Instagram Bandwagon

PassionForDance started this discussion · 9/13/2014

During the Expo in Vegas last weekend, I was convinced that Instagram was a great way to connect and gain inspiration in the pole dance community (or pretty much any community for that matter). So I jumped on the bandwagon for both of those reasons and because I didn't really want to marry my facebook world to my aerial arts world. Kind of the same reason I have different email accounts that serve different purposes. Now I need help navigating how to find the pole dance individuals and groups stars, because usernames are not always real names. Do you have instagram? Why or why not? Where do you draw inspiration?

23 replies

GlitterSteph · 9/13/2014
I do! I haven't found a lot but my favorite is Pole dance nation! They post daily and inspire me tons! I hate hash tags so I have instagram and hash tag there to join pages then post separate on my Facebook lol. Mine is @stephandcoconut aND they should be #PoleDanceNation
Veena · 9/13/2014
I'm on Instagram and I post pretty much daily. Studioveena
kesarini · 9/13/2014
Yay very cool! I am Kesarini on IG too. Find me on there. One good way to find polers is to see who people follow and go from there. So you could see who I follow and also follow people you like, then see who they follow and so on. What's your username?
WebJunk · 9/13/2014
Maybe this will help: https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Polers_who_Instagram__20130909095105
Sierra Taye · 9/13/2014
I'm on Instagram as sierrataye and I find people to follow based on who likes photos I like! I also follow pole dance nation and veena. :)
CrazyKosters · 9/13/2014
I'm KrazyPolerChick on instagram but I too just opened up. I remember meeting you at expo :) Instagram is kinda dumb imo..They also pretty much own your pics once posted. So photographers beware lol..
Lucca Valentine · 9/13/2014
I'm Lucca_Valentine and I find polers just from who posts on my photos or who posts on friends photos, then it ends up a little wormhole and I've found quite a few people that are fun to follow! I find myself on my pole Instagram much more than me personal instagram cuz the news feed is a million times more interesting. Normal life can be boring after awhile! Now, pole tricks and hooping...I can look at that all day! If I am working on a certain move I will look at the hash tag of that move and see what other people's look like. This has helped to find entrances/exits/all kinds of things I never knew about! Instagram has turned out to be way more helpful than I thought it would be! It's nice to be able to watch different pole tricks and stuff while waiting in line or doing something that doesn't allow for a lot of time to longer videos....(or in class when I'm not supposed to be doing it at all...)
PassionForDance · 9/14/2014
Thanks for all the feedback, y'all! I'm DanceCookPlay_MEA as you may all soon find me among your newest fans ;) You ladies are awesome, and PoleDanceNation has some spectacular photos! CrazyKosters, you bring up a good point about the pics... But an even more frightening truth is anything posted on the internet never completely disappears-- because things are retrievable, and anything that connects to the internet can get hacked and threaten anything that resides in the memory of your computer. Even that camera on your smartphone can be accessed and some creep could be watching from some sketchy hideaway. Sorry to freak everyone out, but its a scary world! Anyway, I've learned so far from IG that it combines aspects of Pinterest and Facebook so its not as foreign as I thought it would be. Lucca, I'm excited to see what talent lies within this maze of follower wormholes! And its really nice that there are videos of different individuals doing their pole moves. For me to wrap my head around a trick, I need to see it performed more than I need it verbally explained to me. But Veena, you're video breakdowns are probably the best way to learn at home!
PassionForDance · 9/14/2014
I have more questions because I haven't done much with the videos on my phone that I'd like to share... What do you think is the best photo and video collage app? Can you edit videos, play music, and add in text?
Lucca Valentine · 9/14/2014
That I don't know much about...I mostly upload videos directly from my phone and if it doesn't fit right I just use cropvs
PolerinaCanada · 9/17/2014
I love instagram for pole inspiration! I just search hashtags like #poletricks #lyricalpole #polechoreo #poledancer etc. My addy is @polerina if you want some lyrical choreo inspiration or new tricks :)
pinkhairspray · 9/23/2014
i'm @nitajs on instagram!! I mostly search for #pole #poleart to find inspiration.
Lucca Valentine · 9/23/2014
#contemporarypole has been rockin my world too
SeienDesuYo · 9/25/2014
In addition to surfing around for pole trick and tips, I also use Instagram to find flexibility and yoga routines and poses. I learned how to do the splits because of it! I found it to be helpful especially when polers post the flexibility warm-ups they use before they dance. It's really helped me overall to become a better pole dancer, I think.
Bendy Bella · 9/25/2014
@SeienDesuYo do you mind posting some of the IG names you've discovered?
Lucca Valentine · 9/25/2014
Some of these are veneers some of them are polestars so might be repeats: polefitmom, kira_ong, maglabb, titojane, biapoledance marioncrampe, dirdybirdy used to be one of my faves but it seems like she stopped posting pole stuff, findingyourfreestyle (this ones a must!) Iamsasjafierce Contemporarypole Maggie_falling And if you happen to branch out and look at hooping stuff murrkat_flow is amazingggg 💫💫
brigittec016017 · 9/27/2014
Hey I love Instagram for my daily pole inspo I've just started posting more pole related stuff and will continue to do so but I also have a love for fashion and my children and healthy eating so random stuff is on there too! Some good ones I've started following is @sassybeertje and I've fallen in love with watching @poleleoaz and @polefitmom oh and another really good one is @29megansmith she's really good and I think she has a YouTube channel xxx Oh and mines @brigittecurtiss101
Danniacc47 · 9/29/2014
Hi, I'm on instagram and I often post pole related stuff. I love to watch you guys on instagram as well. It is such an inspiration to me. I'm not advanced at all but I like to post my progress, my nickname in @danniacc47
Runemist34 · 9/29/2014
So, I'm also possibly getting on this Instagram thing. I've tried not to for a while... but, well, I'm on twitter now, why not instagram too? Not sure how much I'll post or how much of it will be pole-related. Mostly, there's a really cool October challenge from one of my favourite blogs that I think I'd like to be involved in. She actually does a lot on there, so I keep thinking I'd like to try it. I also think maybe it'll make my twittering a little more interesting, because I'll have stuff to post about! I'll let you guys know what my name is (though, most likely, it'll be the same one I have here).
SeienDesuYo · 10/1/2014
@Juicy Dior, I don't really follow specific people to be honest. Instead what I do is run a tag search for whatever it is I want to practice that day. For instance, if I'm wanting to practice the splits, I'll search for #splits #splitpractice #flexibility. You get the gist. I'll be looking into some of the polers suggested here though! Let me know if you find anyone worth following.
Bendy Bella · 10/1/2014
@Seien thanks for responding; I'll usually search via tags too and have found some gems like @contemporarypole (lots of dance and fluidity inspiration) and @innerdivafitness who has lots of pole dance memes I plan to repost the moment I get better at poling lol
luvlee · 1/14/2015
I just decided that I needed to join Instagram. I am luvleedrops on there. I opened mine strictly for pole people. Please find me, if you like. :)
iheartpole · 1/14/2015
I am @maravillapole I post my pole progress on this account and my non pole account is @berryranch (lots of nature/ cat/ dog shots on that one);)