Happy Holiday’s from everyone at JM Kennedy Dance & Pole Fitness Studio. We are excited about all of the changes we’ve made this past year and are looking forward all the new classes and events we have scheduled for 2012.
For more information visit the website and our facebook to see the most current pictures and videos. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!!!
Everyone did a great job at The End of Session. We had an unbelievable group of performers and a great audience!!!
The ladies worked hard and it payed off. All of our performers spent the past 6 weeks preparing for this and it turned out excellent. 
This show featured Chair Dancing, Pole Dancing, and
Solo’s by Jennifer, Kerri, Alaina, and Briana. For more pictures from the show click here.
JM Kennedy Dance & Pole Fitness Studio has officially moved to our New Location (461 Main St. Unit D-2, Pawtucket RI, 02860) and we are still getting things organized. Please pardon our appearance while we sort everything out.
We are still holding classes as usual and are looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks about the new space. Click here to check out the website.
Date: December 10, 2011
Time: 7:30 -10:00
Admission: $10
At JM Kennedy Dance & Pole Fitness Studio we offer our students the chance to perform in front of there friends and families at our End of Session Class Cabarets. This is a fun evening of music and dancing. Admission is $10 and it includes an open bar.
Our End of Session shows feature a variety of different group and solo performances. Including group pole dance routines, chair dancing, and burlesque skits. This is a fun night for everyone. VIP seating is available. Must be 21+ to attend this event.
To learn more about this event visit www.jmkennedyentertainment.com.
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Ever since Damaris Rivera (Dee) was a little girl, she has dreamt of becoming a professional dancer; Inspired by music such as Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Micheal Jackson and Madonna, Pop, Hip Hop, Dance and Freestyle became her favorite type of music to dance to. 
Shortly after Dee turned 17 she auditioned for the Roxy Night Club as one of their dancers and got the job! Dee has performed at over 50 different venues since her first job and continues to keep her dream alive with JMKennedy Entertainment doing what she loves the most… DANCE!
Written by Tinu exclusively for Pole Spin magazine.
It has been an eventful and exciting journey that began for Jennifer Kennedy some 55 years ago in Derby England. Born to Jamaican immigrants, Jennifer wanted to learn ballet, dancing was something she was born to do.
A kindly German neighbor meant ballet classes for the little Jennifer and a stint with Irene Bell’s Cabaret Troop when she was 17 meant that Jennifer did manage to live dancing dream at least somewhat.
Jennifer Kennedy
Marrying Edric, she moved to Chicago soon after and went on to have a wonderful family and a long married life of 27 years. Edric however died of heart attack in 2001, a wonderful, wise, loving man who, for Jennifer was the personification of Gandhi, his illustrious compatriot.
Jennifer continued to be strong for her sons but there was more to follow – in 2005 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and a little later she was laid off from her 10 year old job with an airline.
What followed was a struggle to say the least. There was the pain and seeming hopelessness of her disease on the one hand, and the need to keep it all together on the other. Her struggle was fierce, but in the end it was her tremendous spirit that won out. She refused to let the pain and the difficult process of cancer treatment (which can often be worse than the disease itself according to so many survivors) get in her way and continued to live life on her own terms.
It was the fact that Jennifer never stopped dreaming, and that she had the sheer determination that helped her hold her life together and she decided to continue her education. Not letting the pain and her circumstances or her age stand in her way, she decided to go to college and went on to earn herself a degree.
And this wasn’t all. Her passion for dance dictated that she had even loftier goals in mind – her dream of dancing ballet at London’s Covent Garden had undergone a slight alteration and it took the concrete form of a 500 square foot pole dance studio, the J M Kennedy Dance Studio. The studio size soon started to grow to its present size of 3000 square feet and Jennifer’s remarkable ability to bring happiness and empowerment to women by virtue of her dance instruction grew along with it. 
If Jennifer wants to send out the message to women to stay strong, then she certainly knows what she is talking about. Overcoming cancer 5 years ago, and starting afresh in life are monumental tasks; to be successful in your chose sphere at relatively later in life even more so!
