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I found another one. This was the one I was initially looking for.
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From what I have heard, stretchy bands are the best way to work on your point. Cheap, and they require you to be actively working your foot while you are working on your point. But I have seen some other options on amazon:
foot strength:
http://www.amazon.com/Elgin-Archxerciser-Foot-Strengthening-Device/dp/B000FOPCWM/ref=pd_sim_sg_1
Stretcher:
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hehehe agreed. I have often wondered about getting something to aid with my point. Though there are some less scary options 🙂
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There's something to remember because this comes up in aerial a lot, too. And from what I can tell, any technical discipline ever. For one thing, the good and experienced dancers make anything they are performing look really easy. It's not performance ready if it doesn't look easy. So right away, anyone watching a good performer, regardless of the performer's skill level, will react in a way telling them it must be easy (or at least, not horribly difficult), after all, it looks so easy.
Another thing that really gets me is that the unexperienced eye cannot distinguish between many of our pole tricks. Which isn't surprising, I remember watching trapeze videos before I ever started that blew me away, totally and completely. Now, when I find a trapeze piece I love, I usually love it for its technicality, for knowing just how hard it is, the complexity of transitions, the musicality etc. Basically, the average person might not really see the difference in scorpio or gemini, split grip vs elbow grip, and they definitely don't know how much working for all the skills hurts or the time it takes. I read about a Cirque du Soleil juggler talking about how when jugglers get technically really difficult, and audience can't appreciate it the way other jugglers can. Because an audience can't tell the difference in juggling 5 balls or 7 balls. But there's a huge technical difference there. If one asked people after the show about the juggler, all they remember about the show was WHAT he was juggling (balls, rings, clubs). Not how many. Not how difficult.
In combination, both of these things make the average person watching performances not particularly capable of determining the skill level of a person. It's good and bad. It means a performance can be great without being technically really difficult. Because performances are so much more than just technical skill, usually. But it also means that if you bust your ass for a move, perform it when its ready, absolutely no one in the audience is going to know how damn hard it was to get, and they might clap more for something you didn't have to work for at all. Something you got the first time you tried it so you put it in your piece as a resting point. Ugh. That used to happen with trapeze a lot to me.
Bottom line. I wouldn't think its a big deal. There's nothing wrong with being level one. Everyone was at one time. Most people not involved in performance arts don't have a frame of reference for the difficulty of performance art.
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That is good to know. For ease of rigging, I have been thinking about lyra, but I didn't want to commit to tabs. I think in the end, double tab would be something I enjoy a lot because I could transfer a lot more of my trapeze skills to the apparatus. But there's something so nice and clean about a single point.
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AG I have used the no tab lyras from spitfire. I like them. Nice and lightweight. Never rigged one double point though. How do you keep the slings from sliding together at the top? I get how it might work for a tippy rig. I wouldn't think that taping and sling would provide enough traction to keep my weight from pulling the slings together. Granted, I am not in anyway a person who knows anything about ring.
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Plus, they have no idea what you are going to do. So as long as you own it, you will be awesome no matter what you do and the audience will agree! 🙂
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I actually find that performing in front a larger audience helps me out nerve-wise. When the audience is larger, they are usually also further away. There's just something about that which is helpful for me. Just breath, make sure you rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, and also, a big kicker for me, because nerves make me not hungry at all, make sure you have been eating enough that you have the energy you need, and make sure you are hydrated. After this performance, you will know whether you like performing or not. No matter how many nerves I have, the rush of performing makes all the rehearsals, etc, so worth it! 🙂
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O totally, I agree that the video was never meant to be a floor moves or pole dance tutorial video. I guess I just expected it to be more dance-y and I expected to see things I hadn't seen before. At best, I was reminded about exercises I already knew. There's no doubt that following this routine will help with your flexibility if you stick with it and do it more than once. 🙂 That's always the hardest part for me.
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hahaha ^^^
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O yeah, I forgot to mention that, too, but now that you mention it, I was also disappointed with it in that way. Theres nothing sexy and signature pole/floor move about it. It kind of just looks like an opportunity they had to dress up. Granted, I probably would have to do Cleos workout video 5 times a week for 2 years before I could ever begin to replicate her leg kicks, so starting at that point would not be helpful for me.
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I do agree with the responses here. My fiance is not really into the acrobatic/aerial/pole scene at all. But he knows I love it. So he comes to my shows, and lets me put my pole up in his apartment, etc. Sometimes I can even get him to watch a youtube video that just about blows my mind. But we don't talk shop, workout together, watch youtube regularly or anything like that. I feel like this is all good. I am lucky that even though he doesn't want to be a part of it, he understands my passion for it and supports me. He is a gamer, and I think its more of a struggle for me to support him in that! So I work on my attitude about it, gift him on his bday with the games that he likes to play, and thank my lucky stars that he doesn't make me participate. 🙂
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acoretacri I would have to say I kind of agree. I enjoyed the dvd, but there's no way I would use as recommended 3-4 times a week. Bottom line, I love to get dvds and books with info on stretching, movement, dance, etc, and have references and ideas for building a workout. I rarely do any full dvds as workouts, but I build my own workouts from them as I go with the elements that I like the best. This one has a lot of movements in it that I enjoyed, but very little technical information on body orientation/range of motion/stabilizing. Because you get it from Australia it's kind of spendy and then you add shipping, and I am not sure it was worth it. I do love Cleo though, so I don't regret the purchase.
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I really need to get mine back up. I also had problems with it catching while spinning… I really felt like I had it the loosest tension-wise that would be ok, but I suppose that may not have been the case.
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I totally agree. The too tight/too loose thing freaks me out about the xpole. I am so worried about it bowing/not spinning on the one hand, and falling down on the other hand.