Stanley is a late bloomer dancewise. Always scared to put a foot in a dance class, he was pushed by a friend to take his first ballet class at 17: it was love at first plié. After years of dancing and assisting his ballet master in France, he discovered the pole dance world in Madrid in 2020 and started to train harder than ever in France afterwards. At PDFA, he found new depths to explore and a community that pushes people to get better – but always in a positive spirit. He loves a good heel clack, a dramatic spin, and telling his beginner students: “OUI! C’est ça!”.