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1st time on spinny…reverse grab – flew off and slammed into wall clocked my head pretty bad LOL…
2nd time on spinny – hung over, sushi the night before and upside down…NOT PRETTY!!! Remember that scene in The Excorcist when her head spins around and she is puking…yeah well now imagine that on a spinning pole…
Stayed off spinny for a LONG time after that!
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Mini…Do they list what they actually base their judging on? Maybe you could talk to the judges to try to get some feedback regarding your routines to see what they are looking for or what you can work on for the next competition. Sassafrassle had a great idea with doing some showcases or performances…you get the fun and experience without the stress of competing against someone. Also I'm sure you know this but work on your personal best – make each dance a win for you and try not to get too discouraged by a loss in a competition 🙂
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Is it possible that the studio doesn't have their poles up yet? If the studio does seem legit maybe you can just explain your concerns and see if there is some other neutral spot they could hold the auditions – otherwise if it feels wrong – it probably is.
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Everyone knows – friends, family etc and honestly I get more grief over my aerial yoga hammock in my living room – everyone is convinced it's a sex swing https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_surprised.gif. My boss is also very funny about my tissu adventures…he doesn't blink about the pole stuff but is convinced I am crazy to do tissu…he seems convinced I am going to come into work in a full body cast…or quit and join the circus. I am a tv exec and while it's very corporate it's also much more open to this kinda stuff. I actually find it's safer to "own" it as well…it's not a secret so I haven't branded it as a bad thing ya know – transparency works in my favor. Plus at work everyone already see's me as the crazy surfing, skydiving, indy, punky, rocker, black chick so they expect it from me – which is cool it actually makes my life hella easier…I can live with that https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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just another note…I LOVE Chinese pole LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT – literally just got back from the Traces show and I loved the pole work 🙂 Anyhow…that's actually what got me thinking about this thread again…while I LOVE Chinese Pole…I don't think of it as Pole Dancing – seriously think it's just the whole phrase of "pole dancing" that is throwing me offhttps://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Here is my thought – the pole community is so divided in our styles and I honestly think AND THIS IS JUST MY OPINION so nobody think I am trying to speak for anyone but myself https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif but I honestly feel that there seems to be a tendency among some – not all, but some of the pole dancers who subscribe to the strictly athletic side of pole to detract from the sensual side of pole, to claim some sort of pole legitimacy by stripping any sensuality from pole. To take the "sleaze" is a word I hear a lot, out of it and in somehow doing so it will become more legitimate in others eyes. How many times have we heard or perhaps our selves made up some excuse for pole dancing…."it's a sport…I do it for exercise…I am not a stripper I don't dance like that – etc" we have all done it in one form or another – I know I have…why not just say – I pole dance!
I think for me it's just the whole phrase "pole dancing in the Olympics" that throws me off because I think that if pole dancing does ever make it in it won't actually be pole dancing – it will just be another form of gymnastics on a vertical bar. Which is not to say that that is a bad thing – it's not – it's actually cool, but I and many others don't really think of that as pole "dancing" – to me and others that is pole athletics or vertical gymnastics . I think it's just that people are so attached to their personal choice/style of pole that the thought of losing that is difficult, not that anything is actually lost but by calling it "pole dancing" it is now being de-sensualized..covered up figuratively and literally. On one hand legitimizing that version of the sport but on the other hand saying to the people who enjoy the sensual aspect – your dance is something we don't subscribe to – your dance is not legitimate…at least that's how I feel 🙂
I'm kinda babbling though – did that make any sense lol?
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As a serious ex gymnast I am torn…on one hand I love the idea of and the passion in the attempt to have pole dancing accepted into the Olympics however for me the whole issue is about passion. And let's be real if this does work out it will NOT be pole dancing as most think of it currently. To me the beauty of pole dancing is the passion, the sensuality AND the athleticism. The only way it will ever be accepted is to become sanitized and just another gymnastics event. So then – for me at least – really what's the point…you lose the beauty – you lose the passion and you end up with just another gymnastics event (vertical/aerial bar or whatever), with a bunch of 13 year olds competing. Not really interested in another gymnastics event in the Olympics – but in all fairness, I was, and am still against Rhythmic Gymnastics in the Olympics as well.
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it is kinda cute and amazing how a simple twirl or CAR is mesmerizing to them – don't even get me started on a simple pole bend – boys are so easy haha 🙂
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wait no tipping??????? Then what's the point?????
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I switched from a SS Lil Mynx (hated it – had it for years and was always too slippy) to a powder coated Lil Mynx and I LOVE IT! I don't actually find it too grippy. I also have a PS multi piece pole which I love as well but I tend to use the Lil Mynx more as it's so easy to just throw up fast 🙂
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um not the first time lol but after the first few times it was no big deal 🙂
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Gotta say I really love my PS pole… if you are going one piece it might be the way to go.
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two of my favorite songs for lap dances are:
Lick by Joi
and…
Relief – A Stripper Classic by Me'Shell Ndegeocello
