Charley
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I'm sorry Melissa all of the spots are now full, they filled within 2 days.
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I just spent 45 minutes on this move – it ain't happening for me – I don't think I'm ever going to get it – so now I have to convince myself I don't want it lol!!!! Great vid Veena.
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Tickets and workshops are now on sale!!!! www.mipolefestival.yolasite.com
Learn from
Karol Helms
Michelle Mynx
Wendy Traskos
Aerial Amy
Lushes Lamoan
Chantal
APFA Male Competitor Mattcorbat
IPDFA 2009 Pole Fit Champ Shadow
AND MORE!
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I highly recommend Wendy Traskos from NYPD – girl knows it ALL and she makes you burnand sweat from beginner stuff – if I lived in NYC I would do climb and spin regularly.
Pantera is awesome! She makes you use your muscles which I love!
Karol is super fun and hysterical – I like her classes and I've learned a lot of great things from Karol.
Alethea – is AWESOME!!! I did a private with her and she freaking schooled me – I love her!
David is really great and has a lot of unique moves – I've only done advanced work with him and he is very good at breaking things down.
Also recommend Michelle Mynx, Natasha Wang and I can't wait to train with Aerial Amy – and what I know from speaking with her and watching Tuesday tips – she gonna be friggin' amazing to work with and learn from!
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Thank you Jade S. – I don't feel like my name belongs in that list at all – so thank you!!!!
I really am inspired by:
Amber Fluer Richard
Marlo Fisken
Stephen Retchless
Karol Helms
Pantera
Oona – for her unique combinations for sure
Natasha Wang – for her storytelling
Jenyne Butterfly – my new obsession
Alethea – especially when she makes every trick sexy and liquid
Amy Kim
Michelle Mynx
Kira Lamb – omg! LOVE her choreography!!!
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Maybe my issue is the grip??? I've been trying it from a basic split grip – I don't think I'd want to use TG for this…I will play tomorrow and see if I can nail it with true grip…
@Sass – I know what you mean I am very obsessed with this move too!!! I cannot watch it enough times – it's sooooo pretty and mind boggling.
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🙁 I'm still having trouble getting upside down – I think I am not flexible enough to do this move…This one has me mystified – it's kinda fun, I haven't spent this much time breaking something down over and over in a long time – it's the my new fonji – gotta have it!
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Yeah Nmyph – there's no way that instructor is not hustling her hot little bottom off. That's a lot of work. I don't like more than 5 or 6 in a class if they aren't sharing poles too much bad stuff can happen – such as students feeling left out or held back or ignored.
We pay a lot of money for classes the price should reflect the product.
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I feel bad for the instructor having to manage that many people. Any chance for a private lesson? I'm not sure how much they are but I typically give mycurrent clients super cheap rates on privates so that they can get extra help when they feel like they need it.
Also make a list of the moves you want to get and are curren tly working on and see if she'll give you more help in class. It sounds like she's over worked, it's hard to manage that many people – see if you can talk to her about it. I've had sutdents come to me before saying they don't feel like they are getting enough class time or my attention for certain things and sometimes we decided that they really need a private lesson for whatever it is or sometimes I will be sure to put that move into the next class they are in whether it's review or not for some because every trick can be bigger, deadlifted and bendier.
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Just a few new developments!
X-Pole has teamed up with us to present the festival!
We have awesome prizes for our raffles, that trip to Hedo II for Dance Wicked For a Week, how about an X-pole and we have confirmed Spinny T-bag pole Jewelry as well!!!! Lots more to come.
General Admission & performer registration is $25
and it's all on sale now at
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Also – don't be afraid to spend time in beginner 🙂 There are so many movements and transitions that I think you will really like it. I take more beginner classes than advanced classes when I have the opportunity to take class. I learn more in beginner and get more creative ideas about the dance aspect. I have a lot of fun in those classes.
