, to be more in touch with your body, a community of caring & creative individuals, and/or to just DANCE, you’ve come to the right place!
Our team of instructors are dance and movement professionals who teach with enthusiasm, care and often a bit of nonsense!
We support our students in expressing their creativity and genuine selves. Everyone has probably heard the saying “Movement is Medicine”. But it’s hard for that to be true in practice if we don’t enjoy the movement we are doing. We know the gym and stereotypical fitness programs aren’t for everyone, and that is where Bastet comes in! Our classes are designed by dance and movement specialists to accommodate students of different levels, backgrounds, abilities with their individual goals! We honor different learning styles and abilities by having small class sizes and personalizing our instruction to fit different needs. Please don’t hesitate to ask your instructor for a modification up or down!
Stephanie is Owner and Operator of Bastet Dance Fitness LLC, and has been teaching numerous styles of dance and movement classes professionally since 2013.
With a background in ballet, jazz, hip-hop and gymnastics, Stephanie transitioned to belly dancing as an adult, and about 10 years later to pole dancing. Pole was her gateway into truly body positive, healing, and inspiring movement. Adding Liquid Motion*, chair dancing, burlesque, mobility training and more to her repertoire, she began teaching and performing more and more, along the way producing theater and dance shows.
Stephanie opened and established Bastet in September of 2017, and teaches people with many different bodies and abilities how to move with intention, focusing on connecting to their body by building strength, proprioception and neural pathways to increase mobility, retention, well-being and confidence! She is passionate about teaching dance in an accessible and scientific way, helping people learn and grow with joy, creativity and expression, and she is so proud of the Bastet Team and the community that they have cultivated and continue to cultivate.
Her alter ego Ultraviolette often graces stages in and out of Sonoma County. Utilizing her years of dance and performing experience, Stephanie teaches Choreography Creation, Soloist and Performer Mentoring, and offers Private Lessons as well as teaching Weekly Classes and Showcase Rehearsal Series.
Take a class with Stephanie at Bastet and ask her a weird question, those are her favorite! She loves to deep dive into the whys and hows behind dancing, especially pole dancing. Have a move you have been struggling with for a while and you can’t figure out why? Working through those challenges with students is empowering, incredibly rewarding and one of her favorite aspects of teaching!
Certifications: Liquid Motion Pole, Liquid Motion 1.0, Liquid Motion 2.0, Liquid Motion Heels, T.W.E.R.K. Technician, NASM CPT, AFAA Group Ex, Zumba, STRONG by Zumba, Elevated Flexibility
Liz spent over a decade training Kung Fu and Escrima in San Francisco under Bay Mountain Wing Tsun. Due to developing Rheumatoid Arthritis Liz had to begrudgingly put her blades down and walk away from her passion. During all those years of training there was always a pull towards dance. Medicated and with less pain Liz signed up for Bastet’s unlimited class package and was hooked. She was recently certified in Liquid Motion 1.0 and Liquid Motion Heels. Her preferred dance style is focused on sensuality mixed with technically correct movement.
Certifications: Liquid Motion 1.0, Liquid Motion Heels, Liquid Motion Pole, 2nd Technician Wing Tsun, and 2nd Tuhon Latosa Escrima
Milo K (they/them) loves creating movement spaces that center joy and empowerment. As a queer and non-binary dancer, Milo is passionate about leading inclusive and expressive classes that encourage all folks to embrace and love their bodies. With a background in social justice work, sexual health education and a Masters in Education, Milo believes that the modality of dance can be healing in many ways. Dance can help us step into our power in a world that often tries to take it away. Especially in partner and duet work, dance can help us experience safety with others around healthy consent and honoring our own bodies’ needs and boundaries. Dance also invites us to be more in tune with our sensuality, playfulness and badass inner selves!
Milo teaches weekly Chair Dance Level 1 and Lap Dance classes at Bastet. They also love Liquid Motion, Pole, and platform heels floorwork!
While Kim (She/Her) has always loved to dance, it took a back seat to soccer, track, swimming, music and theater while growing up. She decided to take a pole dancing class on whim with a friend and immediately fell in love! Pole dancing immediately spoke to Kim, as it’s the first thing that has truly made her feel at home. She says, “Not only do I get to fall in love with music all over again, but I get to watch myself grow into a more confident and happier me!”
Pole is currently the only style of dance Kim has trained in, but is expanding into other genres with the help of Bastet! While Kim is a relative newcomer to the dance world, she’s a seasoned instructor in other areas! Kim has been teaching dog training classes for over five years. Not only can she train dogs, but she can train humans too! Kim welcomes anyone and everyone to come dance with her, and if you’re a little nervous, just bring up your favorite animal and she’ll make you feel right at home!
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Niki(She/Her) is a life-long lover of dance and art, and has been performing on stages either acting, singing, or dancing since she was four. She first fell in love with burlesque 15+ years ago and has been teasing audiences all over California ever since! Niki Six has been honored to grace some legendary stages such as The Whiskey a-Go-Go, The Roxy, House of Blues, etc., and can’t wait to bring ‘The Art of the Tease’ to Bastet!
Niki is all about self-love, expression, and empowerment through dance and Performance Art (hence her love of Burlesque), and is committed to creating a welcoming, supportive, safe, and inclusive space in which to share her Art with her community. She believes that burlesque has the power to build your confidence and transform your life just by giving you the opportunity to revel in your wonderful self and embracing how amazingly unique you are! She loves to help people tune into their favorite selves, break out of their shells, and to watch them own their own brand of sexy- whatever that may be!
When she’s not teasing the masses as Niki Six, she loves to explore different styles of dance, and enjoys art and music of all kinds.
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