Charley
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Awesome! This is really informative and helpful!
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Mighty Grip is the best!!!!!
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Actually you can get into it from CAR or CKR and I typically teach it this way first because then you can control how far into you want to get, your hips are already up, you also have the opportunity to learn just how low that bottom hand needs to be. I was inspired to do it this way after seeing Karol do a CAR to advanced plank and thought it was beautiful, I experimented with it and found it was much easier if you have a bendy enough back – you don't need to be hugely back flexible to do it but it takes some and I have found there are people who can't do it this way. But what I like about this method of vetting the move is that you don't have to totally plank out, you can safely get a good feel for the move without worrying about dropping back to fast and falling.
The other reason I like going into it from a CAR is because I can CAR, advanced plank, slide out into a brass monkey or straight edge and I think that's a pretty combo.
CKR – feels pretty dicey to me, I can do it but I don't feel as secure in my leg grip…I don't recommend it unless you have really strong legs, I am not leg strong so while I teach this one I don't do it often.
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I love double forward grip!!!! LOVE IT! I love using it for transitions out of SM.
Double forward grip also feels best on my opposite side, cupped grip felt pretty natural on my strong side.
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I get into it from a divine diva and that is by far NOT a great way of going into it – I've also tried to go into from iguana – I think that could be cleaned up and made pretty – I'll have to try from some of the other ideas posted here. It's a GORGEOUS move!
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TG aerial lift, The fonji, flatline to split grip aysha, the jade!!!!
Personally, working with a choreographer, someone who could pull out my talent and emotions and teach me how to dance with my heart. Doing an incredibly raw and honest performance for the first time in my life and remembering my choreography and letting myself slip into the moment. Getting a standing ovation just for my dance for ME and creating something that people could feel. Getting 2nd place for that routine was awesome too, but the long emotional journey of tears and frustration that took me to that stage and the intestinal fortitude it took me to become a character – to become myself on stage was amazing!!!!
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I think that Platinum Stages has had a bad reputation for customer service and has in the past been negative to many customers that's why they have a bad rap. Since then Erica has joined Studio Veena has been posting on all sorts of threads and no one has gotten mad at her and in allhonesty she has done a very good job of turning their bad reputation around. Just this time last year I experienced a lot of negativity from PS when there was a facebook thread about the original SSA *not the current model* and they were very mean to me, I can assure you that Erica while I am sure not employed by PS at that time has worked hard to reach out to everyone in sincere apology and has tried to rectify some of the bad feelings out there.
Infact, Erica has done such a good job of presenting PS in a good light that I have begun to reconsider my own position on them.
As for X-pole, I have had minimal problems with their poles and have received great customer service as a pole dancer and as an event coordinator.
I think many members on this site and others choose X-pole and support X-pole because of their customer support and support to the community – something PS has not been great about until Erica came a long.
Yes, all poles have their problems – I have seen ignorant owners at studios let their X-joints twist out so bad they cannot be fixed making the poles unsafe to use. I have seen all 3 poles fall, infact I had a PS pole fall over in a class once, I saw an X-pole fall over while my friend was on it and I have seen LM's fall over.
PS in recent months is working very hard on their products and more so their reputation. I hope that their products will reflect all of Erica's hard work in promoting the poles and turning their "bad customer service" reputation around. No company can please everyone, not PS, not X-pole, not LM. Infact BECAUSE I see Erica on here so much I am not aware of products that I might be interested in buying for the future – despite not being a fan of one product I have used PS poles much longer than X-poles and will say that they are good poles. I don't see a bias here, but I do see that X-pole seems much more popular. I have never seen Veena actually PROMOTE X-pole aside from selling them. I have never seen her sales pitch the X-pole over anything else.
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Love it! Favorited!!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to make a tutorial!
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RESUME! Resume is super important!
I won't work any place now that doesn't want to see my resume because that tells me that they aren't looking for quality but flash.
Anyone can walk in and make CLAIMS that they are the best – anyonce can SAY anything they want a resume puts you above the rest and tells your story.
Even if this is going to be your first gig – the fact that you sat down and totaled up your experience speaks volumes about your work ethic. A resume is a very, very good idea.
Even for a first job in pole you should detail other experiences you have had – give them a real resume of your work experience – things like being at a job a long time or jobs where you have managed or served people are applicable jobs 🙂 Good luck!