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I was/am self taught and can say that I have missed out on a great many things like having spotters, having someone tell me what I am doing wrong, feeling comfortable doing certain things. I had an attitude about studios when I first started because I couldn't find someplace that would let me take the kind of classes I wanted to take, nothing around here seemed like it was very fun or sexy. I started working at a studio around a year into my self teaching and I had a hard time meshing with the owner and the instructors and most of this was on me not on them.
As a teacher I see my girls learning so many simple and creative things that I now beg to learn whenever I can take a class. They have a sense of community that I didn't have and people to cheer for them when they get something and they have me to be their mirror and help them problem solve every single move or there to help them make goals and see what they need to do get their body ready for certain moves. They have someone who has a really deep understanding of pole, they can ask me just about anything and if I don't know I have the resources to find out. They have really clear practice plans when they go home.
I think studio teaching – if you find a decent studio – is the best way to go, having someone who can look and correct you will help you not develop bad habits or learning things incorrectly – which I did as a self taught dancer.
DVD's and SV and sites like SV are great if you don't have a studio or a useful one near you, they are great for supplemental education because let's face it – it's really expensive to pole dance at studios and you might not be able to afford more than 1x per week – how else are you going to be able to keep working on things or be reminded of how to do the things you've already learned. Different teachers teach differently so there is that added advantage too.
But I love the studio atmosphere, I love the screaming adn the cheering that we do and the love we give each other. Some of my best friendships have come through pole studios 🙂
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YAY! congrats!
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@Lizzy – I HATE how heavy the XSL is! I have gone through bags and the first day I got my pole my truss busted the case and I did nothing but pick it up! That WAS a pain but I had a new bag in under a week. Kimara was soooooo cool with me and immediately sent me the bag. We even had a discussion of XSL vs XS and she was so knowledgable and so kind and willing to listen to everything I had to say and everything I was looking for, I am very happy with my purchase because of her honesty and her quick response to a problem.
Home poles are irrelevant to this convo…this is about STAGE poles. In my opinion and experience the XSL is superior but that doesn't mean that PS is a bad company, it means they have a singular product that isn't as ultimately as SAFE as the XSL. I would not put together a show on SSA's it's not safe. I would open a studio FULL of PS poles, I have no problem with them, the only bad cust service I have ever gotten from them was over the SSA the rest of the time they were good.
I will always work with X-pole based on the quality of their product and quality of their customer service. Working with Lindsey on my latest endevour has been AMAZING! Plus I know that my dancers are safe on stable poles that will not tip and all the peices will fit together.
Erica – she's done a great job of putting a new face on PS. I commend all of her work and her kindness. I like her! If it were not for Erica's presence on this board I would never recommend PS to ANYONE but I will now, I will however refrain from recommending the PS SSA. Not enough changes have been made but I would like to commend them on the work they have done in developing their product and do hope they will continue tweaking until they make something we all love because they have the potential to do that.
No one or thing or product can be the end all be all to everyone, however in this case Veena and Webby made a very fair video about BOTH products to show what each product can do and what the advantages or disadvantages are.
I will continue to support safe products, not products based on who makes them. For right now, X-pole makes the best free stander I have found on the market.
BTW – the x-joint has been redesigned and it's much better than it was – I have NEVER had a problem with joints,home pole or stage pole.
Veena and Webby made a very good and fair video.
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Let me first say, I like PS perm poles and that PS poles have a smoother spin than X-pole.
Now let me tell you that I sold my SSA for half, less than half I paid for it for an X stage lite. I had an SSA at the time if my first showcase and u borrowed x’s locally because it was unstable,keep in mind this was the original version, nonetheless because novice pole dancers were involved I opted for poles.
PS has made significant positive changes to their SSA however I an still not comfortable with dancers being on SSA’s. Mind you, yes I am capable of doing a good performance on an SSA inspite of it’s light weight…after my experiences with the original SSA I continue to believe that stage poles need to be weighed down to be safe fir everyone and need legs or something to make the circumfer