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You are probably going to the coastline for vacation, and there are pole studios in Rijeka, Zadar, Pula, you can easily find them on facebook by typing pole and one of the cities 🙂 If you need help about pole studios in other areas, please ask, I will try to look for you 🙂
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Meanwhile, in Russia 😀
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I was actually put down by the sensual, sexual part of pole for myself and attracted to the transfer of lyrical, contemporary and other dance styles into the pole. However, after watching this year's USPDF vids, I came to several conclusions: 1. Optional round is all about dance and dancers, floorwork, fluidity and choreography are of equal importance as tricks and combos, and are maybe the only thing that it is setting the contestants apart, because they are all at an amazing level. 2. I used to cringe at, and even sometimes skip pole dance videos with heels in them, I just felt they broke the clear line of legs and feet. However, after watching the absolute class that is the compulsory round, I changed my opinion. I think that that is just the right amount of sexy when it somes to this "sensual" style.
I think Russia set a very good example when it comes to pole dance competitions and preferences for certain style and amount of "gymnastic" vs. "sensual". They have artistic, acrobatic, sport and exotic divisions, and each of these accentuates a certain aspect of pole dance on which a particular performance is focused.
Personally, I don't agree that keeping the pole the "original", ie. the sensual way is the only way to go and that anyone doing something devoid of the sensual aspect is wrong, or even almost blasphemous to some :D. I think pole dance is a field wide enough to accept all sorts of styles and ways to do things. I am actually more annoyed that people assume that every pole dancer must necessarily incorporate certain models of movement in their routine, that a pole dancer must necessarily be interested in lap dance or chair dance, that a pole dancer is necessarily practicing pole dance to feel sexy, empowered or liberated, etc. Some pole dancers just dance because they feel like it or because it's a fun way to do fitness or they just want to express themselves as with any other art, and many other reasons.
Pole dance is not something stylistically limiting as for example salsa or other latin dances which REQUIRE sensual movement. I think that precisely this freedom of style is what makes pole dance so appealing to me.
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Evgeny Greshilov!