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Hi – excited to meet you at The Choreography House!
I'd recommend posting something on the TCH Facebook page. The ladies there are a hugely nurturing bunch who I'm sure would be happy to help you out. http://www.facebook.com/choreographyhouse?fref=ts
TCH (The Choreo Ho as residents like to call it) is right next to a 24 Hour Fitness, but TCH offers lots of other non-pole classes like Rock Hard Bodies (taught by Amber Richards), Ballet for Pole Dancers, Stretch & Flexibility, etc. etc. so you can get your full-body fitness fix.
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Another great place to pick up inexpensive training wear (sports bras, pole shorts, ballet sweaters, warm-ups) is Danny's Warehouse in Culver City: http://www.dannyswarehouse.com/
It's a massive and totally unorganized warehouse so you really have to dig, but nothing there is over $10 and I've picked up the occasional weird one-off costume and other dance outfits that have made it into my performance closet.
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You should also contact Kelly Maglia, who runs the line Triple Threat Dancewear and Kelly Maglia Couture: http://kellymaglia.com/
She's based in LA and runs her showroom/sample room out of her home in West Hollywood. I shop there all the time! She has samples there to try on, but she also does custom pieces.
She's my go-to gal for performance and competition costumes and is amazing.
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Black Swan.
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The video on the gothamist is her performance from pole art in 2011. Uspdf videos usually aren’t released until a few months later. My black Sean routine was only posted to the Uspdf page about a month or so ago!
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Thanks to all who have voted. It all ends in 2 days, so there's still time to cast your vote for your favorite pole dancer…whoever that may be…thanks!
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Thank you all for voting! I've been so touched by the outpouring of support, so even if I DON'T win IPC Pole Idol, I'll know it wasn't all for naught 🙂 Happy poling everyone!
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Forgot to mention that voting closes December 15th and that you can vote from multiple emails and every day, if you wish.
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Also make sure your outside hand is wrapped about behind the knee; the inside hand goes between your legs and cups the pole about upper-to-mid thigh (I find cup grip with no thumbs easier to hold on with more control). Practice lowering yourself a bit more gradually each time. Also force your arch a bit more on the foot by the pole. Another tip – imagine your arms acting as levers controlling how far you go out.
Good luck! 🙂
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Welcome to the 'hood! I'll make sure and drop by when I return to L.A.!
(also love the website, by the way!)
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Huge congrats, ladies!!!! And thanks, Meagan for the great recap. I love reading about how much camaderie happens backstage. People don't realize that there's actually very little backstabbing and cattiness at pole competitions (sometimes I think, much to their chagrin as they like envisioning it as some sort of taudry reality TV show backstage) and I love that one of the Elite competitors made everyone gift bags! All the ladies bond together over a highly intense and stressful situation that they're sharing together.
Looking forward to reading everyone else's recaps!
Also, did anyone attend Kelly Yvonne's seminar? How was it? (she's a close friend and my choreo coach.)
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Aw, you guys are too sweet.
It's a great song — everyone should dance to it! I actually have a theory that almost NO ONE can do a bad routine to "Feeling Good" regardless of the version (Adam Lambert, Nina Simone, Michael Bublé). I've seen so many great routines done to that song.
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MrsNaughtywed, we should start the 'i fell pole dancing on TV' club! 😉
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Bummed I didn't get a chance to meet you ladies at the Pole Jam! It looks like so much fun!
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Oops, this URL will actually take you to my Twitter instead: http://twitter.com/#!/polecricket