Felix Cane

Felix Cane is an Australian pole dancer, acrobat and studio director whose competition victories and Cirque du Soleil performances helped bring pole artistry to a global audience. Born in Australia in 1984, Cane began pole dancing around 2005 and won Miss Pole Dance Australia in 2006 after only months of training. Her rise through the national competition ranks was swift: she won the combined 2008/2009 season title and claimed a third national championship in 2011. What distinguished her work was a fusion of acrobatic difficulty with showgirl-based presentation, rejecting a false divide between athletic and sensual performance. Her competitions showcased extreme flexibility and demanding pole shapes that became reference points for dancers discovering her work online.

Cane's international profile expanded through two World Pole Dance championship titles in 2009 and 2010. Her 2009 winning routine circulated widely online, establishing her as one of the most visible pole dancers of that period. In 2009, she joined Cirque du Soleil's adult-themed Las Vegas production *Zumanity* as a pole artist, moving specialist pole vocabulary into large-scale contemporary circus with touring and production demands distinct from competition stages. She later performed with *Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour*, further demonstrating pole's capacity to anchor major theatrical productions.

Returning to Perth, Cane shifted focus toward teaching, studio leadership and competition production. She founded what became Polaris Studios and developed classes in pole, flexibility and strength training. In 2015, she created the Felix Cane Pole Championships, emphasizing stage presence and showmanship alongside technical achievement. Her teaching has made her name associated with the Eagle and Spatchcock, extreme split-based shapes now strongly credited to her within pole's practitioner culture. As of 2026, Cane remains active as Polaris Studios director, master instructor and coach.