Guidelines & Etiquette
What You Need To Know
Our community guidelines and etiquette help us to pole safely in a conducive environment. Feel free to reach out with any questions you may have!
Guidelines & Etiquette
Book before you come to the studio
- Classes available are at a variety of levels. Details on each class’s level and any pre-requisites are listed in Dance-Studio-Pro (DSP) for easy reference. Please also feel free to contact us with any questions on suitability.
- Classes can be booked online directly through DSP.
- Once classes have been paid for, students will be booked into the course(s) selected and so should choose their class commitments with care as all bookings are final and non-refundable. The Studio reserves the right to levy an administrative charge of $20.00 for class transfers for any reason (including work, travel, etc.). This also includes transfers to a different level of difficulty, or to another class of the same level in a different timeslot. Exceptions may apply, for example if a student wishes to transfer into a new timeslot that has just been opened.
Account Integrity
Each student is to maintain their own personal booking account on each platform for purposes of verification and ensuring accurate class attendance records.
Please do not book classes on behalf of others. The Studio reserves the right to turn away students who attend classes under the name of another registered student. Refunds will not be provided in such instances.
Please do not use school or workplace email addresses. Studio emails, including important account-related updates and class changes or cancellations, may be less likely to land safely in such inboxes due to firewalls and other email filters.
Arriving at the Studio
POLICY ON LATENESS AND ABSENCE FROM CLASS
- Plan to arrive at least 10 minutes before your class starts to allow for enough time for changing into your workout attire and getting ready for your class.
- All classes start on time.
- Attendance will be taken before the class begins warm-up activities.
ONCE CLASS STARTS, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ENTRY.
Refunds will not be provided for students who arrive too late to join their class.
What to wear and bring to class
ATTIRE FOR CLASSES (UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED FOR EACH CLASS)
For female students
- For Pole classes:
- Polewear top or sports bra, optionally with a sleeveless T-shirt or tank top.
- Polewear bottoms, running shorts, or workout tights that end above the knee.
- For Splits & Backbends classes:
- Dress like you would for a yoga class – a stretchy top with leggings that allow for movement while keeping you warm, plus socks
- Note:
- Underwear is not permitted as pole shorts in any of our classes.
- Shoes are not required for trial classes.
For male students
- For Pole classes:
- Sports T-shirt, sleeveless T-shirt or tank top.
- Polewear shorts, running shorts, or workout tights that end above the knee.
- For Splits & Backbends classes:
- Dress like you would for a yoga class – a stretchy top with sports shorts, sports tights or sports pants that allow for movement while keeping you warm, plus socks.
- Note:
- Underwear is not permitted as pole shorts in any of our classes. This includes boxer shorts. Appropriate sportswear with proper coverage is required at all times. Students inappropriately attired will be asked to leave the premises; refunds will not be provided in such instances.
- Shoes are not required for trial classes.
FOR SAFETY
- Monkey Hands and iTac grip aids are STRICTLY NOT PERMITTED within our studio premises.
- Avoid applying lotions or moisturizers to skin the night before class, as such products may affect your grip.
- Remove jewelry such as rings, bracelets and dangling earrings before class.
BRING ALONG
- Pole cloth to clean your pole (sanitizing spray is available).
- Water bottle for hydration.
- Small personal towel.
Entering class
Please arrive 5-10 minutes before class. All classes start on time. Once class starts, you will not be allowed in.
NO EATING OR DRINKING
Do not eat or drink (except for water) in the studio.
PROPER ATTIRE
Appropriate workout clothing is required for the class you are attending. Pre-requisites including any recommended dress code details will be specified in the class booking system.
Students who are not appropriately attired for class may be asked to leave. Refunds will not be provided in such instances.
PROPER FOOTWEAR
Please wear the appropriate type of shoes according to the particular class you join.
- For pole dance classes, students who choose to wear high-heeled shoes are required to wear indoor shoes made for exotic dance only (e.g. Pleasers). Socks or bare feet are permitted, as an alternative.
- For safety and hygiene reasons, regular outdoor shoes, heels or trainers are not permitted for use in class.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Please inform the instructor if you are new, pregnant, or have any health conditions or injuries that may be affected by participating in that class.
LOST & FOUND
Lost property will be held until the end of the Term, after which the Studio reserves the right to dispose of the items in any way it sees fit. No claims shall be entertained after this period.
Conduct
- Please do not save places for other participants as our classes are on a first come, first serve basis.
