Charley
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YAY! You are back!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxox!!!!
We need a bud light chat night!
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Carolyn! Thank you so much for coming out! Your family actually sent me a napkin with a note on it so I found out – it worked out perfect because we had Divine Em's big day coming up too! I was walking around the entire show knowing you were both getting lapdances! Thank you for being such a great sport and coming up for it!
Hope it was a great birthday celebration for you!
Your parents rock by the way!
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Congrats everyone! I can't wait! Gonna be so much fun!!!! Thank you Empy for putting this on, I know how much work it is!
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I believe it's called the Electric Switch.
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Yes the X-stage lite does ship to canada and comes in 45 (that's what I have.)
If you go to http://www.xpoleus.com it will have 3 flags to choose from and click the Canadian one ofcourse 😀
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Elisabeth – your videos are my "to get" list!
I think the problem with more advanced tricks like the TG lift is that the hand placement is not the same for everyone. I've been working with/for tg lift for a year now and it was really me personally finding the hand positions that allowed me the best leverage for my body. When I consult about this move, I refuse to teach it, I have seen dancers be successful with different hand positions based on their body type – for example a long legged dancer will bring her top hand higher than I do, I like my hands closer together then allow my lower hand to slide down to where I like it – it becomes very individual at that point because you have to find your leverage.
From a general teaching stand point in a class it's always rather difficult to find the right groove in which you are breaking down tricks thoroughly and then taking those tricks into dance (especially because there are people involved who all learn differently and not every body should do every trick) – I would think that a DVD that contained BOTH elements would be extremely basic, too long or would lack in either the dance or move instruction.
I make "take away" classes for my students and those routines never include crazy tricks simply because the explanation for some tricks might be 5-10 minutes just on that and then when you get into proper explanation of taking that trick and dancing into and out of it – it becomes very long for the viewer…the viewer would have to proficient in the trick first which brings you to – how to get viewers proficient with tricks you can then move them into dance. I've been trying to work with ideas for my take away class to please my more advanced students but it's really hard.
I agree that some DVD's don't take as much time as they could but honestly there are so many reasons someone might not be getting a trick, so many things that are often done wrong that you could point out but then there are other things that you wouldn't ever imagine. It's very difficult in a minimal amount of time to explain every enterance and exit out of a spin and troubleshoot every problem under the sun that I think most of what I have seen DVD wise has been pretty good. The only DVD's I thought lacked explanation are the Fawnia DVD's but that was such a different time and a different market – I still love them if anything just because Fawnia is in them 🙂
I think pole is young and there is lots of room for DVD's. I like to see each DVD simply because every instructor/dancer is unique and you never know what you'll learn (for me from a teacher stand point) but sometimes I find unique and beautiful transitions, spins and different ways of doing tricks I already know.
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I had one and I sold it and bought an X-stage Lite. They are very dangerous. When I contacted the company they implied I'm simply not a good enough dancer…lol!
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My first competition was a personal disaster! So many things went wrong from the poles to my routine to my inability to understand how to train for it. But you know what, at the end of the day it was truly a great experience.
I actually ended up freestyling about half of my routine because the spinny poles were too spinny for me so I had to cut a lot of my routine just minutes before the show – I wanted to cry. I went out there and I made myself dance, no matter how that comp turned out, I am proud of myself for having the guts to walk out there and do my best under difficult and unusual circumstances, when I saw what I actually did – I realized I didn't look that bad. I didn't have any more drama than any other competitor had! I realized everyone had stuff they hated about their routine/performance and we were all in it together.
I learned so much from what I thought was the end of my career and the end of the world. I told myself and everyone else I would never do another competition – that I was horrible and couldn't do it again. Here I am, in another competition with a good head about it, good heart about it and excited again to give a performance.
If I'd have pulled out I wouldn't have made the friendships I made and met the amazing women I met and learned so much. Comps are more than just your performance, they are an experience and a fellowship with your fellow dancers.
