Pivot Studio And Cafe Brings ‘Pole Fitness’ To Uptown Saint John
SAINT JOHN – Entrepreneur Ingrid Woodhouse has rebranded and renovated former BunkHaus Hostel and Uptowner Café on Water Street to become the Pivot Studio and Cafe.
“We don’t really have an alternative fitness studio like this uptown,” said Woodhouse. “It’s a really great way to get out and just feel really confident about your body, which is a big, big part of pole fitness.”
Pivot Studio is the first pole fitness studio and event space in Saint John. The former hostel area features six 12-ft poles and one 10-ft pole, located on a stage that can support a variety of events, from a full band to public speakers, with the cafe fully operating upfront
Woodhouse’s idea for Pivot studio came when Zara MacKay-Boyce, the studio general manager, came in for an interview.
The timing was perfect, with Woodhouse looking for an enterprise to replace the BunkHaus and MacKay-Boyce thinking of opening a pole fitness studio in the city.
“It’s been her passion project, she ended up contacting other pole studios in the area to see if they knew of someone that would be looking to teach here and through her networking, she was able to find quite a few different people,” Woodhouse added.
The class offerings will include pole dancing (beginner, intermediate and advanced), chair dancing, burlesque, flexibility training and choreography. Over 20 classes taught by five certified instructors will be available throughout the week, Monday to Sunday.