Have you heard of Danielle Rueda-Watts

Mindy4pole started this discussion · 4/1/2010

Neru posted this link in the "This Is It" thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp09Bkh4ZVs onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; onclick="window.open(this.href); The dancer's name is Danielle Rueda-Watts, and all I can say is DAMN! 😮 I just love her!! I've never seen a pole performance so in sync with the music. This appeared to be her only pole video on YouTube, and it said it was posted a year ago. Anybody know anything about her? There's a move she does at about 1:12 that I just can't figure out. She is facing the pole (high in the air), legs swinging with a split grip. Then she manages to twist around so that she's in a seated position with her back to the pole (this position might be called twisted ballerina?) (This is not a good description!!) Anybody ever seen this move?? Mindy

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polarbearlove · 4/1/2010
wow! I actually have that song on my pole playlist lol... I have no idea what the move is tho... There are some more videos of her if you google her....From what I have found she is in Las Vegas... 😀 http://www.google.com/search?q=danielle+rueda+watts+dancer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
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EVamp83 · 4/1/2010
Hey Mindy, It's actually a chinese pole move, but I have no idea what it's called.. 🤔 I use it as a fun way to get into the ballerina. 😀
poledanceromance · 4/1/2010
Oh my god that one comment is right she doesn't have a belly button! I wonder why...
EVamp83 · 4/1/2010
LOL! 😂 You're right!! I hadn't even noticed. 😮 Maybe that explains her level of awesomeness 😉
azriel · 4/1/2010
There was another thread about her somewhere.. but i can't remember if there was any more info about her though. It's funny that you mentioned that move cuz i just started working on that in my last practice! Danielle makes it look so easy, but you gotta really swing yourself around with momentum (i do, anyway). I banged my foot on the pole doing it too, LOL. 😂
Charley · 4/1/2010
LOVE her! She was a pole A palooza winner too I think. I wish I knew what the name of that trick is. I can do it and almost every time, but I noticed I still slip down a bit so I like to be at the very top of my pole. You have to scissor your legs to get enough momentun to turn.
horsecrazy12987 · 4/1/2010
LOL! 😂 You're right!! I hadn't even noticed. 😮 Maybe that explains her level of awesomeness 😉 😂 So having no belly button gives you special powers? I hadn't heard of her until the 'This Is It' thread, but she is awesome! I love how she moves so well to the music, and the 1:12 move--someone should do a tutorial on that. I've never seen it until now. Also, she's got really good muscle tone. I don't know why, but it always impresses me when I see women like that. Maybe because I strength train a lot and appreciate how hard you have to work to get that fit.
Skittles01 · 4/1/2010
Wow, she is awesome! I like that move too at 1:12. . . I'm trying to figure out her hand positioning, but it looks a lot like the combo I saw Fiyah Starta doing. . I saw a belly button! Her core is just pure muscle that you can hardly see a thing! hehehe
Mary Ellyn · 4/1/2010
I first saw Danielle a few years ago on a video VJ Pablo uploaded before this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Zi7BQJxFU&feature=related It was the same dance vid but with different music over it. This was the first time many of us saw Jenyne Butterfly as well was through VJ Pablo.
polergirl · 4/2/2010
I stumbled across this video once upon a time when I was looking for inspiration....and I definitely found it. She really is a LOVELY dancer!
Runemist34 · 4/2/2010
Hmm! 🤔 I totally saw a bellybutton there! It's just very flush with her skin, not really any indent. Also, she is really awesome! I love her style! New favourite added to the list! 🥂 ☀️
Solya · 4/2/2010
This was one of the first pole vids I saw, she's just awesome. I just googled her and she was in Birtney Spears' Circus vid and one of Michael Jackson's shows, now works for Cirque du Soleil = total aerial queen.