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Hanka I am so excited that you are teaching at Pole Con, I already signed up for one of your classes!!! I haven't seen a lot of your dances but that routine to the Cats musical number won my heart =) I can't ever seem to find that video now =(
Loving the video also of you dancing to "Heavy In My Heart"
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Yep I totally love leg warmers… so much that I decided to knit myself some "summer" leg warmers out of a pretty thin yarn so I don't burn up in them 😉
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Oooh I really hope we can do the pole jam!!! 8:15 is great too!
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Don't forget, EVEN if you are not ready to invert, you can still work on SOME inverted moves by getting up in a reverse handstand!!
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OMG I love it I will have to look through my pole pics or take a new one for you 😉
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Search YouTube for “reme Martin pole”. My guy thinks most male dancers look way too feminine, but even he loves this guys performance.
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Well if it makes a difference I find myself much more comfortable walking my hands down into the CAR than just dropping (that way I can make sure my legs are in the proper hold while my hands are still in reach of safety).
I have a similar problem actually… I'm trying to choreograph a routine for a competition, but now the pole is 14' high and I feel like I need to use that space… but the HEIGHT really scares me in a lot of moves, like the Knee Hold or the Jade or any weird leg switches while I'm inverted. Any tips for that as well?
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Sports massage and chiropractor =)
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Oh COME ON!!! lol
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Ahhh well I always jump to weird conclusions but this could be ANYTHING…
My curiousity is killin me.
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I'd love to help and always can use the extra motivation. My skype is Stargazer1223. I'm usually home on Wednesdays if anyone wants to get together then =)
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Kittycat has a great idea… I think that would be GREAT confidence boost too.
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I just want to add that the chiropractor HAS actually been the best thing I've done so far. So MAYBE I just need more time… I'm just frustrated because my right side is now SO WEAK from the pain, even though it has improved from a couple of months ago.
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I have pains that I believe are the same as what you all are talking about. It started over a year ago, and still hasn't gone away. I did massages, no help. I'm doing the chiropractor thing now and he says that my spine has a weird left curve that is causing a lot of the stress…. but after ten sessions, it is still painful =(
I wish I could help, I hope someone else can =( =(
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OMG I just tried the sets you mentioned and all I could manage was ten of each.. Baaalllssss! I am definitely adding this to my list of TO DO REGULARLY.
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I just choreographed my first routine for a competition…
What I did was pick a song that really moved me, and free danced as much as possible with it. Then after getting a feel of how to move to the song, I mapped it out (by measures, that's the marching band geek in me). I also cut my song into several pieces so I could work sections (easier for me when trying to remember moves and for trying to hash out a particular section). I started making a list of moves I love or wanted to use, then slowly started putting them together in combinations and inserting them into my mapped song. So for example I knew there was a hard beat at one part of my song so I put my Chopper there to hit on that beat. From there, as others have said, you kinda gotta figure out what works and what doesn't, and if you have trouble with one part I would probably just take the one move and dance with it freestyle to the song to see what you can come up with to get in and out of it or to transition to. =)
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That is awesome advice, Polergirl
So last night I went to practice my routine for my first amateur competition — and I've been so worried about the floorwork in my dance, because I can never choreograph it, and I feel like when I freestye it I just keep doing the same thing over and over..
BUT last night after running through it with my instructor watching, she actually COMPLIMENTED my floorwork. I'm so excited to know that I don't look like a fool when I just move the way I feel like moving. +1 to confidence!
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Great videos Veena! Thanks!
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I haven't checked out all the links offered but I was wondering if anyone had advice on floorwork and general style for a song that is very raw, pulsating, with lots of hard base and drum beats…. It seems like most dances are to songs that are more fluid and smooth, so I was wondering if you had any tricks to going with something like this or any videos for inspiration?
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I think Lacrymosa is a great Evanescence song for the theme, but you should consider how you want the energy level to be – dark and ominous, or flashy and fun? Lacrymosa is very subdued so you will need a lot of long drawn out movement, maybe sort of slinky.
For something high energy, you might give "Creepy Crawler" by Zombie Girl a go… its a bit of an industrial sort but spunky =)
Or maybe "Wytches' Brew" by Omnia?
Or "2 Falken" by Faun?
(Can you tell I'm digging Asleep By Dawn's remix cd??)
Let me know if you make it, can't wait to see what you come up with!
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I’m back in the game. My shoulder still hurts a lot but I had an hour of pole class today and didn’t kill myself 🙂
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I just cut my song down for a competition using Audacity. A little tricky but the program works well enough for the job!
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Ell, I fell off the wagon for the past few days after stressing out my shoulder (not terribly ba since I needed to rest the shoulder) but today I’m back with a one-hour pole practice. Plus I danced at the club a Lot last night… That counts, right? 🙂
