5'10" - to tall to dance?
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cant comment on being tall as I measure in at 4'10" without my shoes! but can comment on how beautiful lines extensions and splits look on someone "leggy." everyone is different and has a unique style irrelevant of height weight etc. be pretty boring if we were all exactly the same!
One of the most talented instructors at my school is 5'10. She stood out from us shorties and is just amazing to watch when she dances. I always tell her that her legs plus heels is my entire body length, lol...
Point your toes and go for super straight legs (not saying it's easy) to create fab lines! All previous comments about energy consuming lifts due to a disadvantagous center of gravity are true, BUT: don't miss that your height and weight are actually many times an ADVANTAGE when aiming for long and fast spins on a static pole. This is because you can more easily create a greater angular momentum (where mass and radius are parameters), which in turn means that you'd bring more energy to the system. Of course you need to have the grip and technique to handle it but at least your body type is providing you with the prerequisites for a flying spin!
@Lina you are so right. I love that part of being tall.
Felisha ·
I have nothing to add being that I'm 5'2 but I will say it amazes me to hear so many of you say how tall you are... Especially since I've watched all of yalls videos... I never knew any of you were that tall lol videos play tricks I'd say most looked avg height. With the exception of veena and legend they are all legs lol but I think it's beautiful to see leggy hot women pole :)
LovesIt ·
I'm 5'11" and the only issue I have is I can't wear heels when poling at home because I'm afraid to hit the ceiling ; P Other than that, I have not had any difficulties. I'm sure there's something that challenges every body size/shape, but don't let the fear hold you back! If anything, our long legs make our moves look more dramatic!
@Lina, Wow, I never thought of that! I'm sure the girl who poles next to me has... I've almost kicked her a couple times 😲
@Nolaelle - I've heard a long torso makes other moves (ballerina) easier because you have more body to twist around the pole :)
Haha, yes we become a bit dangerous 😮 to our environment sometimes LOL !
Tovah ·
The thing is that legally poles should be 7' apart minimum and most of them are not. This is dangerous when it's not . Studios also needs "to consider tall body types as they do embrace the fat ones or thicker or voluptuous ones" Sorry as there is not other way to describe it. Studios want to cram in as many poles in square footage.
Tovah - Where are there regulations that say poles need to be 7 feet apart? Since I had never heard that before, I was just curious. I can just imagine how difficult that is for any pole studio!! Thanks for the info :)
Tovah ·
I learned this at my PFIC course and it stuck with me. It stuck with me because there is no safety standardization in pole fitness/ pole space for safetry. I am mentioning it because at a workshop the studio had 10 or 12 poles and my fractured foot was freshly heeled and someone behind me was wearing heals and we spun and of cours connected on the exact bone that was freshly healed. It caused me to have a bruise to the area but not a re-fracture. Then Iimped for a few days and still did my 12hrs shifts. Some of these studios is just about business and money and to cram as many as they can in their square footage.
Tovah ·
sorry I didn't spell check "safety"
Thanks for sharing!! I have had freshly healed injuries hit in ballet and it hurts like nobody's business. I am so sorry that happened to you. While my studio doesn't have a lot of poles, they are closer than 7'. I think because of that, everyone is really good about alternating turns. Although it may be because we enjoy watching each other :)
Tovah ·
Well if you think about it...once on heels 4 to 6" then a 5'4 is now 5'8" or 5'10" and then when one spins and arms are extended over the head, that would be another foot of your body's extension. In my calculations that is approx 6'8" to 6'10" spinning around the pole and so, for poles to be 7 feet apart is satisfactory but not ideal or excellent.
I am a shorty here...only 5ft 1 1/2inches...but I just wanted to say one of the bikini bars I used to go to all the time had serveral really tall girls and all could work it. So I don't think it matters how tall or short you are. Heck one of the girls was easily 6 ft 5inches with her heels but she could dance like no other and work the pole. So I say don't ever get down on yourself and work what you got:)
Tovah, I agree...there needs to be a bit more done on safety in pole classes. I believe the pole dance community requires that poles have at least 3 feet around them (which would be 6 feet from pole to pole) and they say that no more than three girls share a pole...to me that seems like a lot of kicking each other. I have left toenail polish across the walls at our studio from spins. I would love to be seven feet from the wall! Our ceiling height is 12.5 feet, we don't wear shoes, and we only allow one person per pole...but with some spins there still could be contact.. ;-(
@Pole Moves - "they say that no more than three girls share a pole" wait, you're saying everyone in your class doesn't get their own pole for class??
Glitterqueen - At my studio it is also only one person per pole, but I have learned from talking to others that a lot of studios have students share poles. I have been very spoiled and can't imagine sharing a pole!
lots of studios share poles including studios like Michelle Mynx's studio. They only have 2 poles per studio and have I believe up to 12 people per class. I have 5 poles in my studio and do up to 8 people per class. My classes with more then 4 people are longer then my classes with 4 or less.
I'm so spoiled, I'd hate to share a pole! Mostly just because I know how much sweat and ick I have on it by the end of class and having to wipe it down every time you switch would be cumbersome. #polebrat
I'm so happy to read all this. I'm 5'11 and was wondering the same thing. In the past I've done body fitness competitions and I feel super heavy as well as tall on the pole. I'm still a total newbie so reading the discussion in here gives me added motivation. Thank you! :-D
Marrieum ·
I am 5'10" too, and I dance pretty well; height is something you shouldn't let hinder your pursuit of dancing. I am taking dancing classes and studying too; it can be hard sometimes to manage both at the same time. Fortunately, there are online assignment help services that help me balance both my passion and studies.
