About After Dark dance studios

Your home for adults-only sensual dance classes for women that allow you to break a sweat while building confidence. Never danced before? No problem. At After Dark, we believe it’s never too late to unleash your inner performance goddess. We offer beginner-friendly classes in various forms of sensual dance, including pole dancing, chair dancing, floor work, hip-hop, twerk and more. Although our class variety is vast, each experienced instructor teaches every class with the same goal in mind: to leave you feeling sexy and empowered.
We offer drop-in classes, a variety of memberships, and special advanced workshops for students who take five or more classes in a specific skill. Ready to strut your stuff? Browse the menu above to view our class schedule or fill out our contact form for more info. We look forward to shaking it with you!

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Meet Kelly

Kelly Riley is the founder and owner of After Dark Dance Studios and a born performer. She studied and competed in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical and cheerleading all through her youth. She then focused on musical theater, choir and solo and ensemble competitions throughout high school and college. After college, she began performing burlesque and studying hip-hop, pole dance, twerk and more before opening After Dark in Austin, TX in 2024. Her accolades include first place in the 2016 Stonewall Warehouse Amateur Burlesque Contest and a 2024 “One-to-Watch Instructor" award from DivaDance.
Kelly prides herself on embracing the way that each and every body moves uniquely in dance. She focuses less on technique and more on self-expression in her choreography and teaching. Her passion for performance and self-love shines through in every aspect of After Dark Dance Studios, and she strives to make every client feel loved and celebrated for exactly where they are in their dance journey.