Episode 25 - Anna Strok
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🎉 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!
