NICOLE LANDKAS/ Aerial Silks & Lyra and Stretch & Flex Instructor
Nicole Landkas is a highly accomplished fifth generation aerial artist.  She began her training at the young age of five, and has since spent her entire career traveling and performing around the world. Nicole has graced international audiences with award winning performances including The International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo, where she won multiple medals for her aerial performance.

Throughout her career, Nicole has trained with world renowned Master Aerialists, Cirque trainers, professional dancers, and top strength and conditioning coaches.

Most recently, Nicole has become a personal fitness trainer and aerial arts instructor.  She continues to tour the United States performing at corporate parties, theatrical productions and live circus performances throughout the year. 

ELENA DELALLA / Atma Yoga Instructor

Elena discovered the path of Yoga several years ago, while living in Italy, where she was born and raised.  She teaches a holistic healing style called Atma Yoga - a sanskrit word meaning  Spirit - created by Saul David Raye (www.sauldavidraye.com).  Classes, open to all levels of students, include a dynamic flow of asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises),  and meditation.  Various energy work together with teachings from Bhakti, Tantra, and up to date audio mixes are at the core of each of her classes.  Elena has completed a 200+ hour Holistic Yoga Teacher Training with Saul David Raye and continues her studies with Professor Douglas Brooks to deepen her knowledge of Shrividya Shakta Tantrism.  She is also registered with the Yoga Alliance.

KATE WALSH HONEA / Ballet Boot Camp Instructor
Kate was raised on Longboat Key, Florida, where she began her advanced training at the Sarasota Ballet School . Kate continued her training at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s graduate program. Kate joined Sarasota Ballet in 2002 and has danced the company’s full repertoire, including Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, A Mid summer’s Night Dream, Swan Lake, Allegro Brillante, Scottish Dances, Lilac Garden and Two Pigeons She has been featured in Dvorak-American, The infernal Galop, Grosse fuge ,as well as The Stripper in Elite Syncopations and the Milkmaid in Facade. Kate ‘s other accomplishments include performing for the 55th FIFA Congress in Marrakech, Morocco in 2005, Touring throughout Germany and Austria for Stage Entertainment’s Best of Musical Gala in 2006 and Broad way hit Dance Musical Contact in 2009.

JENNIFER GREAVES / Tricks Foundation Instructor

After years of being a "gym addict", Jenni was asked by a friend to drop in for a pole dancing class.  Apple jelly Studios soon became a second home. Jenni works during the day as a Dental Assistant and unwinds from work with some of her best friends at the studio. She has been training and learning from Kim, Kelly and Nicole and being dedicated to Pole Fitness for over a year. She has taken workshops and privates from other instructors including Josiah BadAzz Grant.  Not only is Pole her area of fitness, when not at the studio, she runs 5Ks and adventures all over Sarasota practicing yoga.

LYNN HOCKER / Belly Booty Instructor

Lynn Hocker is a lover of all kinds of movement and, for Lynn, dancing has fostered a discovery of not only the body and how it likes to move, but a connection with all life. Martha Graham once said “ Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Lynn has spent much of her life in the glorious process of freeing that language. Respect for the human body and compassion for its struggles led Lynn to massage school where she graduated from the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy in 1996. She has been a licensed massage therapist and instructor for 14 years. Before beginning her career as a bodyworker, Lynn was a certified personal trainer and a professional dancer living and working in NYC. She holds certifications in Thai massage, Neuromuscular Therapy, Prenatal massage, Yamuna Body Rolling, and is currently pursuing a certification in Biodynamic CranioSacral Therapy. Lynn teaches belly dancing in Sarasota as well as workshops in body rolling. At 50, Lynn took up surfing and can be seen riding the waves at the local Sarasota surf breaks. Married, with animals, Lynn and her husband Jeff share a love for helping people address the issues in their tissues!

DAWN MAMMONE / Booty Beat Instructor

Being in the fitness industry for 17 years, my passions for both health + wellness and working with people truly grow stronger with each day. My journey into fitness began as a group aerobics instructor and personal trainer in 1993. Since then I have developed kids exercise programs, worked with the senior citizen population, Baby Boot Camp for pregnant and new moms and even rehabilitation patients ! I believe that safety always comes first and that it's never too late to get fit. My love for dance has inspired me to teach my new dance fitness classes,including Zumba Fitness, Flirty Girl Fitness, and Ballet Fit which is my own program thtat I began teaching in Sarasota in 2009.
I have current certifications through AFAA, NESTA, ZUMBA Fitness, Silver Sneakers and Flirty Girl Fitness and am working on completing my yoga certification.