Who is your pole idol?

PolefitFanatic started this discussion · 3/4/2011

I would be interested in hearing about who your favourite dancers are.! Mine is Rafaela Montanaro from Brazil. I have just interviewed her on my blog if you want to have a look. http://www.polefitfanatics.com/2011/03/interview-with-pole-fitness-champion-rafaela-montanaro/ ; I am soo excited about it, I think she is amazing!! Her strength is phenomenal, and being of the muscular rather than the slimline persuasion myself, I find her sooo aspirational. Who is your favourite and why?

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Madfelice · 3/4/2011
I like Josiah 'Badazz' Grant because of his ability to make everything look so sinuous and fluid which male dancers just can't manage. For female dancers I like Jamilla Deville. She just has a dignity about her work that really appeals to me, not to mention the fact that she is amazing.
heathalynne · 3/4/2011
I'm drawn to those with fluidity, sensuality and beauty in their movement, on the pole and on the floor. Definite faves are Jenyne Butterfly (LA Pole Show), Karol Helms (Wasted Pole Dance) and Barbara Dial (Pole Superstar).
PolefitFanatic · 3/4/2011
@Madfelice. i think Badazz is fantastic as well. He certainly has a distinct style which I really admire, I love the way he makespole his own. @helthalynne. I will youtube Barbara Dial - I have never seen her. It is great to get a list going of performers to look up! 🙂
Madfelice · 3/4/2011
Polefitfanatic, I am sooo excited because Badazz is coming to Australia in the next couple months, all I have to do is to figure out where to go see him. He was putting a call out to studios for places to do workshops but since my studio removed my suggestion from the suggestions page that we do it I can only assume he wont be appearing there :( c
PolefitFanatic · 3/4/2011
@madfelice - really? that would be amazing! Are you in sydney? I am going to hopefully come over in July to see Rafaela at the x-pole show. I know we could get so many more of the pole stars to this part of the world if we could organise workshops and things for them. I would love to do it, but I struggle with the time to run my businesses, my blog and my family commitments let alone my other volunteer work. I am sure there must be a business opportunity for someone to organise these. Need to put my thinking cap on!
Madfelice · 3/4/2011
No, Melbourne. He is coming late April I think from memory, he is scheduled to be in the country for almost a month and will be in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and I think maybe Perth, I don't really remember, I was just excited that Melbourne was in there. I just have to figure out when and where now, lol!
Polecat88 · 3/5/2011
I'm in love with Lu Nagata, she melds a lot of chinese dance, belly dance and martial arts movement into her performances. I do chinese dance and i really would love to be able to dance like her one day. I'm also in awe of quite a few people on here too!
HazelHotpants · 3/5/2011
Alethea Austin has to be up there with one of my idols. I love her style and think her floorwork is amazing! Ive been lucky enough to have a workshop with her. 🥂 Shadow (Amanda Duffy) is defo the queen of spin in my mind... this is the video that made me fall in love with her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSj377tqBB4
Sassafrassle · 3/5/2011
Fyi BadAzz is coming to NZ too
PolefitFanatic · 3/5/2011
@sassafrassle; is he coming to welly?
VanillaryPuff · 3/5/2011
Felix Cane!! I love her style, so strong yet sensual and feminine. I know many guys who'd say, a woman with short her aint a real woman - then they see her and fall in love! 😀 (stupid guys, though, to say sthg like this ^^) And Jenyne Butterfly - although in some of her vids on youtube she makes it a bit too much of a stipper show, which I don't like. I mean, I don't mind watching a good stripper show ❗ but I don't like seeing it combined with pole on youtube by one of the world's best polers. This only underlines the prejudice of others towards poledancing. And then, my teacher and studio owner! She brought pole dancing to Austria. She works so hard, and shows us everytime that you can achieve what you want if you work on it.
