About Fawnia!

The dance instructor, fitness model and competitor, writer and actress.

I was born in 1975, in the small town of Kamloops, BC Canada. In 1983 I made the move by camper trailer to the beautiful city of Victoria, BC. My interests growing up included running, art (drawing), theater, and dancing.

In Oct, 1994 at the age of 19 I began my career as an exotic dancer. Seeing the women on stage doing the most amazing moves on the poles inspired me to want to learn. I asked the staff where were the Exotic Dance School was located, to learn pole work. Their reply to me was "There is no school, you just learn while you are on stage." I couldn't believe there wasn't a place to go, and learn how to do pole work, walk, dance, and crawl; do everything that makes someone a great exotic dancer. Just two months after I learned my first move, "The Fire Man", I purchased a brass pole from a metal store, and started teaching. The date was Dec, 1994. While the rest of the world was going about their business, I opened the world's first Exotic Dance School and produced the instructional DVD: Pole Work, volume 1. The first of its kind, making me a pioneer of what's now America's latest fitness craze, pole dancing for fitness!

I have appeared on the cover of Las Vegas Life, Muscle Magazine International, Body of Science, Canadian Health & Fitness, Body Talk and in Muscle & Fitness, Oxygen, Flex, American Curves, Planet Muscle, Ironman, Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness, Ms. Fitness, Las Vegas Weekly and many others including Playboy's special editions 4 times, and Playboy's Best of Canadian Girls calendar.

In March, 1996 when I retired from dancing, I began studying acting for film and television at the Screen Actors Studio with David Simmonds. My passion for performing soon lead to work on The X-Files, Millennium, and in movies such as Profile For Murder, My Fathers Angel, Nationals Lampoons Strip Poker, and the lead in both Dakota Bound and Cries of Innocence.

In March, 2005 while at the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio I met my husband Damon Dietrich. Living in Maryland, over 3000 miles away, we decided to marry in July and in October, 2005 we relocated to Las Vegas, NV.

At my Pole Fitness Studio conveniently located close to the Las Vegas Strip, and a second to open in SW Vegas in Sept, I am offering Classes, Pole Dance Parties, Certifications, plus Exotic Belly, Lap Dance, and a variety of Yoga Classes. Between teaching and running my online business I am preparing for figure competitions. My goals are to earn my pro card in figure, and continue teaching women worldwide The Art of Pole Dancing.