Pole Coven × Pandora's Box Cabaret
Floorwork
Performance Series
Six weeks of floorwork training in platform heels, starting September 9 and ending with you on stage in Dance with the Devil: Reap What You Sow. Three nights of wicked variety performance with Pandora's Box Cabaret.
Photograph by Katie B. Vision
Series Information
The Essentials
The show you'll perform in
Dance with the Devil: Reap What You Sow
Presented by Pandora's Box Cabaret and written, created and produced by Duchess St. Claire. Hosted by the Devil himself, it blends burlesque, drag and dance into a night of variety performance built around the seven deadly sins. PoleCoven performs a guest piece.
It's their second rendition. Last year the show asked who is in hell and whether they deserve it. This year it asks who is on earth, and deserving of hell.
- Maple Leaf Ballet — a church built in 1888, audiences seated on the original pews
- Fri Oct 16 & Sat Oct 17 — doors 6:30 PM, show 7:30 PM
- Sun Oct 18 — doors 6:00 PM, show 7:00 PM
- 19+ · residential street parking · wheelchair accessible entrance
Details are maintained by Pandora's Box Cabaret. Their page is the current one.
Content and themes
This is not a gentle show, and you'd be performing in it. Pandora's Box lists the following themes: death, violence, implied sexual assault, grief, torture, injustice and murder. The show carries strong political themes and leans into the horrors we face as a society.
If any of that is something you'd rather not spend six weeks inside, that's a good reason not to apply this round. Don't worry, we'll have other shows. Enrol in ELEVATED or come to drop-ins until the next one is announced.
Dress code for the audience is Midnight Society Macabre: black and red, elegant mourning shrouds, witchy couture.
Read the full warningsDance with the Devil 2025
Experience something unique
Set in a historic church built in 1888 (now home to a ballet school), last year’s show premiere unfolded beneath glowing stained glass with the audience seated in original wooden pews. Join us again this year for an intimate, reverent setting that makes this performance unforgettable.
Photos by Katie B. Vision
Floorwork Series Options
Choose your track
Train
ELEVATED floorwork technique on its own.
$130+ GST- Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 PM
- September 9 – October 14
- Six weeks of technique, no performance
Train + perform
The full program — ELEVATED plus the performance track.
$300+ GST- Classes — Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 PM · Sept 9 – Oct 14
- Choreography — Saturdays, 3:00–4:30 PM · Sept 12 – Oct 3
- Stage — tech rehearsal Oct 10, three shows Oct 16–18
Already registered for ELEVATED and want to join the show? The performance track can be added on its own for $170 + GST — apply using the same form.
Is this for you?
What you'll need coming in
For ELEVATED
- A year or more of consistent heels and floorwork training
- Six months or more in platform stilettos
- Comfortable walking and crawling in platforms
- Candlestick, shoulder roll, plank, pike
For the performance track
- Everything above, plus:
- 1.5+ years of performance experience
- Strong musicality
- Learns and retains choreography quickly
Not there yet? Keep training with us in ELEVATED and apply for a future series — this one comes back around.
The commitment
What we'll ask of you
- Attend the dress rehearsal and perform in all three shows
- Attend the required classes and Saturday rehearsals
- Practise your choreography between sessions
- Arrive prepared and open to feedback
- Review our terms, attendance requirements, and cancellation policy
How to apply