polergirl
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Looks like you're off to a great start! I would definitely include legal language about waivers, disclaimers of liability, etc. in there. Not to scare people, but to protect yourself.
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I feel like I'm working on everything.
–elbow grip iron x
–all sorts of drops
–flag invert
–straight-legged aerial inverts and shoulder mountsAnd always…. flow and fluidity. 🙂
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I will never grow mine out again. I love love love my super short hair. But I do have significant hair envy when I see dancers flipping and tossing these gorgeous manes around. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif
Since I bleach mine from very dark brown to white, I only wash it once a week or so. Most other days I "wash" it with conditioner or just massage my scalp while I'm in the shower. It helps keep it from breaking off from all the chemical processing.
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Oh sweet. What have you used for previous jam sessions?
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Bumpity. 🙂
I really want to do skype jams (thinking of buying an iPad2 or 3) and would definitely want to record, so I'm dying to know how y'all do it!
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I have found that one of the best ways to improve flow is to force yourself to dance. I like to warm up by dancing at least two songs, one with no spins or tricks. It forces me to reconnect with myself as a dancer, with my music, with the floor, with the pole as something not for spinning but for slinking around. As you freestyle more and more, you'll notice that you're using certain combinations that feel good and right for your style and your body. That's how transitions often get made. 🙂
And record yourself. Even if it makes you feel weird and uncomfortable, record yourself. Start the camera as soon as you start warming up (better chance that you'll forget it's there… if you're constantly stopping/starting it recording, you won't be able to forget lol). You'll be amazed at how much you learn from watching yourself dance!
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Check it out–my lashes on Buxom Lash mascara. I *love* this stuff. 🙂
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I’m in Columbus! It’d be fun to get together!! 🙂
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I also learned it in reverse–I had a lot of fear and figured if I could control it coming down, I could control it going up.
Before I tried that, though, I did a ton of conditioning from the floor, as previous posters mention. 🙂
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Nope, that's (I think) called assisted stretching. The resistance stretching involves contracting opposing muscles to the ones you're stretching. That's a way way way way simplified explanation, lol.
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–Buxom mascara, available at Sephora. Looks like I'm wearing false eyelashes–and I don't have lush full lashes to begin with.
–Also the low-level peels available from makeupartistschoice.com — they're miracle workers. I use the lactic acid peel weekly and my skin has never looked better or been so smooth and soft.
–Tarte lip stain. In a word: awesome
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Poler's butt=have you ever seen a droopy or flat botty on a pole dancer who's been dancing for some time? I'd be willing to bet that's a no, lol. I always had a flat-ish butt. Nicely shaped but no roundness. Now, I have a butt that could make a butt model jealous, lol. 😉
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I have a tendency toward bulk and have naturally broad shoulders–pole has given me a lot of definition but not “manly” bulk. And my waist is down about an inch and a half because of the core work required for pole. I look anything but manly. 😉 And ditto chemgoddess about the butt. Pole dancers have GREAT butts!!
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Pole changed me fundamentally–actually, maybe it didn't change me so much as it allowed a part of me out that I'd always pushed down. Since I started poling I carry myself differently. I stand taller. My strides are purposeful and thoughtful. Everything about my movement and my carriage I owe to pole bringing it out in me.
I feel like a woman. I feel strong. I feel beautiful in ways many women never get to experience, which is unfortunate.
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Chemgoddess, I love hers too–not only does she get her legs so far apart, but she has her body far away from the pole, which I think looks great.
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If I have a tank on I can hold with just armpit, no back–though it's a LOT easier to do with a little back skin on the pole! I normally try to get the pole as close to centered on my back as possible, then bring the catch arm around and down to lock the grip.
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I think freestyling is as much a skill as any trick, so it needs to be practiced and honed. What spin or trick felt totally comfortable and natural the very very very first time you did it? Probably not many.
And unless you've been dancing your entire life, freestyling, or even just flow/movement in general, probably feels SUPER AWKWARD at first… heck, even if you *have* been dancing your entire life, it might feel strange, because you've danced largely choreographed pieces…. or because you weren't dancing on a pole.
Every single time I touch the pole I do two freestyle dances to help warm me up. The first one is no spins and no climbing. Just pole transitional work and floor/wall work. The second is for easy/light spins and a little climbing if I feel so moved. I do them in reverse to cool down–so every single time I'm on the pole I freestyle to at least four songs. It has helped my flow and comfort level exponentially.
And one of my resolutions for 2012 is to make myself move into/out of tricks from the very beginning of learning them. No matter how awful or uncoordinated the trick itself is, I am going to work on transitions right along with it. No hopping out of a move unless it's a deliberate, graceful hope. This comes after watching some of my most recent videos and being horrified that I did nothing resembling dancing other than my four freestyled songs.
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You're welcome!
NorwegianNina–that's a variation I have never seen before. I'll need to try it (and since I'm 5'4" I can usually get two climbs in even on a shortish pole, lol). Thanks so much for posting the video!
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Still on the hunt for variations of the side climb–I like Marlo's and am very interested to see the variation Natasha Wang showed, I can't quite picture it. . Anyone else have suggestions or videos?
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Found it!!! –By searching for levitation of all things. Fleur originally posted it. Side climb starts at about 2:15. I love how she crosses the bottom leg under the top and pushes off. Actually, I love pretty much everything about how she moves. She looks like a cat slinking around.
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Keep the videos coming!
Someday I *will* find the video I referred to in my original post. It was an instructor demo for a studio, it's possible I got to the link through someone here and just can't remember the thread that got me there. But this woman's side climb was fantastic… and she did some sort of awesome close to the ground layback levitation-ish move that, as it turns out, isn't very difficult to do, but she was pure grace to watch do it.
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Yep, I've done that. I love Jenyne's side climb. That's the kind of variation I'm talking about–similar to the variations found in a regular climb. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Mirrors
A good place to put a video camera
Good lighting (ideally lighting that's also flexible so you can change up the atmosphere)
As for how much room you need? As much as you can get! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif Floorwork can take up a lot of room (or not, but it is fun to travel around in such a slinky manner). You don't want to have to rein in your spins for lack of room, and you don't want to do like I used to and kick your laptop off your desk on a regular basis doing a reverse grab. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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I'm with old english. The Remi sit makes tears come to my eyes. Armpit holds don't bother me much for some reason. Knee pit holds used to, but once I developed hamstrings of steel they stopped lol.
