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I definitely like to pole to rock! I dance to a lot of the bands that you allready mentioned (love, love, love dancing to old metallica). Korn, Disturbed, Rob Zombie, Apocolyptica, Five Finger Death Punch and Ozzy are some others that frequently find their way onto my playlist.
But I don't dance exclusively to hard rock. What I dance to on the pole is as varied as what I listen to. I'm fairly certain that you can pole dance to anything. This morning my pole session included everything from Roger Waters (like The Wall – love Radio KAOS) to Brad Paisley (country) Last night it was mostly jazz and yesterday morning it was our local radio station's morning bluegrass hour. For me I find that if I dance to just one thing I start to get into a rut and I'll find myself doing the same moves in the same sequence – even when I'm not intending to. Changing up the music (and therefore the rythm) seems to make my brain stay more focused on what I'm doing.
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Here's something I have my students do (even the ones who don't have a pole at home can do this – just use a sturdy post/ table leg/ anything you can hang onto like the pole). Lay on your back next to the pole so that your shoulders are just beyond the pole and your legs are stretched out flat. Hold onto the pole the same way you would if you were trying to invert standing up. Now, keeping your shoulders on the floor, lift your legs over your head into the v position. This is very similar to doing a plow pose in yoga, except that you are hanging onto the pole instead of having your hands down by your sides.
If you find doing that to be simple, then do the same thing – but place a thick sturdy pillow (sofa cushions work great) under your shoulders and upper back. This forces you to lift your legs and hips farther up and over and works even more of the muscles you'll use in the inverted v. Learning this way also prevents you from being able to kick into it – so it forces you to build the muscle strength. Hope that helps!
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Way to many things to list – but here's a few…..
A perfect glass day on the lake when I'm wakeboarding/waterskiing
Sitting around a campfire with great friends
Nailing a new trick on the pole or, even better, seeing one of my students have a breakthrough on the pole (I've been known to get so excited I jump up and down and clap like a seal when they get something)
Having a piece of artwork come out just like I saw it in my head or, even better, having a custom piece come out just the way the customer wanted. I love that I can create something that can bring joy to someone else!
Coming over the lip of a ridge and suddenly realizing I'm at the peak of the mountain and the whole wilderness is spread out before me in panorama.
Having my 3 yr old neice say that her favorite part of her birthday was that my husband and I showed up for it.
Deer Camp – not so much the hunting (although I love that too) but the camraderie, the stories, the jokes, seeing friends and family that I only see once a year, really great food…
Completeing a renovation on my house by myself and having my husband go "Wow – you were right – it looks way better like that!"
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If I went with the pet+street thing mine would be Smokey RIver – I kinda like it. There's nothing better than sitting around a campfire at the edge of a river in the middle of nowhere after a long day.
When I was stripping I went by Rayne or Rayne Makur – because I love playing outside during a thunderstorm (and when you're on stage it's always nice to have someone "make it rain"). I'm sure there are lots of people out there who only know me as Rayne – and I'll still answer to that as quickly as I do my real name.
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Great thread!
I'm a stone tile artist during the day and a pole dance instructor in the evenings, and I love both my jobs! They let me indulge my passions of art, power tools and pole. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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I think this is awesome!
I teach at a dance studio that offers hip hop and modern dance classes for kids that age and the moves they do in those classes are far "sexier" than anything I saw her do. When I'm putting up the poles the kids always crowd around asking what I'm doing and if they can do it. They see it as an extension of the playground (I often hear things like "We have a pole like that on the playground and school and I try to climb it.") and I wish I could let them play on the poles in the studio without being afraid of what their moms will say. I totally agree that the "dirty" idea is in the adults head – and that the perverts will go to leer at kids no matter where they preform or are (dance recitals, cheer comps, gymnastic comps, the local pool…. )
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Twisted grip handspring!
The split grip and true grip handsprings came really easily – but I cannot get into the twisted grip anything for the life of me. I can even lift into the handspring without any momentum from the split grip – but every time I try the twisted grip I feel like I'm going to dislocate something (or everything).
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In my experience their are many clubs where the stage money is great and pole tricks are very well appreciated by the customers. Ususally these are smaller clubs in medium sized cities or clubs in small towns that draw a lot of tourist traffic. I actually got into pole from exotic dancing (although, to be fair, when I started dancing in 1998 pole was still pretty much relegated to the strip club). Several of the clubs that I worked in had quite a group of girls that were anywhere from good to fabulous on the pole and, on a slow night, we would hang out on stage just trying new tricks and playing.
I totally agree with ninjachic – have a positive mindset and have fun with it but don't forget that it's a business!
