What's funny is that moves I used to not care for very much, I now appreciate because of their danceworthiness when used in transition! Examples of this would be the figurehead, which I now admire when well executed. I also now appreciate the apprentice, superman, tucked sit, and some of the others I didn't care to see before, as long as they are not held for extended periods of time. I think many moves, such as inverted crucifix or split grip V are only useful as long as they are used as part of a transition, but are not usually attractive moves to hold for several seconds time. On that note, I agree with Polergirl that the inverted V move is a great way to get inverted, but not a very interesting position to hold.
I will agree with what was said earlier by Journey about the stationary caterpillar. Climbing caterpillar is very useful, but a stationary caterpillar seems like a waste of time. I have no fondness at all for doing leg waves in inverted moves like inverted V, Pencil, Aysha, or superinvert. I also agree with Empyrean that returning from any kind of handspring (front, cartwheel, twisted grip, or whatever other kind) to a standing position on the floor is not getting the maximum use out of the handspring and I am always slightly disappointed to see that happen. Handsprings, in my opinion, can be a fantastic way to begin an aerial combo, and returning to a floor stand just seems anti-climactic to me, although dropping from an aerial handstand position into a floor split is often very nice.
I am not fond of various kinds of floor handstands that are done against the pole, most of the time. And I do not like the bow and arrow. And in the political climate of today's pole world, this might be considered sacrilege, but I do not like the Allegra. Jenyne's contortionistic variation with the huge oversplit would be the exception, but I've yet to see many others perform an Allegra that I thought looked beautiful, unless it was transitioned out of quickly.
I've lost fondness for some moves, like the Genie, which regardless of being impressive and terribly difficult, is totally awkward in terms of transition. I'm going to play with some more ins-and-outs from the Genie, but if I can't figure out anything pretty I'm just going to scrap that one. I never thought the knee hold was especially pretty, but I still use it because people love that move. I like doing that move more now that I've learnt to perform it with ankles unhooked.
Fleur, I'm interested in which variations of the wrist seat you have seen or done that do not use V leg positioning. It never even crossed my mind that the legs could be positioned otherwise!
I have mixed feelings about the jackknife, but I use it anyway. I do like Aysha and Straight Edge quite a lot, but only if the chest and hips are some distance from the pole. For this reason, I do not favor the forearm grip for most moves as I feel it keeps the chest too close to the pole to be pretty or impressive.
