[Kira]

welcome Lynda,

just noticed you guys mentioning KPF and The Studio and I've been to both when I lived in Wellie! Sonia from KPF was super lovely but was too far for me to get to so I went to the Studio where I just did practice times because they wouldn't let me join intermediate classes without going through beginners first. Oh how I miss Wellington! 

[Kira]

i'd love to make a routine to this song (there are a couple different edits of it floating around on youtube, some without the string part, but they're all available on the Ghost In The Shell OST) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b4XmI_QfRo

I know it's not very high energy but it's very mystic and I can visualise lots of cool floorwork for it!

[Kira]

nice post 🙂

I've been told my 'style' is lyrical pole – which is I 'fit' moves to the lyrics e.g. a lyric like "lift me up", i'd pull up and maybe invert. It would annoy me if I couldn't find a move that would translate the lyrics, that why it takes me ages to come up with  a routine hahaha (i've only done 2…) I suppose I don't have to confidence to just freestyle or do combos and then put music over it. 

Recently I've been looking at lyrical dancing too and trying to get ideas from that, I've always wanted to be a dancer but never got the chance to learn so I think I am trying to make up for lost time and make my routines seem more dance rather than just tricks (also partly because I can't do a lot of tricks ;))

I have tried to make up routines for more sexy pole moves or more upbeat songs but it doesn't feel 100% me doing that so i just accept it's not my style… though I am more than happy to do a raunchy dance that someone else has choreographed! Is a break from being all 'serious' trying to make up my own routine

for me it's about the story in the song and trying to interpret that through my pole routine, or at least try to convey to people watching how the song makes me feel. If they don't it doesn't matter anyway because I'm in my own little pole world where it's just me, the pole and the music :))) 

[Kira]

hey malkai,

theres a good few posts in the stretching & strength part of the forum on splits etc. https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Splits_in_6_weeks_2010-03-19_013304                 

this is the newest  one where a lot of the others are discussing on right now 🙂 umm other tips is just to stretch as much as you can! and hold stretches for at least 30 secs. If you're looking for specific stretches, check out the other posts 🙂

floor work wise, i find inspiration from dance clips and try to incorporate that into routines. If you like a certain type of music, say hip hop, try looking at some choreography of that online and pick out dance moves you like and fit it into a pole routine? 

is the shoulderstand where you are lying on the floor resting on 1 shoulder? (just double checking hehe) I learnt how to do it from this video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKcK8GEFY_k

At first it was tricky to stay up but after a while you get used to it and can do all sorts of fancy tricks with it 😉 Hope that helps! I'm sure the others will have a lot more advice for you

[Kira]

thanks guys 😀 I'll work on them and let you know if I manage to achieve any of those!

[Kira]

totally agree! although my style is not very sexy (because i suck at head rolls and hip rolls) I am in awe of the sensual dancers out there. I had a class with Bobbi and I asked whether she ever struggles to look sexy and graceful and she replied 'all the time'! It annoys me that there's people out there that thinks a sexy pole dance automatically means they have no talent or are strippers.

and polefairy – i know dirdy, can't believe someone posted that about her! never saw the comment… she is so so lovely 

[Kira]

http://0.tqn.com/d/dance/1/0/j/2/-/-/split2.jpg

 

that's the stretch it is talking about 🙂 when you lunge make sure the front knee stays over the ankle and try push your hips forward and down and that will bring the back calf down to the floor. You might not be able to get it straight away but doing this stretch will definitely help. The aim is to have that back calf totally flat on the floor.