Comps are stressful and deep inside everyone wants to win, but winning isn't nearly as important as pushing yourself out of your box, pushing yourself to do something you wouldn't normally and you're sharing that experience with other girls who no matter how good you think they are – are feeling the exact same way you are. They're afraid, nervous, want to win, want their friends to win, want to give a good performance, are insecure about the choices they made, costumes, body image – all of it. You're not alone with your feelings and thoughts, I promise. Once you get back stage you'll see everyone has the same fears. You'll have a great support group and learn so much about yourself and others.
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The bad kitty ruffle bottoms are tiny but I like them as a layer on or over shorts. If I wear them under shorts I usually tie the ruffle ties around the top layer shorts. I really like them but they really aren't for just walking around in.
I love pole dance playground shorts – if I have to wear shorts that is – typically I buy boy short underwear from Deb's, Forever 21, Rue 21 or anyplace like that and those work really well for me but I don't like a lot of coverage. If you live coverage check out the pole dance playground shorts. Unfortunatly you have to find someone who sells them because you can't buy them through pole dance playground directly.
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Choice E is the only way to make everyone happy, I work for two studios and when submitting my bio for the midwest pole competition I listed my 3 affiliations. I am certified through Empowerment Through Exotic Dance and I work at PoleFIT Revolution and Vixen Fitness. I wanted to be sure to mention everyone who has supported me.
Hope you find a way to put it all together I know we were limited on words so mine reads a little like a list of everyplace I've been lol! 😀
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Chrome is generally well received – I have a few girls who love stainless and a few who only want to dance on tg or brass but overall if you're getting 5 poles and 4 will be for students – maybe 2 chrome and 2 TG and ofcourse your tg because you already have a preference.
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Not that I have heard of but it's always possible – the chrome is a coating. I have had great experience with X-pole's customer service – I haven't had any pole issues I had a carry case break on me and they sent me a new one within a week but that was it.
One of the studios I work at has 5 x-poles and we haven't had a single problem with them.
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For this application I think Minx would be your best bet – especially if you are taking them down a lot – that means you'll be tightening them often so they should hold up pretty good. Minx makes a 45 too – check that out – you could get a few powder coated and a few stainless to offer variety. If it's humid there stainless should be okay – I usually prefer mine on humid days 🙂
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There isn't a pole out there that is 100% however I'd go with X-pole over any other company any day because if there is a problem they will correct if QUICKLY. Peace of mind is worth something.
I've bought from all 3 manufacturers and had a good deal of support from Randy and Minx – he's a great guy but the poles aren't so great in a few ways. The pole is basically held up by a flange that has 1 screw – this means as you spin on your pole that screw is moving around and eventually will leave a LARGE hole in your stud – this happened to me and many S Factor girls that bought minx's – there's really nothing you can do about it. Overall I am liking their new stainless it's grippy – there was a time when they were putting out polished steel and it was soooo slippy – they seem to have fixed or I've gotten better – hahaha. I don't feel like their pole is as safe unless you also screw in the bottom to the floor – so that's a lot of damage if you don't have a studio.
X-joints take getting used to. I've already stripped the joint on my pole and can't get it out – eventually I'll replace it but for now it's stuck solid and I have no reason to replace it. The X-joint can be a pain – I have 2 poles that use it and 1 is okay and the other I stripped – not a big deal – I know X-pole will help me out when I need it. They've been so wonderful. Thing is – not every product is perfect so I don't get upset about that but I do get upset when companies refuse to fix the problem like Platinum Stages does – they like to wait and blame you where as X-pole likes to educate you and get your pole back up as soon as they can.
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If you come across one please pass it along – I just got my jade and I'd love to learn the drop. another drop/slide is out of x ankle – you go into a calf held x ankle instead of a thigh gripped x ankle and basically loosen your grip and retighten – it works the same as the inverted grop. Scares me – I haven't worked on it in years!