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Loly pop Lyra’s
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With the bare metal lyras, I’d only do bare skin, or grippy type material, just like pole. We wrap our lyras in grip tape for leggings.
I’ve been doing lyra on and off for a few years. I can think of a few amazing moves, but it’ll still be months before I have one of these. I can’t wait to start working on it. As soon as I do, I’ll post videos for sure, just like I’m doing for pole silks.
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Yes, with PC or metal you have to have skin contact. I have wrapped my lyra before and just didn’t like the feel of clothes on grip tape, I think because I’m use to the strong contact I get with skin only. I find the small diameter of the lyra to be more painful on knee pits and elbow pits for sure!!!
I’ve had my lyra for just over a yr now but I’ve only used it maybe 10 times.
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Anyone have any updated idea on stability oc the hoop on a fully assembled x-stage lite? I reallllly want to buy both an x-stage and the lyra(by fluidmetal) but I would really prefer it to be higher than just half set up… Would the lyra being hollow or solid make any difference?
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I have had a lot of feed back on the Xpole and lollypoplyra. Some users feel safe using it at full height. Some use it at half height. I recommend securing the lyra from a rigging point above and use the equipment at full height to test your stibility before use. The solid lyra is heavier and will not advised more stability. If the pole is spinning it spin longer. The hollow lyra is completely rigid and lighter than the soliday and will provide the most stibility.
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Thanks so much for your response Dorian! So hollow is the way to go for stability, and it does work at higher heights(assuming I’m comfortable), yaaaaay! I know Veena mentioned something to keep the lyra from moving, would I need to order that separately or does it come included?
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The lyra will not need anything else to work. It attaches like the xpole insert. Thanks Dorian
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The lollipop Lyra attaches right to the xpole, it’s cannot be used off the pole as a Lyra, just to be clear. The weight (hollow or not) will not matter because it’s on the pole. I talked with some circus performers at a gig I recently did and they agreed that using the second half of the stage pole seems risky as far as stability is concerned. Also placing the pole on spin with the lolly attached isn’t a neat as you might think because once you move up on the the Lyra half the spin quickly fads, and if you use all of the pole to full height spin stops even sooner. If you want to spin you’ll need to stay on the outside of the apparatus and use it with have the stage pole.
As far as Lyra (without the pole) goes, heavier will spin longer or so I’ve been told. I have a solid Lyra and have yet to use a hollow, I was suppose to relieve a hollow but never did. ðŸ˜
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Oh also, you can’t insert the lolly into the top piece of the xstage because it’s capped and you can’t just pull the cap off….so to use it at higher than half would require you to purchase a tall extension instead. So things to know! I really enjoy my lollipop even if it’s not super high!
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Good to know!! Thank you Veena and Dorian for your help 🙂
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Your welcome.
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Oh also till the end of the month there is a promotion code #Decemberlyragrab that’s good for 15% off. Dorian
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O awesome!!!! 😃
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I can’t speak on the lollipop lyra, but Dorian made my studio 2 double point lyra and the quality of these pieces are AMAZING! I hope we can add the lollipop to our arsenal of aerial equipment in 2016!
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The lollipop’s are made to fit in the xpole stages.
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Mine is finally done. I use it on the bottom half of my r pole. It just about fits in my house but can’t wait to try it outside once the weather is better 😊
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