Not too long ago, I noticed a lot of pole dancers that I know (directly or through online networks) were expressing frustration and difficulty in carving out a niche for their own personal style. It seems once you get to a certain point in your pole journey, you spend a bunch of time figuring out [...]
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Bridging The Gap Between Club and Studio: Evolve Performance Night
August 1st, 2011
ThePoleStory Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending Performance Night at Evolve Pole Dance Studio. Performance Night was started by Annmarie Davies, founder of United Pole Artists and it showcases both students and teachers with varying levels of expertise. There three things that set Performance night at Evolve apart from other studio recitals: [...]
The Pole Dance Growth Movement – Internal and External
July 14th, 2011
Jack Gaffney Part 2 of a 3 part series In part 1 of the series “Pole is a Lifestyle” I discussed how Pole is not simply an activity, it is something much larger: It is a lifestyle – a sub cultural lifestyle very similar to Skateboarding, snowboarding or hip hop. THE INTERNAL MOVEMENT Lifestyles are born from [...]
Poling for YOU
July 12th, 2011
Aerial Amy I’ve talked a little bit on my Aerial Amy blog about how the circus bug has bitten my group of girlfriends. One has always astonished us with her completely fearless pole drops and she has, not surprisingly, found herself hooked on the much more dramatic and higher drops that are possible in silks. Two friends [...]
Becoming an Instructor
June 15th, 2011
Aerial Amy In the past few years, a lot of pole studios have opened up—meaning that more and more, qualified and experienced instructors are in pretty high demand. Quite a few established pole dance studios have their own instructor training program. Some include pole move instruction. Some focus on showing you how to teach and assume that [...]
Witch Hunt
May 27th, 2011
ThePoleStory Last week, The Daily Mail ran an article called “Disgrace of the six drinking, pole-dancing primary school teachers who published the pictures on Facebook…Outrage after parent printed pictures and posted them through neighbors’ front doors.” The photos show six women at a bachelorette in sexy army gear, drinking, smoking, and yes, pole dancing. The [...]
Status Quo
May 26th, 2011
Aerial Amy Why did you first start pole dancing? Why do you love it? Why do you continue to pole dance? It’s easy to lose sight of the why as we progress. But every once in a while, you need to look around you and take stock of what you are continuing to get out of it. [...]
Polesque
May 19th, 2011
Aerial Amy Odds are, in the pole competitions that you’re familiar with, you’re not used to seeing sequined pasties. Or booty shaking. Or entire routines without a twisted grip iron X. And maybe, after reading that little list, you’re thinking: “So?” or, maybe, you’re thinking, “Yeah, and that’s too bad.” What if winning ultimately had nothing to [...]




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