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Learning How You Learn
In pole dancing, one of the largest disconnects we come across – as students and as instructors – is learning different mechanics, moves, routines, and so on the way that we need to learn them. As a student, it can be hard to figure out why we aren’t...
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How to Build a Show
Hey everyone, Elliot here. Most of my life I've been a performer, and whether it involves performing magic on the street, acrobatics on a renaissance faire stage, or juggling in a living room (sorry mom!) I would like to think I have learned a couple of...
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5 Steps for Handling Mistakes on Stage
In one of my past lives, I was an actress (okay, I did high school theatre). The four years I did theatre have helped me enormously with my pole routines. I learned to be comfortable onstage and how to be expressive in a way that translates to the audience and tells a...
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What Cross Training Will Help My Pole Dancing?
There is one question you can hear echoed from studio to studio in the pole dancing world. Everyone wants to know: “what cross training will help my pole dancing the most?” The goal, many times, is to refine our art and feel stronger, feel empowered, and feel on top...
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Does Pole Dancing Stop Hurting?
If you’ve been poling for a while, chances are you remember those first few classes where everything hurt! Holy cow, how did the instructor do a pole sit without cringing? Now, if you’re more advanced, chances are your basic climb doesn’t give you any trouble, and...
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Inverted Crucifix Tutorial
Hello everyone! Welcome to our Inverted Crucifix tutorial. We’ll walk you through each step from arm position, to getting your legs up and around the pole, and making sure you are secure so you can let your arms go with confidence. If you aren’t familiar with...
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All About Tendonitis
Tendonitis is an injury of the tendons near a joint. In pole dancing, this injury affects most commonly the elbow joint or shoulder, however, it can also happen with the knee, wrist, or calf. This is an unfortunately common injury in the pole dancing community, and...
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What to Look for in a Pole Dance Studio
The pole fitness world is beautiful and ever-growing. You’ve probably noticed more than a few studios popping up in your area, country, and the entire world. More studios mean more options, however, and when it comes right down to it, there are lots of factors that...
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I Placed Last In My First Pole Competition and It Was Awesome!
Hello, everyone! Destynnie here. This story is the debut of a community section we've wanted to add to PolePedia for a while called Pole Stories. Today I wanted to go over a retrospective of my first competition at PSO Northeast. I’ll say it up front: It was awful....
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Choreography Series: Desperado
NOTE: Use the top-left playlist button to view all videos in this tutorial. Today’s choreography is hosted by Priscilla (Sophia Minx) and Guest Starring the adorable pooch Marcel. We’ll be dancing to the sweet sounds of Desperado by Rihanna in this series. While...
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