Hi I'm Lucille!
Owner & founder of body synergy
Dreams come true!
Welcome to Body Synergy! We are an award winning company established in 2012 offering a fun and professional health and fitness service in Birmingham. We cater to a wide range of people looking for a healthier and happier mind and body. Our intentions lie in connecting people and offering a mechanism for empowerment through engaging in exercise and dance.
a little about what we do here
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Body Synergy offers an alternative to the conventional gym routine and presents the Midlands with fun and stimulating forms of exercise. One of our most popular services is our Pole dancing fitness classes in Birmingham. Most of our pole classes are fitness based where we enjoy the beauty of pole as an artistic sport. We are enthusiastic about the training we do and are captivated by the strength and athleticism required for this beautiful art. We say, break the mould and break away from the norm, getting fit and healthy doesn’t have to be boring! If you want to learn to dance and try linking some moves together, we also offer dance based classes engaging in both lyrical flow and sensual body movement and connection. We offer a number of classes where you can learn both trick based and sensual dance skills and develop a sense of flow, elegance and style on the pole and floor. If the world of circus arts takes your fancy, we also offer aerial hoop lessons in Birmingham. You don’t need any previous experience in fitness, dance, or circus to take part in our classes as our coaches will guide you from your very first step. We offer sessions for complete beginners right through to competition coaching for elite level athletes. Our coaches hold a number of titles and are highly experienced and qualified. We are honoured to be named Best Aerial Dance School in the Central England Prestige Awards.
MORE THAN JUST FITNESS
Lifestyle Community Passion
Our Birmingham pole and hoop classes are much more than just fitness! Aside from the benefits to health, we aspire to encourage personal development and stimulate engagement in physical activity. Having had many success stories, we know that finding passion for an activity positively affects all areas of your lifestyle. Adopting the mental and physical discipline needed to overcome challenges helps builds character and boost confidence. We recognise that exercising and learning skills are fundamental to personal development and mental health. The qualities developed in physical training and learning a new skill are transferable qualities that can be applied to all aspects of life.
Be disciplined, find focus, pursue a goal, experience set-backs, overcome challenges, succeed and grow.
Lucille Marshall
owner & founder of Body Synergy
Hello!
Lucille is a UK based dance & fitness expert and the owner and founder of Body Synergy. She became UK Professional Pole Champion 2016 in her first competition. Following on from the UKPPC Championships she was honoured to be invited to perform in the IPAAT Champions Cup 2018 where she won 3rd place. She guest performed at Miss Pole Dance 2018 and began judging University level competitions in 2018. Alongside Body Synergy, she works as a professional contemporary dancer and teacher across the UK. She holds a Master of Science with Distinction in Dance Science & BSc/BA in Exercise Science & Dance and was awarded a scholarship to present her published research in Washington D.C. Lucille trained in Ballet for 22 years with the Royal Academy of Dance and was awarded a 7 year ballet scholarship in Yorkshire. She holds an XPert Pole Fitness Instructor level 1 & 2 qualification, Essential Science of Heels qualification, Children’s Pole & Aerial qualification as well as a Spin City Aerial Hoop qualification and Pole Fitness Instructor qualifications in all 3 course levels of Advanced, Intermediate & Beginner level Pole Instruction. She is a registered PDC level 5 Pole Dancer and was granted the specialist 4* Pole Instructor award.
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Academically she was granted scholarship entry onto a full time undergraduate program in London where she achieved a First Class Honours Degree in Dance & Exercise Science and a Distinction in her MSc Masters of Dance Science. Her research is published in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning & she presented her award winning research in Washington D.C, USA, 2011 and received a scholarship for the conference. Before beginning her pole career, Lucille worked for many years in the fitness industry. She is a REPS certified fitness instructor, qualified personal trainer, group exercise instructor, core stability, PowerPlate, Body Balance, Zumba and Kettlebells instructor.
Prior to running Body Synergy full time, Lucille worked for a private health company as a Health Consultant offering health screening and one-2-one health consultancy around the UK. She also worked as the Lifestyle Manager in the Occupational Health Department in a large corporation managing & co-ordinating the on-site gym, group exercise programs, lifestyle consultations and company wide health screening. Lucille has worked previously with the Birmingham Royal Ballet Company and English National Ballet and continues to pursue dance and exercise research.
Meet the team!
Becki
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Becki started pole dancing in 2016 and trained for 4 years before studying for her instructor qualifications in 2020. She teaches all levels of pole dancing, from beginner through to pro level competitor coaching, and teaches at both our main studio & at our University venues. Alongside pole tricks, she teaches our weekly sensual slink heels choreography sessions, spin flow combo classes and offers specialised technique and choreography workshops. Her passions are dance flow and spinning pole and she loves helping our students develop fluidity and elegance in their transitions and combinations. Becki is assistant choreographer for our all of the various showcases each year and has taken the competition scene by storm in the last year with her own performances! She recently became the Semi-pro Champion at the Authentics heats 2024, and won first place in Classique Amateur at In The Spotlight. She took home 2nd place in the Instructor category at GLOW 2024 and in the Semi-Pro Heels category at London Pole Championships. She also placed in the Instructor category at YFA in 2023.
Charlotte
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Charlotte began her pole training in 2016 and soon started working towards her instructor training in 2018. She is qualified with Spin city Pole and Aerial up to Advanced Pole and Hoop instructor. She qualified with XPert in 2023 in the Essential Science of Heels. Charlotte looks after our Aerial program at the studio coaching our weekly hoop classes from beginner through to advanced. She trains in flying pole and is our Fierce & Flexi strength and stretch training course coach!
Connie Taylor
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Connie manages our Beginner heels programme, looking after our 6 week training courses along with weekly beginners heels classes. She has been a passionate dancer since childhood, with a deep love for tap, ballet, gymnastics, and modern dance. Her creative spirit subsides not only in dance but in baking! This incredible skill brought her to Birmingham in 2015, where she pursued a degree in bakery and later earned a master’s in business.
During her university years Connie discovered pole dancing at Body Synergy, an experience that rekindled her love for movement and opened a new chapter in her dance journey. She became captain of the Pole Society and assisted in upgrading the dance studio and producing the annual showcase.
Pole dancing not only reignited her confidence but also introduced her to fresh challenges and a sense of empowerment. Now a certified instructor with Level 1 and 2 Pole Fitness qualifications, Connie shares her passion teaching both pole fitness and heels classes. Her favourite style is hard flow heels and she is joining the assistant choreography team to put this to good use for our next showcase!
suki
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Suki is an elite level pole champion and experienced stretch and mobility coach. With a strong background in circus arts, athletics and martial arts, her teaching style embodies both discipline and playfulness. Inspired by movement of all kinds, she shows a passion for learning and developing skills through being a student in various disciplines; from contortion and handbalancing, to ballet and contemporary dance. Able to draw from numerous techniques, Suki showcased her talent winning ExoGen Bali Pro Flow 2024.
As well as teaching pole fitness and heels from complete beginner through to elite, Suki runs our stretch program here at Body Synergy. She is experienced in working 1-1 coaching students wishing to compete as well as offering private stretch and pole tuition both in person and online.