- Please be courteous to staff and other students at all times.
- Please mind your personal hygiene during training – please clean all equipment after use, and bring a personal water bottle for hydration.
- Should you feel uncomfortable or unconfident with any exercise during your session, please ask your Instructor to provide an alternative or adaptation that better suits your ability.
- During your class, please limit any non-exercise or distracting activity – such as mobile phone conversations or messaging – to emergencies. We also that you stay focused on the training at hand, as we want to help your reach your fitness goals safely.
- Please help maintain the cleanliness of the studio for all to enjoy and use safely, including the pole area, lockers and bathroom.
MUTUAL RESPECT & SAFETY
- The Studio reserves the right to turn away or exclude any individual from the premises and all platforms without giving any reason for doing so, without notice and with immediate effect if there are any conduct or behavior-related concerns which may be injurious to the character or interests of the Studio, students or staff, or if the Studio is of the opinion that the individual concerned is not suitable for continued patronage of the Studio. All decisions of the Studio under this clause are final and binding. Refunds for incomplete or unattended classes will not be provided in such instances, without exception.
Hygiene
- Please bring your own pole cloth to the studio to keep equipment clean and hygienic for your own use; we provide disinfecting alcohol on a complimentary basis to sanitize all surfaces.
- Wipe down all equipment used, such as the pole, chair, yoga mats, yoga blocks, resistance bands and crash mats.
Course structure
- Courses require a minimum number of students to start.
- If there are insufficient sign-ups for a course, the Studio reserves the right to cancel, reschedule or combine courses as required in terms of adjustments. Students will be notified directly when such instances occur.
- If a course is rescheduled to a date/timeslot that the student is not able to commit to, credit for use against a future course will be provided by way of refund to the affected student. Such account credit cannot be used against purchase of retail products or pole practice sessions.
- Waitlists are not maintained for any full or sold out courses. Please contact us with any enquiries about joining courses that may currently be full.
Pole practice
Pole practice reservations can be made in DSP.
Retrieving Your Access PIN Code in DSP
Access PIN codes will be loaded directly into DSP. After booking your pole practice session, here is how you can retrieve your access PIN code to open the white studio door:
Log into DSP ➢ Calendar ➢ Click on your Pole Practice booking ➢ Click on the little black recorder 📽️ icon to bring up the page with the PIN code for your session.
Important notes
- Your pole practice booking session starts and ends exactly on-time. DO NOT OVERSTAY YOUR BOOKING TIME, as charges for usage time going into the next timeslot will be levied, in addition to an administrative fee of $5.00. This fee for overstaying will be charged even if there are no other pole practice sessions published after that timeslot for the day.
- Monkey Hands and iTac grip aids are STRICTLY NOT PERMITTED within our studio premises.
- Please add hello@studiostarfire.com to your safe senders list to ensure that any emails about your reservation land in your Inbox.
- Sharing of poles during pole practice is not permitted.
- Instruction of others is not permitted during pole practice, formally or informally.
- Pole practice goers who flout community Guidelines will be asked to leave the premises; refunds will not be provided in such instances.
Pole practice rescheduling or cancellations
- An administrative fee of $5.00 will be levied for Studio assistance to cancel or change pole practice bookings, regardless of circumstance (including but not limited to work, travel or due to medical reasons).
- Refunds will not be provided for client-requested pole practice cancellations.
- As an alternative, you may opt to privately swap or sell your pole practice booking slot to another individual.
Studio-requested pole practice closures
- Pole practice slots remain subject to Studio scheduling and maintenance requirements, and hence may be closed without prior notice. On such occasions, any active pole practice session bookings will be cancelled, and a refund in the form of DSP credits will be issued to any impacted clients.
Private lockers
- Our private rentable lockers are intended for use by Starfire students in a responsible and hygienic manner. This includes refraining from storing perishable items such as food and drink within the locker unit and maintaining basic cleanliness of the storage facility.
- All private lockers are rented on a per term, non-shareable, non-refundable and non-transferable basis to individual students who are solely held responsible for any damage caused to the locker.
- Access to lockers is available just before and after classes in the studio. Access to lockers is not provided by the studio at other times. Students looking to access their locker outside of class times will need to purchase a pole practice booking to open the studio door.
- The Studio does not provide any guarantee as to the safety of items in the locker facility, and accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to locker contents.
