Our Team
Behind the scenes.
We’re a small yet strong team with spicy ideas and we love what we do and have a passion for doing things well.
From different movement backgrounds we want to help other barre professionals to keep them inspired by fresh and creative barre classes that are easy to put in the barre routine.
Annika has over 30 years of experience in movement. With a deep background in dance, she went on to become a certified pilates, reformer and barre instructor. Her barre classes have become a true crowd favourite. She wondered why and asked her students. She believes it is in her spicing up her barre with versatile dance styles and music selection. Now she wants to share her “secret” with colleagues who have inspired her along the way.
She is also the owner of LIIP Studios - a reformer and barre studio in Helsinki.
Annika Kasti
Founder
LIIP Studios
&
Spice Up
Your Barre
Laura has her professional dance qualification from the Finnish National Opera Ballet School and she danced with the Finnish National Ballet in 2004–2006. She graduated as a dance teacher from Savonia University of Applied Sciences in 2010 with classical ballet as her major and in 2012 earned a Master of Dance Arts from the Theatre Academy Helsinki. Most recently, she completed her Pilates teacher qualification at Somatic Studio in March 2023.
Head responsible for Barre Goes Ballet
Laura Poikolainen
Founder
Spice Up Your Barre
Ballet Professional
Anniina is an experienced dance and fitness professional. She is also one of the pioneers of Finnish group fitness. She works as a dance teacher, fitness instructor, coach, and educator — also for fellow professionals in the field.
In addition to street dance, Anniina's areas of expertise include strength training, mobility, body maintenance, movement, and bodyweight training.
As a teacher, Anniina is fun, creative, and inspiring.
Head responsible for Barre goes Strength, Latin, Dunham & Small Aparatus
