Allure Dance & Fitness Studio

Getting in touch with your "inner sex goddess" while toning your caboose in under an hour is the one and only agenda at this Mid-City fitness studio, which specializes in all breeds of exotic dance. Allure was founded by Nicole "The Pole" Williams (you can't make this stuff up), whom you might recognize as the principle pole dancer in Rihanna's Pour it Up Music Video. Williams's philosophy promises that women of all shapes, sizes and experience levels can learn the art of exotic dance, and argues that "I have no upper body strength," "I'm too old," "I'm overweight" and "I'm not sexy," are not valid excuses. Alongside self-explanatory classes like pole dance and stripe tease, the studio's other affordable offerings include tempting titles such as "Lyrical Seduction 101," "Booty Breakdown" and "Vixen-ology." Allure offers new student discounts on multi-class packages, as well as a titillating array of options for pole dance parties.