About COVA Pole & Movement
COVA Pole & Movement is the ONLY pole studio in Virginia Beach equipped with 13-foot poles, giving you the height you need to train for competitions and performances.
Our 2,500-square foot facility features two studios, 11 poles, 10-foot wall-to-wall mirrors, weekly Pole, Flex and Movement classes, and a boutique for all your pole gear needs!
COVA has firm values in creating a safe and welcoming space for everyone! Regardless of your age, size, background or gender, we are here for you!
With studios intentionally designed by National Pole Champion and Xpert Pole Trainer Shaina Cruea (who happens to be 6 feet tall!), our pole spaces are built for dancers of all heights, shapes and sizes to get a full experience during classes and training sessions. Our poles are on a PoleAway System, so they can be easily put away during non-pole classes, events and workshops.
Whether you’re looking for classes and community, a space to train privately, or a space to host your own workshop or event, COVA is the place for you!
ABOUT THE TEAM
Shaina Cruea
FOUNDER, PROGRAM DIRECTOR & INSTRUCTOR
Shaina is a US National Pole Dance Champion. She brings over a decade of pole experience to COVA, and she has curated an intentional curriculum to help both new and experienced polers learn, progress, and thrive at COVA. Shaina is known for combining her unique contemporary dance style with the beauty of fluid strength and grace. As an Xpert Elite Trainer running trainings nationwide, Shaina remains as dedicated to teaching others her knowledge of pole as she is to continuing the evolution of her own style and expertise. She has traveled to over 40 countries and 30 US states for pole-related events. A Virginia Beach native, Shaina is thrilled to bring her passion for pole to her hometown and help foster a beautiful pole community here in Coastal Virginia.
IG Handle: @shaina66
Chelsea Bawab
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Chelsea is a lifelong dancer who found her love for pole in 2022 and hasn’t looked back. At COVA, you’ll find her handling marketing and business development, coordinating community events, and maybe even spinning on a pole next to you in class. Her passion is building relationships and helping others feel connected and empowered through movement and community.
IG Handle: @chelseasherman_cova
V
STUDIO MANAGER & INSTRUCTOR
V fell in love with pole in 2019 when she was on a journey for self-love and looking for new ways to appreciate her body through movement. She has since won multiple competitions, including 1st place for Championship Level 3 Junior at PSO Northeast 2021 and 1st place for All Floor All Day Level 4 Junior at PSO Northeast 2023. She has been teaching pole since 2021 and also has a background in studio management. V takes pride in organizing studio shows and events, collaborating with local businesses, and finding new ways to bring the pole community together. When she’s dancing, her favorite moves are anything splitty or bendy, and she’s always in pursuit of finding new ways of touching her feet to her head.
IG Handle: @turkish_delightv
Namuli Jocson-Fuhs
HEALER & MOVEMENT ARTIST
Namuli is a traditional healer, movement artist, and spiritual guide of Native American and Celtic lineage. With over 7 years of experience in shamanic journeying, energy medicine, sound healing, and womb wisdom, her work is rooted in the remembrance of sensual power, soul purpose and ancestral gifts through somatic liberation and spiritual embodiment. She weaves her background in dance and healing arts with her intuitive, spirit-led relationship to rhythm and energy, creating ceremonial containers that allow the body to express what the soul remembers.
IG Handle: @namuli.reborn
