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morphine – you look like rain
danzig – she rides 😉
lhasa – anywhere on this road
mazzy star – wasted
if any one of these songs comes on while i am dancing, the head rolls and hip rolls take over.
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hehe I got my pole shipped to my office when I bought it. And when I came in late after work a few days later, they had taken my desk chair away and set it up at my desk. My co-workers also came to watch me in a burlesque show, where I performed a pole piece. For some reason, my coworkers all know, most friends know, but my family doesnt really know. I have slowly let the cat out of the bag on that one, but its not really something that we talk about as a family, other than my sister, who took class with me when we lived together, and my mom because she also came to see the show.
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Good to know…
I just looked up Indigo and it looks really cool! Wish I could get my hands on a hard copy to really give it a once over. However, I did notice that for internation distribution, you can contact them, so it is likely that it can be gotten here in the States. Also, I noticed that they mention that they are distributed to studios all over the globe! Not sure about pricing though, however it may just be worth it 🙂
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oops, hire ME as tech writer. I think I could take care of a few websites as well. Then we all win! and I can apply my real life job skills to my pole life. 🙂
ok so far, Vertical, Pole2Pole, and Pole Spin. Are there others? Maybe I should give one of them a go.
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Another good counterstretch after backbending is twisting!
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Agreed Sparrow! I think they should hire as a tech writer! 🙂
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my favorite is 38 or 40mm. I feel like a pole beast on that size… I can do anything! My favorite though is being able to spin one handed on spinny mode. I have large hands, but its still my favorite.
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Awesome! I havent seen Kino's videos in a while, but you've reminded me! I need to work my back bend!
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I transitioned from about 2 years of pole into dance Trapeze and Tissu about three years ago. Poling definitely helped that transition for me, because prior to poling, I could barely do pullups. The one thing that pole does give a person, that typical dance training does not, is the upper body strength. Currently, I assist in teaching aerial, and the biggest thing I see in beginners, especially on Tissu, is that the strength isn't there, and its completely normal. Its actually what most of the frustration is with that apparatus; building the strength to be able to execute the moves. Because no matter how well you understand it, the bottom line in aerial is strength and control. The next biggest issue I see, primarily with Trapeze, is that it HURTS. For me, Trapeze has totally eclipsed the pain I remember with Pole. That said, it's my favorite apparatus.
I think the transition from pole to aerial is a good one. They complement each other very much so. However, each apparatus has their own idiosyncracies, and while a lot of the moves look very similar, like gummypia says, getting there is rarely the same from apparatus to apparatus. However, the more vertical apparatus (pole, rope, tissu, etc) all have many similarities with eachother, as do trapeze, ring, hammock, etc. For me, learning new styles of movement, be they dance or aerial, will likely complement all the other things that I do, because its just adding another element of complexity to my movement quality and teaching me a new way to use my strength. Because getting my straddle up on Tissu will help make my straddle up on Trapeze and Pole that much better, even though they aren't all the exact same thing, they just look like it.
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Acro yoga is actually different than partner acro. Acro yoga is actually assisted yoga positions specifically, typically with a lot of L-basing and a healing arts aspect, sometimes Thai massage. There is a dance/performance aspect to it as well sometimes. Partner Acro is more of a sports acrobatic discipline with no real influence from yoga and any healing arts, mostly a gymnastic influence. There is a lot of overlap for sure, but they are two different disciplines.
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Alethea does utilize the pole for her stretching DVDs, both for pure splits and stretching for pole. However, for the stretching for the pure splits DVD its pretty easy to substitute a wall or doorway for the pole, and the ballerina stretch is the only one that actually requires a pole, I think. I haven't tried it specifically, but I would think you could totally work on that twisting position with a broom stick to some degree. It's slightly more difficult to substitute for the pole in the Stretching for Pole DVD, but its also possible, will likely need a doorway for grip. So if you have some wall space and a doorway handy, I would think that you don't need your pole. Using the pole is probably easier, but not necessary. And for her standing splits on the pole, I don't like using the pole anyway, because its more difficult to set up with your hips square, since having your bottom foot on the floor in front of the pole and your extended leg up on the pole puts both of your feet in a straight line, pulling your hips open, if that makes any sense. Its one of the reasons that I appreciate how Felix tends to explain mechanics more. Technique in stretching is just as important as technique in dancing… without it, you are either setting up for injury, or just not being efficient.