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I might be interested….I want a pole I can mount in my basement and we have 8ft ceilings down there. Do you have an email?
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@Chemmie – I agree that sometimes people get really frustrated and move to shoes, boots and other grip aids because they are trying to get a zillion moves…and I know you're a sweetheart!
Another piece of advice as far as sweatiness (body sweat) is to look into getting some dry rosin or mighty grip. I use mighty grip when I get sweaty and slippery especially between the thighs and it feels similar to rosin that you get in rosin bags and that works better for than covering the area with a tacky strip of something. I have a student who sweats a ton between her thighs and rosin or mighty grip powder works really well for her.
The gloves work really, really well – I ordered them after Karol Helms came and let me try hers – I've even performed in them. One time I was performing outside and it was 50 degrees and I couldn't stick to the pole nor could I grip it because it was so cold and luckily I had my gloves – without those gloves I wouldn't have been able to do anything at all.
I don't use the gloves as much as I thought I would which is kind of a good thing actually but it's so great to have them in my bag for when I need that extra security! They also work great for other things like lyra and trapeze – FY! 🙂
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I have the gloves both tack and non tack – I don't use them as much as I thought I would because as Joel said you do want to have some grip on before using them and I still kinda slide a bit in them. They are great for learning when fear is making your hands sweat. I always carry them but like I said I don't use them as much as I use Mighty Grip Powder.
They are heavy duty gloves and can take a lot of abuse – a lot of students find them very useful. I have never had a complaint or heard a complaint about them.
I'm also considering getting the ankle protectors too just to have incase I get a silly idea to do something weird and I need the grip. I highly recommend all MG products!
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Registration for our Spring Showcase festival will open next month – no videos or submissions needed spots are on a first come first serve basis.
I felt like this a few years ago when pole was less common and known. I still somtimes have problems with certain types of people but in general I think having on hand demonstrations of what you can do is useful – I always have a video on my phone that I can show people of myself doing things.
I spent a good deal of my early 20's radio which means that all of the things I wanted to talk about were radio related and it was hard for my non radio friends to deal with me so I just found a group of friends who wanted to talk shop so when I wanted to do that I could. I really couldn't talk shop with my regular friends because they had no clue what I was saying or why I had the opinions I did – I kind of look at pole dancing the same – there is a whole language that we speak and it's like trying to speak french to an Indian….not going to work unless they are both fluent in one common language. My suggestions is to find more like minded individuals locally and on facebook. I spend more time talking to out of state gals sometimes than I do people locally but atleast I have a platform for which to share.
As far as performing, there are a lot of opportunites – you've only been poling for 6 months so you missed a lot of the performance opportunities this last year – but there will be even more in 2012. Yes, some of those opportunities are competitions and I'm not sure you are interested in going that route but that is a chance to be on stage. There will 3 Detroit Showcases this year – we will kick off our season with the Pole Festival which will feature up to 45 performances. There will probably be a midwest pole jam and showcase which will be it's 3rd year running outside of Chicago put on my Empowerment Through Exotic Dance – make sure youa re connected to Mary Ellyn Weissman on facebook to get frequent updates on events she's planning. Ascend is a new pole dancing showcase thing and you can check them out – I think they are by audition only but they plan to do some shows this year too.
And the very last piece of advice I have is you can make your own opportunities. I bought an X-stage and called a bar and hence was the first ever Detroit Showcase. You only need one pole and a place to do it. Start contacting places, bands and events to see if they are in need of your services – you'll be surprised how many peiople would love to have a pole dancer for their project and if money isn't an issue you can probably be performing every weekend. (MONEY *IS* an issue for me and I don't perform for free unless it's a pole community event so…thus I don't work a lot as a performer.)
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Most of my tall girls prefer the 50mm too. Maria – you seem MUCH taller than 5'5 – are you sure you're 5'5 I'm 5'5 and you TOWER over me!
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I really hope you can come Paulette!!!!
CONFIRMED: Hedo is our very first sponsor! You will have the chance to win a 4 day 3 night stay at Hedo! Can anyone say Dance Wicked For A Week? The amazing week of pole dance workshops put on by Mary Ellyn Weissman of ETED that features Karol Helms (who's gonne be in da house) Leigh Ann Reilly, Michelle Mynx, Fawnia, and Marlo!!!!!!!!!! That's when I'd be booking my trip to Hedo if I won!