OopseyDaisey
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I’ve had a lot of students have problems extending into the butterfly, and it is because of the weight shift. When you *just* straighten the leg, it shifts the weight distribution between the hands, but if you slide the leg up a bit before or while extending, then the distribution doesn’t change. As for the leg/hip positions, I’m not crazy about people saying one is “right” and the other wrong. I think it is more what looks good on the individual dancer.
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Buying your own foam and creating a mat is not safe. Do you know if the foam is closed or open cell? What level of impact is it rated for–what weight at what height?
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This comes in red or black: http://store.womackandbowman.com/product/the-burnfree-booty-short-onesie-w-bra-set-red
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I wear volleyball shorts like the Olympic gals wear…they are short but don’t ride up and wick sweat away! Plus they come in lots of cute colors.
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I have the 16′ with the legs that extend it to 19.5′. Enough for good size drops and yet I can make it small enough to teach an aerial yoga class (if I taught that!) I also have the six foot header.
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I have the Ludwig quad rig and wouldn’t trade it for anything!
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This is a strange suggestion, but it has worked for several friends, get into the move that makes you feel bad and hold a cold damp cloth between your hands. A chiropractor told me it helps you calm the body’s response. It’s so weird, but it works.
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Cup grip is safer, but harder. Sounds like the instructor is jealous. You are doing just awesome! Keep up the great work!
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Looks a bit like the old Party Poles (not the ones made in the USA-these were designed by a British man. Their bottoms could be loosened and the whole pole could swing up and be stored across the ceiling because they remained attached at the top. They were 50mm.
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Personally, mine stay shorter because they get broken a lot, but as a teacher who has been stabbed and cut when I’ve spotted students with long nails, I say short! 🙂
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I did not see Olga in it. The girl playing Lubov (the girl who holds the red balloon and flies through the air) was played by Liza Temnikova. There was a man holding a Chinese (split grip) flag on a pole in a car during the part with athletes driving down the street in little red cars, but haven’t seen Olga.
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I don’t really care what gals wear to class, EXCEPT when I’m spotting someone in an invert, I seriously do not like having their labia, etc. right in my face. I find that to be very disrespectful of your instructor. Especially when we go out of our way to spot you in a manner that that is professional and doesn’t cross boundaries. I always ask new students if it is ok to touch them for spotting.
Other than that, I hope you come in wearing whatever fits your mood or goal for the day, whether it be sexy, sporty, smart, sassy…& I hope I’m able to help you achieve that. -
This blog from a dancer/therapist in Canada is very helpful in understanding the hip flexors. Even though she mentions hyper mobile people, the mechanics are the same. She says “allow me to explain why stretching your hip flexors hasn’t been helping your “tight†hips. It might even be making things worse.”
http://danceproject.ca/advanced-hip-flexor-stretching-for-the-hypermobile/ -
I really like a lot of her songs, but this one is unmemorable at best. The people who actually believe the lyrics of this song (strippers are all rolling in $$ and twerk 24/7) probably believe that women live to please men and pole dancing is only a tool to be sexy for men. The rest of world will see past that and know it’s just using sexy images to sell a record. I honestly don’t think that this one video is going to change anyone’s mind either way…heck, cop shows on TV have more strip club scenes than this.
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No, I only said performing with a pole, not any other style of dance. Frankly to me, performing with a pole and being paid for it, is more the realm of Felix performing in Zumanity rather than using a pole at a strip club because she is required to perform tricks and a club doesn’t require that.