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While i have all of both of their dvds, I havent watched all of Felix's pole dvds. I have done her flexibility dvd though. I like that her flexibiltiy dvd does not utilize the pole, just a mat and yoga blocks, mostly because when I bought all these dvds, I did not have a pole up at home. Personally, I like Felix's flexibility dvds better than Alethea's. While I like Alethea's a lot, the production is not as good, and I like the content of Felix's better.
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As a technical writer, I cannot tell you enough how distracting and unprofessional it is to have a website full of writing errors. If you have a friend who happens to have an eye for it, definitely let them do so. It is nearly impossible to tech-write as the creator of a document, website, etc. Always get another set of eyes.
And to definitely follow up with Chem, CURRENT schedule please, along with pricing. I have looked up so many studios for dance, aerial, pole, etc, and many of them do not list a current schedule?! If one is going to maintain a website, you need to keep it current. Because when the bottom of the page shows that it hasnt been updated in months or years, I don't bother. It doesn't need to drastically change all the time or anything, but definitely should reflect the current schedule, pricing, and staff.
Also photos and video are also important. No instant loading video for sure, and keeping video short, ie around 1:30 or so helps to get a feel for the studio and teachers, but doesn't get too long. I love to see photos, but no need to have a full on resource gallery… just a few of the instructors doing some of the moves, and if possible of a class or two. I know I kind of like to see how many people can be in the space and what they are wearing, etc. But I do realize that sometimes classes aren't ok with photos so I understand that. One thing you could do is have a time slot to get photos and have any one who would be ok with having their picture on the website show up.
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O definitely. And its one thing to have trouble with a trick/combo due to nerves, and quite another to attempt to perform something that one has NEVER had confidence with. For me, I want to give my audience a good show, and I fully believe that they should not have any idea how hard I am working physically. Should look so easy they think they might just be able to do it!
The last show I did, over half my piece was floor work! And I only used tricks/spins that I am totally comfortable with, and I still get compliments from that show (it was in March). Not because it was difficult, but because I was so comfortable with it that I could dance it. It was the costuming, the music, the dance including floorwork/polework altogether that made it a standout piece. Not the difficulty of technical dance. However, that said, performing at home feels so so different then performing on stage to me, that there is no real way to prepare for it initially if you have no experience. Just do it, and you'll find what works for you. 🙂 I know it. You are a beautiful dancer.
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I freestyle for almost every video I have ever made, but if I am performing in front of an audience I choreograph. What works for me is to learn the choreo and the music. To really really learn them, so that they are in my body so to speak, and I do not have to ever think about what I am doing. Usually, this means that I have worked on it so much that the choreo is complete second nature, down to the nuances, and that I know everything backwards and forwards and have no trouble at all hearing my musical cues. For me, its about repeats. Over and over. Any tricks in the choreo should be rock solid every time, or I cut them out about 3 weeks prior. I also use visualization a great deal. Anytime I cannot actually practice but need to work things out, I will listen to my music (in the car, at my desk during lunch, on a remote atoll in the Pacific, etc) and run my piece mentally while doing so, making sure that I hit all the cues and know where I am in the music. So far, its ended up that when I do it this way, I know my music and choreo so well, that I can really make that effort to go beyond, to feel the music, and really dance, instead of just freaking myself out on whether I know my choreo well enough or not or worrying where I am in the music. For me, well prepared choreography is a safe place to perform from, whereas I will definitely have major stress issues making any attempts to freestyle for an audience.