Welcome to Strip Journey, the podcast that takes you on a global exploration of the diverse and vibrant world of strip dance. Join me as we meet and interview strip dance teachers and artists from around the world, delving into their unique histories, exciting projects, and personal stories. Each episode provides a glimpse into the art of strip dance, celebrating its richness and the passionate individuals who bring it to life. Embark on this journey with us and discover the flavours of strip dance worldwide.
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In this episode of Strip Journey, I sit down with Julianna Kobtseva , one of Frame Up legends, for a conversation recorded on a balcony in Athens, Greece, right after she taught her first workshops in the country.
Hear about Julianna’s road from a small town in Siberia to the big stages and international fame. She even reveals how StripLab, the name, came to be.
A conversation about art, motherhood, stereotypes and being more than one thing. I hope you will enjoy.
Julianna’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kobtseva/ (https://www.instagram.com/kobtseva/)
StripLab : https://www.instagram.com/striplab/ (https://www.instagram.com/striplab/)
00:00 – Intro02:00 – From piano to street dance04:00 – How she found strip dance08:00 – Strip Lab origin story11:00 – Inside Strip Lab today14:00 – Teaching around the world15:00 – Her choreography philosophy19:30 – Breaking stereotypes22:00 – Motherhood
27:00 – Closing messages
26 Jun 2026
Ep, 34 Fernanda
In this episode of Strip Journey, I talk with Fernanda Sibaja - a 32-year-old dancer from Costa Rica and official frame-up representative.
Fernanda’s path to dance wasn’t a straight line: childhood dance and theater groups, a failed contemporary dance university audition at 18, years working as a yoga and Pilates instructor - and then, at 27, discovering heel dance and falling for frame-up almost immediately. At 29 she went back to school for a three-year professional dance program in Costa Rica, trained herself online in between classes, and this year became one of the dancers selected for Nastya Yurasova’s very first certification held outside of Russia, in London.
We talk about the intensity of training directly under Nastya’s eye, the honest - and humbling - feedback that pushed her to keep going, what it’s like to introduce frame-up to Costa Rica almost from scratch, and her own history with an eating disorder and body image as a former yoga/Pilates instructor - and how that experience now shapes the way she teaches women.
Fernanda also opens up about her love of acrobatics, the frame-up dancers who inspire her, and the advice she’d give anyone starting out, wherever in the world they happen to be.
Fernanda’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fer.femfit/ (https://www.instagram.com/fer.femfit/)
00:00 – Introduction & welcome
00:45 – Fernanda’s background: early dance, theater & a university audition setback
03:45 – University of Costa Rica’s three-year professional dance program
07:00 – Getting selected for the London certification
10:30 – Teaching her first class back home; Costa Rica’s frame-up scene (
14:30 – Body image, disordered eating & training philosophy
24:00 – Acrobatics as her teaching specialty
25:30 – Advice for beginners & frame-up inspirations
33:30 – Final message & wrap-up
12 Jun 2026
Special Episode 3: Frame Up Intensive Weekend Greece report
In this special report, I’m taking you to Athens, Greece, where I joined the Erotica Frame Up Intensive Weekend.
The weekend was organised by Vivian Voss , you might know her from Episode 24, and brought together three teachers: Vivian herself, experimental high heels dancer Luisa Lazri, and all the way from St. Petersburg, Julianna Kobtseva, teaching both her Forma technique and choreography.
The schedule packed in technique classes, different choreography styles, a dance improv and jam class, and finished with Stage Noir - a performance evening with a DJ set.
In this episode you’ll hear advice from Julianna on practicing on both sides and knowing your own learning pace, a candid conversation between Vivian and Julianna on what erotica really means - intelligence, nuance, presence - and what it’s like to develop a signature style as an artist.
A warm, thoughtful weekend with a lot of dancing. Glad I was there.
Follow Vivian: https://www.instagram.com/vivianvoss_/ (https://www.instagram.com/vivianvoss_/)
Follow Experimental Erotica: https://www.instagram.com/experimental.erotica/ (https://www.instagram.com/experimental.erotica/)
Follow Frame Up Greece: https://www.instagram.com/frameupstrip_greece/ (https://www.instagram.com/frameupstrip_greece/)
Follow Julianna Kobtseva: https://www.instagram.com/kobtseva/ (https://www.instagram.com/kobtseva/)
Follow Luisa Lazri: https://www.instagram.com/luizalazri/ (https://www.instagram.com/luizalazri/)
A special thank you to all the dancers from the weekend featuring in the videos and especially Sotiria (https://www.instagram.com/sotiria_fili/ (https://www.instagram.com/sotiria_fili/) ), Naz (https://www.instagram.com/vardarlinazlihan/ (https://www.instagram.com/vardarlinazlihan/) ) and Lina (https://www.instagram.com/linapurple_ribbon/ (https://www.instagram.com/linapurple_ribbon/))
00:00 – Introduction & the event
01:00 – Julianna Kobtseva: training both sides & knowing your learning pace
03:00 – Luisa Lazri: experimental heels, improv class & goal-setting
04:30 – Vivian interviews Julianna: what erotica really means
09:00 – Signature style, artistic identity & collaboration
13:30 – Stage Noir & closing reflections
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