jellycat1
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I think that the person who said "Authentic pole dance is a dying art form" obviously has never been exposed to pole dance outside of a strip club. Take for example Chinese pole dance. There are many other forms of dance performed around the world that can be safely called pole dance that use the same moves. (Chinese pole uses the flag for example.) They just don’t include hotpants and five inch heels. Since no one can even agree on standard names for moves, to declare that you know what "authentic" pole dance is irritates me. It’s a pretty ingorant statement, what makes that dance beautiful is the timing and grace with which she performs it. Not every preformance needs to be prowling and dripping with sensuality.
This occurs in other forms of dance too. Look at ballroom dancing. You can have a plain Foxtrot. Or you can have a melt your clothing off, steam up the windows Tango. Doesn’t change the fact that their both dances, also doesn’t change the facet that the Foxtrot could be technically perfect and just as fascinating to watch.
What I think is wonderful about pole dance is the variety of styles, and honestly some of my favorite videos are the ones that are moce focused on routine and grace and musicality, than what can I shake and flash? Don’t get me wrong, I think to truly learn pole dance you need to learn both styles. Sensual and athletic. But I think there’s more than enough room in the world for everyone to have their own interpertation.
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Tap shorts or dance shorts keep my ample rear covered. Too bad they cant make it appear smaller. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
I’m saving up for a couple pairs of poleskivvies now that she’s making them in a little larger sizes.
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I can access everything but the vids from my palm pre. And do. At Work.
Probably more frequently than I should. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif -
BOTTOM LOADING!!!!
This is awesome. Taking my pole down and putting it up is literally TERRIFYING. It’s 10.5 Feet and that’s a long ways up in the air on our wobbly ladder. Can’t even brace against the ceiling because that another 4 feet up. It’s not a good thing at all.
I wonder if I could talk hubby into letting me order a 45mm TG after I get my crash mat. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif Guess I’ll wait until I see what the US prices are. From what i’ve seen it’s be more practical to order a new pole then the converter kit.
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Hey hon,
I keliod scar no matter what (even acne leaves keliods). I had one on my knee that was painful when I was little. My mom put cocoa butter on it to help it loosen up. As I’ve grown it’s stretched and loosened up a bit so it’s not so stiff.
I second bio oil. Also try Lush Cosmetic’s Therapy massage bar or straight cocoa butter. It really helps with scars and stretch marks.
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I think a lot of time it depends on the club.
Like the club in MN Veena mentioned, Sinners. The pole work is crazy, and the have a SWING that the girls do arieal work on, too. I even spoke with one girl that will bring a book on stage and hang in a CKR and read if no one’s tipping after the first minute or so. For some reason, it always gets her tips. At the time she was reading Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
Another good MN club is DejaVu, there’s girls there that will ROCK the pole. (30? foot pole no less.) I mean they jump from the second floor grab the pole on the way down and do tricks until they hit the floor. They also host polelmypics once a year. Also if you tell the girls that you there to see pole moves a lot of the time they’ll step up the moves because they know they’ll be appreciated.
Then there’s clubs where girls just lean against the pole and sway, or worse there’s clubs with NO pole and just a stage. (Great floor work tho.)
I think it all depends on the atmosphere, if you can get away with just standing there and shaking your ass then that’s what you do. But if someone raises the bar, then you kind of have to keep up.
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I have a chrome x-pole. First time I cleaned it I used oil cutting shampoo.
This time I used dishsoap and a microfiber cloth. It was kind of funny. I’ve had my pole for a couple months and it’s been super slippery. I must’ve not gotten all the shipping wax off. Now it’s fine, I guess the moral is always clean your pole twice when you’re super excited to put it up.
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They’re on to you Kitty!!
That’s a good Idea, I’ll have to start voting from work too.
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Don’t feel bad. I have never been able to do a cartwheel. EVER. I failed 6th grade gym because of it. 22 years later, I’ve made peace with it, and am hoping I’ll be able to do a pole cartwheel someday instead.
I would look for a different class if I were you. Your coach sounds like he’s a jerk. And maybe a different teacher would have some insight into WHY your body won’t go that way.
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Welcome!!
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I voted, I hope you win.
Teeth are a big issue in our house. My hubby just had most of his upper teeth rebuilt. And my Brother-in-law has teeth so bad, he’s had them pulled. He’s got dentures, at 30, and is slowly having them replaced with implants. I feel for you.
That sucks that your dental is so bad… can you sign up for supplimental? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif
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You’re on day 4 of having the H1N1 flu, your temp’s still 99.5 and you’re laying on your couch eyeing your pole thinking, "You know, my skins warm enough I should have some great grip. I should try a cross knee release…."
I’ve been stuck inside my apartment for four days and able to do noting but watch tv and gaze longingly at my pole. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_ncool.gif
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Post by SissyBuns on Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:59 pm
Sassafrassle wrote:If I’m working on some choreography, I always always start with a song (which may be difficult if your music’s disappeared). I listen to it on repeat (often when I’m walking to work in the morning) and start to imagine what moves go with which bits of the music and actually start the choreo process in my head. Then once I get to the pole, it’s a case of checking to see what of the brain-based routine actually works in reality and looks good and just filling in the gaps. From what I’ve seen online though, it’s not always that common to work in so closely with the music (eg. people just dance and the music is secondary) but that’s just the way I roll. I know that some of the tutors in our studio suggest taping yourself freestyling to a song a couple of times and then watching it to pull out what looks/good/works for you etc. Good luck with whatever you end up doing anyway – competition=exciting! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_thumleft.gif
I am always choregraphing routines in my head but I never actually try them because the imaginary sissybuns kicks ass. The real life sissybuns can’t do a lot of stuff and gets tired easily, lmao!
LOLS Sissy! The imaginary Sass is much the same – maybe the two imaginaries should jam sometime! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
Count my imaginary self in too… I actually get the crap scared out of me on a daily basis because my co workers know what songs I’m zoned out to by now. they delight in creeping up behind me. I’ve also been caught swishing around to the music on my iPod while in my little lab room. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif
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My hubby and I were just talking about the whole violence vs. nudity thing. We were watching Thir13en Ghosts and the showed a guy getting sliced in half by a glass door. Guts and all… very graphic and realistic, then 30 seconds later they blur ut the top half of a naked woman’s breasts. Like not even the nip is showing in the original cut? WTF!? They also show a guy being cracked in half by another guy, and blur out the woman’s butt….
Gotta love censorship.
Actually i grew up in a half naked half undie family. (Lived at mom’s house with my sister, visited my dad’s every other weekend.)
Wandering around in the underwear is no big deal in our house. (I even scandalized a poor neighbor by running out to the car in my robe. Like he know what was or wasn’t underneath it… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cyclops_ani.gif ) It’s kind of funny, my sister’s pretty open about the kids running around in their underwear at bedtime. My nephew’s all for it, my niece never leaves her room in less than her pj’s AND robe… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif
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Those look great… I wonder if there’s a way to cover them with fabric and make ’em fold? I have no storage space, so anything I own is visible from my entire apartment. (Gotta love lofts.) But I’m pretty sure that even though bamboo is a "softer" wood, it would still hurt like hell to fall on. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_bounce.gif