Layla Duvay · 3/5/2011
I gotta agree with hazeldej about Alethea! I love her sultry style and she mesmerizes me. I'm also a huge fan of Michelle Mynx. She's got that retro sassiness that I love and can really thread pretty combos together--she's always thinking up new moves. She and Katie are so much fun to watch and pole with and you can't take your eyes off them for a second when they perform!!!
Sassafrassle · 3/5/2011
@polefitfanatic yep, he's coming to Welly, I think to Kiwi pole fitness, but I have a feeling to akl as well? I'm not too sure on dates though so will try and check next time I'm at class with one of my pole mates who I know is going to one
PolefitFanatic · 3/5/2011
@sassafrassle; I'll have to check it out. Are you going to MPDNZ? How is Maree getting on? I suppose she must be gettting a little nervous!? I'll flick her an email this week.. well, that was a great bit of you tube viewing! Michelle Mynx is FANTASTIC polephile! A unique style. it's my favourite when dancers really add their unique take.
TropikalParadize · 3/5/2011
I love Felix as well...hard to beat her amazing style, I think my favorite thing about her is how she is a true performer...you can see her come alive and totally be in the moment when she is on a pole. I also love Pantera...I think she was one of the first prof polers I saw before I started lessons, and was totally hooked! I love how strong she is and her amazing walk-on-the-ceiling moves! And I love Karol Helms!! OMG for about a month I was addicted to her YouTube page!!! I would watch her Pole-A-Pedia religiously and memorize the moves, she looks so beautiful on the pole and makes all the moves she does look so natural and easy!! I am so impressed by her talent!
ShellyBelly · 3/5/2011
Dang it, I'm not the first to say it. Karol Helms is my favorite dancer!!! I think it's awesome how graceful she can be and yet so sexy. I wish I could dance with her :D
Runemist34 · 3/6/2011
I like watching amateurs! If I watch the "good ones" too much, I find it all seems to blend together...transitions and moves become less dynamic when the dancer is so good at them! So, amateurs really have to work to make their dance amazing, and they put a lot of creativity into it. Instead of having already developed both the strength and flexibility, people are showcasing what they've got going the best, and working around the rest of it! That said, I like Felix's performances. Her freestyle is good, too, but her performances seem to be where she shines best for me! Also, Gingercake, did you say guys are saying women with short hair "isn't a woman"?? What kinds of guys are these, and can I kick them in their nethers? Not a woman, indeed! I like my short hair!
ILoveChrome · 3/6/2011
In no particular order: Leigh Ann Reilly, Alethea, Lauren Goldstein
PoleNerd · 3/6/2011
Karol Helms. I may have a crush on her. Love that she looks so fearless and sexy on the pole, yet off the pole she seems sweet, goofy, and shy, almost. Have you guys seen her modeling pics, too? Swoon.
Evie Bloom · 3/6/2011
I can't just pick just one fav. I love Karol Helms, Alethia Austin, Bobbi and of course jenyne Butterfly
Evie Bloom · 3/6/2011
and I of course can't spell, I meant Alethea.
VanillaryPuff · 3/6/2011
@Runemist: Go on, kick them! Stupid chauvinists. I love women with short hair and men with long hair, or the other way round - I don't care, as long as it fits them! 🌸 I like what you said about watching amateur polers. I got a lot of good input from them, and I saw many things I wanted to try too - while when I watch professionals I usually can't concentrate on the transitions because everything's so amazing about them.
LizzyLiz810 · 3/6/2011
I have some favorites. Nadia Zarif, Leigh Ann, Alethea, Karol Helms, Tiffany Hayden, Anne Marie Davies, and Chalese Stevens
stainless · 3/6/2011
Marlo, Badazz, Jenyne, Felix, Oona K, Fya Starter and Bobbie
Scarlett Honey aka Lola Grace · 3/6/2011
Alethea Austin, Bobbi, Karol Helms... They are my faves.... Im IN LOVE with Alethea Austin's dancing! Had an awesome workshop with her in Sydney last year... so unique, fluid and sensual. Gorgeous! :)

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