Episode 24 - Vivian Voss

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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