It makes it all worthwhile for Jennifer when a client’s husband asks her why his wife looks so happy when she walks out the door of their studio! While Jennifer and her studio continue to empower women and educate them of their own worth, she also contributes to charity events to try and give back to the community, in whatever way she can; all the while staying true to her own mantra in life Never Stop Dreaming!
More stories on other cancer survivors can be seen in the October-December 2011 print issue of Pole Spin magazine now on newsstands and bookstores. Also available for worldwide delivery though theSubscription page.
This is a Pole Spin Magazine exclusive. ©2011 Pole Spin Magazine. All rights reserved.
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Evil Night - Opening Number of The Murder Mystery Burlesque
Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you so much for coming to The House of Mood’s first annual Murder Mystery Burlesque Show!!! It was a great success!!!
A special thank you to all the performers, staff, and the members of Johnson & Wales SES Club!!! We couldn’t have done it without you.
At the end of the show the audience voted and the killer was… “The Ex”, Alicia Heaney.
The Ex - Voted the Killer
After taking pole for the first time, Deanna Cruz wrote…
“Pole Dancing May Just be my New Workout!”
When all else fails why not try some Pole Dancing?? And that’s exactly what I did yesterday as I stopped in at JM Kennedy Studios in Pawtucket for a Pole Dancing AND Zumba class. Let me begin by saying I love working out. Yes you heard me I actually like it. I also love running, but I’ve been laying off it a bit because of my lower back. I decided it’s time to find something else to do instead of just running. So I turned to the experts, Jennifer Kennedy from JM Kennedy Entertainment. And let me just say if Pole Dancing can get me Jennifer’s body than DAMN I’m IN! Lol. I will admit I was a little intimidate and maybe even scared for my life. I mean how the hell am I supposed to climb up this pole or even hang there. But throughout the whole class I kept telling myself, “Just Have Fun” and that’s exactly what I did. And what a workout! I forgot that there are other things you can do instead of running to get a good workout. Pole Dancing is a GREAT upper body AND core workout. So does that mean I’ll finally have a 6-pack?? Well maybe not in the next few classes but maybe I’ll become a ‘Pollerina’ afterall. So after an hour of Pole Dancing I stayed for Zumba. My first Zumba class may I add and wow I felt like I was at a club. I mean this is a workout right? Zumba made me realize you can have fun while burnig some calories. Geezzz I need to change up my workout routine more often and have fun with it. I had a really good time and almost forgot I was working out. Thanks ladies….you’ll definitely be seeing me again. Check out the video below. ENJOY!
Deanna Cruz, “Pole Dancing May Just Be my New Workout!“, August 3, 2011
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WELCOME TO JMKENNEDY ACADEMY SCHOOL OF BURLESQUE
I am thrilled to announce a brand new lass series, so Ladies come out to play because we have a great summer class curriculem for you to choose. Click here to register online.
Our brand new class series is dedicated to the Art of Burlesque.
JMKennedyEntertainment will transform any wannna-be burlesque diva into a great performer. Join the JMK Showgirl Chorus and
you will learn and have the chance to perform several fun and sexy burlesque chorus acts at the JMK Recital Show. So get your favorite lingerie
out of hiding in the top drawer and let’s get a jump on for summer… with Burlesquercise!
Learn the Art-Of :
Walking in Heels
Pastie Making
The Art of Tease
Taste of Tease
Bump & Grind
Burlesque Makeup
Tassel Twirling
Take it of for you Lover
Burlesque with Props
Fan Dancing
How to Make your Fans
Glove Peeling
How to Take off your Stockings
Work your Feather Boa
Costuming
AND MUCH MOORE!!!
Space is limited, and this is the only JMKBurlesque Showgirl Chorus series I will be offering until August, so come and get it while the gettin’s good!
No nudity is required. This is all about comfort level. So, come on girls lets educate our audience. And give em the Wow! factor.
Wednesday 6:30pm – 7:30pm
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