[polergirl]

I’m so happy that so many people are posting to this thread–and that everyone’s trying really hard not to put any BUTs in except for the booty kind!!

When I give someone a compliment, I’m always puzzled if they downplay it. I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t think it were true. Why, then, when others compliment me, do I downplay it? I know how it feels to be on the other side. Or why is it so hard to pay a compliment to myself? NO MORE! Say it with me, ladies!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif

[polergirl]

I have a full page of "to try" things from her various videos. And some of the more advanced tricks she does have interesting into/out of transitions that I’d like to try. Fun stuff!

[polergirl]

The thing with the cross knee release, for me anyway, is to NOT cross your knee at the ankle but to try to point your crossed toe to the floor. This engages a lot more skin, plus your knee will come up to the pole much sooner as you lay back. You need strong legs to lock that position in but I really find it to be more secure.

My real preference is the cross ankle. I think it is way more secure and easier to lock into.

Good luck!! These are beautiful moves!

[polergirl]

I kinda don’t want it in the Olympics….for the reasons others have stated. And the mental picture of 14-year-old girls becoming the new ideal for pole, just as they are in gymnastics, totally skeeves me out. Sry.

[polergirl]

So why is it so hard? So many of us have apologized or made caveats even in this thread. Just appreciate your outer beauty the way you do your inner beauty!!! I have never heard anyone say "I like that I’m a loving person BUT….."

Let’s all keep trying. K? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif Accept compliments in the spirit in which you give them and hope they will be received. Do unto yourself as you do unto others. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

[polergirl]

I’m glad you all like her. I am on a real transition kick right now. Pole tricks are fun, but trick-trick-trick-trick isn’t really dancing, at least not to me. I want to slink around on the floor, and find new ways to get into spins, and rock out with my bad self! So let’s just say I have been trolling youtube a lot of late looking at transitions and watching dancers’ styles. I have my own style, and I love it, but at the same time it’s easy to fall back onto the same "comfortable" transitions. I feel the need to push the envelope a titch. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif

[polergirl]

Thanks so much. It is hard, and sure, inner beauty is where it’s really at, but every single human being has something they can like about themselves physically. I just think we need to allow ourselves to see it, and then admit that we like it!

Keep it up, SVers! And remember–no apologies, no "well, if it weren’t for X, I would really like Y." I’m going to be a hard-ass on this one. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_geek.gif

[polergirl]

Yeah, she does a quick grip switch and I’ve got that, and I’ve got momentum enough. What I don’t have (yet) is the control to slide into the chair and swishhhhhh it around. Her feet are barely barely touching the floor, so she’s using her core to hold the position, from what I can tell, and the feet are just there to stabilize a bit maybe.

I think most of it is practice…some moves you just have to do them a lot to make them look good and to have good form.

A few things…did you not her hand grip?

The transition she used to get into it? Sometimes the transition preceding a move is just as important as the mechanics of the move you are doing. (or at least a similar transition)

There is also something to be said for the surface she is dancing on and the shoes she is wearing. Looks like she is able to glide her feet across the floor.

Of course she is strong as well!

[polergirl]

Positively lovely! I had a photo shoot last night and discovered that it was a lot harder than I thought it’d be. You make it look so easy! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif

[polergirl]

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I just watched your floorwork video. H-O-T. I’m now a subscriber and a fan!

[polergirl]

Update: we had the shoot last night, and for those of you who have wanted to do it but maybe the thought made you nervous, I say DO IT!!! Oh gosh, I had just the best time. First of all, the hair and makeup girls were amazing. Amazing. I wish they would follow me around in my everyday life and make me look that hot all the time lol. And the photographer is a former dancer at our studio, so she was great with direction, and she was very creative in placing herself to get interesting angles.

It was way, way more physically difficult than I would have thought, though. I mean, I’m strong, and I can dance 2-3 hours at a time in the studio. Holding a pose for a few seconds as part of a dance is fine. Holding it while someone is taking pictures and another someone (our studio owner was a photo stylist for a while so she helped, and what a huge help she was!!) is directing me to point this, see if you can spin that a tiny bit so you’re in better light, bend that leg more, turn this hip to pole, scootch shoulder away from pole, now tilt your head up, look to the side, etc. etc. etc…..was an exercise in endurance. Even tougher when upside down because you know how that makes everything feel kind of backwards, or least it does for me. They would say move your right hand up the pole, and I would move my left, and then they’d say "no, the tattooed one" and I’d get it right. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif

In the end, I wore my Hello Kitty booty shorts with a pink corset-laced tank top, then switched to black shorts and a studio tank for some "official" shots for the website and studio. I felt comfortable and a titch pixie/punk, which is my style, plus I wasn’t worried about girlie bits hanging out, hahahahaha.

I’ll share the photos when we get proofs back, and you, my SV compadres, can help me pick the best ones. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

[polergirl]

Ohhhhhhhh, likey likey!!!! I need to favorite that shop!

[polergirl]

These days, I take full advantage of those off days to practice transitions, floor work, etc. I wish I had wised up earlier. My dancing has taken leaps and bounds forward since I started this practice. I say make the most of it and treat yourself to some gloriously slinky, stretchy moves. Your body …and your inner dancer… will thank you!!!

[polergirl]

For me personally, I wouldn’t want to lace my fingers because I want as much skin contact with the pole as possible. Lacing takes away one full hand’s worth of skin. Plus if they were laced I wouldn’t be as mobile and could risk torquing a wrist on the way up.

[polergirl]

I was the same way–I wanted to do the wild and amazing aerialist stuff more than anything. Luckily, I dance at a studio where dance is the name of the game. Sure we do inversions and tricks, but the emphasis is on weaving those into a dance, and I am really thankful for that.

At first, I felt like a total idjit. Didn’t want to "dance" at home because I was like you–I felt weird. But I forced myself to do two warmup dances that didn’t involve any tricks, and only a few spins in combination with exotic/floor work. It has opened up a whole new world to me. Doing trick after trick can get exhausting, but dancing is exhilarating for me!!!

Now I find myself trolling youtube for new exotic moves. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_bounce.gif