Trial classes
- Trial classes are open to first-time students at Studio Starfire only. Our discounted trial class rates are available to all legal Singapore residents above the age of 18. Standard class drop-in rates will apply for tourists.
- Students can enjoy a maximum of one trial class each. Any additional trial classes booked will be chargeable at $43 per lesson.
- All genders are welcome for our trial classes.
- Classes can be booked online directly through DSP, under the Trial Classes tab.
Please note
- All bookings are final, so select your trial class with care. Any changes post booking confirmation will incur a $20 administrative change fee.
- There will be no refunds or credit issued once the trial class has been booked.
- There are no make-up lessons for missed trial classes.
Drop-ins
Drop-ins for our 60-minute group classes are available at $43 per instance. You may join any class with available space on our term calendar.
- Please be aware that some classes (e.g. Flexibility, Conditioning, Pole Tricks) may lend themselves better than others (e.g. a choreography-based class) to individual drop-ins.
- We therefore recommend that you select your drop-in carefully, taking into account your past experience and fitness goals in the same area.
Please note
- You are only confirmed for the drop-in once payment has been successfully made and email confirmation sent out.
- If you come to the studio without a booking confirmation, you may be turned away if there is no space available.
- All sales are final, as a space in a term class is being consumed for such usage. There will be no refunds issued once the drop-in class has been booked.
- There are no make-up lessons for Drop-ins.
Make-up lessons
Make-up classes or swaps are subject to availability. There is no guarantee you will secure a suitable replacement every time. As much as possible, please endeavor to attend all of your classes; we wouldn’t want you to miss out!
If you know that you will not be able to attend a scheduled class in advance, you can pre-arrange a make-up lesson within the same term through either:
- Using our private Telegram group to arrange for swaps with other students. Direct swaps will ensure that you have a confirmed spot in the class.
- Tagging your instructor in the private Telegram group to ask about availability for dropping into their class as a make-up lesson.
Privately arranged swaps are unlimited in terms of occurrences.
MAKE-UP CLASS OPTIONS
The make-up class must be of the same class type or lower than your original class rating, and of the same price or lower.
NOTES
- Flexibility and conditioning classes can be used to make up for any missed class type, subject to availability.
- If you have missed a flexibility or conditioning class and there are no other classes at or below the same pricing tier that you can choose from, you may opt to top up to attend a different class with available space. Please email us to arrange for such make-up classes.
- Pole Practice sessions can be used to make-up for missed classes. Such make-up opportunities must be completed either within the term itself, or within first two weeks of the following term at the latest. Otherwise, such make-up opportunities will be forfeit.
- Workshops cannot be used to make-up for missed classes.
- If the class you’re making up with is full, please be prepared to share a pole.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
- Please consider your classes carefully prior to booking; class credit, refunds or transfers will not be provided if you cannot attend any of the available make-up options.
- All make-ups remain subject to space availability within the same term. There are no make-up lessons for missed make-up lessons for any reason (including work, travel or health-related). All unused lessons are considered forfeited at the end of the term.
- By agreeing to any transfer/swap of lessons, all parties involved are deemed to have agreed to any terms and conditions set out in the Waiver and Release of Liability and other policies located at https://studiostarfire.com/policies.
Private classes
Our packages allow you to choose purchases of a single 60-minute private class, as well as promotional multi-hour private class packages. Once your purchase is made, please contact us to book your dates and timeslots.
Full payment must be made at least one week in advance of the booking date. Refunds will not be provided for cancellations.
The Studio reserves the right to vet all private class arrangements beforehand, and to accept or decline bookings accordingly.
Timeliness
Please plan to arrive at least 10 minutes before the start time of your lesson. Even if you are late for your lesson, the class will start from the time of your booking and end on time. Extra time will not be provided for late arrivals.
No-shows or cancellations
If a private lesson is cancelled with less than 24 hours notice to our studio via emailing us, the full payment for that private lesson will be charged and redeemed.
Private packages are valid for 180 days from date of purchase. The purchaser of the private class does not have to be present for the class to be redeemed.
Workshops & Mini Term Courses
- Workshops are single-instance lessons on a specialty topic or choreographed routine.
- Mini Term Courses may span a few weeks within the current term, and may be available on a choreography or half-term basis.
- Both workshops and mini term courses can be booked online.
Workshops
- Standard Class Structure terms apply, including where a minimum number of students are required to start, and where participants will receive DSP credits if the workshop booked is cancelled.
