Katy aka Gilda Lee Ray

Katy aka Gilda Lee Ray is 30 and teaches burlesque classes, pole dancing lessons, can-can parties and cheerleading hen parties in Brighton.
Hometown: London
Different day job: Improvisational Comedy
How long have you been dancing: 5 years
What do you love most about dancing: It's such a carefree, natural way to have fun and exercise!
Why did you start teaching dance: I was a student and after seeing me passing what I knew onto other students I was asked to teach.
Why you love teaching at Polestars: It's a great company and they really listen to feedback.
Fave song to pole dance to: Highway to Hell, ACDC
Fave song to burlesque dance to: Nasty Naughty Boy, Christina Agulera
Fave hen party product and why: Burlesque, it's such an instant confidence booster and all the girls go away sexier!
Best dancing experience: I did a backwards strip at the Edinburgh Festival once - started naked and put my clothes on to music!
Best teaching moment: When one of my students became a teacher herself after all my tuition.
Most embarrassing burlesque moment: One of my nipple tassels flying across the room in a demo!
Fave food: Sushi, mmmmmm
Fave films: Some Like it Hot
Celebrity crush: Nathan Fillion
Hobbies other than dancing: Ariel dance
Personal motto: Experience is the name people give their mistakes
Where we can find you: You can find me performing comedy shows, see www.katyschutte.com for dates.  I also make and sell nipple tassels.