- All bookings are final and non-refundable. The Studio reserves the right to levy an administrative charge of $20.00 for change requests for any reason (including work, travel, etc.)
- There are no make-up lessons for missed workshops. Choreography recordings of missed workshops will not be provided.
Mini Term Courses
- All bookings are final and non-refundable. The Studio reserves the right to levy an administrative charge of $20.00 for change requests for any reason (including work, travel, etc.)
- Standard policy on make-up lessons applies for any missed classes.
Parties & Corporate Events
Dates and timeslots for private events are subject to studio availability at the time of full payment.
You will receive an email to confirm your event upon receipt of full payment.
Full payment must be made at least one week in advance of the booking date. Refunds will not be provided for cancellations.
The Studio reserves the right to vet all private event arrangements beforehand, and to accept or decline bookings accordingly.
Timeliness
Please plan to arrive at least 10 minutes before the start time of your event. Even if you are late for your event, the event will start from the time of your booking and end on time.
No-shows or cancellations
Refunds will not be provided for no-shows or cancellations with less than 48 hours to the start time of the event, and extra time will not be provided for late arrivals to the event.
Additional fees
A late night booking fee of $50 will apply from 9:30 PM.
Pro-rated credits
If attendance of any booked classes, workshops or events is not possible due to a medical condition that developed during the term, please email hello@studiostarfire.com before your booking starts, and provide a copy of a valid medical certificate signed off by a medical doctor as evidence. Letters from alternative therapy clinics, including but not limited to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and chiropractors are not accepted. The Studio reserves the right to provide a refund or partial refund for any fees paid in their sole discretion, based on the date of your doctor’s letter, and not how many classes have been attended or missed.
| Term period (date covered by medical certificate) | % refund of pro-rated credits for the class |
| 1st and 2nd week | 80% of 6 lessons remaining |
| 3rd and 4th week | 60% of 4 classes remaining |
| 5th week | 50% of 3 classes remaining |
| 6th week onwards | No refunds or credits will be provided |
Retail products
Sales of all products that may be made available for purchase at the Studio (such as grip aids, pole wear, shorts, socks, shoes, shoe protectors, pole cloths and any other accessories) are final and absolutely non-refundable.
For hygiene reasons, trying-on of any retail products is NOT permitted.
Photography and videography
Taking photos or recording videos
- Students are permitted to use mobile phones during class for recording videos or taking photos of themselves.
- Use of mobile phone stands and tripods exceeding 15 centimeters in height is not permitted.
- Filming of warm-up activities, live instruction, and Instructors is not permitted.
- Please obtain permission from your classmates if they may be visible in your photograph or video, prior to shooting the photograph or video and uploading onto social media.
60-second limit
- Videos shared on social media are limited to 60 seconds in duration for classes. Students who upload videos exceeding this duration may be asked to take down such posts.
Marketing and promotions
- Photographs, video or audio recordings may be taken during class, events, workshops, pole practice or other Studio activities for marketing and promotional use, including but not limited to posting on social media. Please speak with your Instructor before class if there are any concerns about this.
Promotions and account credits
The Studio reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of any stated promotions and offers, including usage and value of account credits without prior notice.
Unless otherwise stated, promotions are intended for full use and redemption by the same individual within the same term, and may not be shared between different parties, nor spread over multiple terms.
Any issued account credits are valid for use only for redemption for activities listed in the booking system. Credits cannot be used against the purchase of retail products. Please redeem all your credits prior to their date of expiry, as no extensions will be provided.
Support enquiries
The studio is open everyday from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Classes continue during public holidays unless students are otherwise informed (includes term breaks and Chinese New Year).
Support is available through email and WhatsApp chat (no voice, text-only, everyday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM Singapore time). We do our best to respond to all support enquiries within three business days, and seek your understanding and patience due to our limited manpower.
Studio location: Directions | Google Maps Link
Our policies, terms & conditions
The Studio may from time to time update and modify our Policies which are set out in full at https://studiostarfire.com/policies as well as our websites and booking platforms. It is the responsibility of all students to refer to these policies before using our websites and booking platforms.
By continuing to use our websites and booking platforms, or visiting/using the Studio’s premises, you are deemed to have agreed to any terms and conditions set out in the Waiver and Release of Liability and other documents located at https://studiostarfire.com/policies.
STUDIO STARFIRE
Boutique pole dance studio at Tanjong Pagar, in the heart of Singapore's CBD area
Join us to learn Pole Tricks and Exotic Dance; get strong & flexible