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Prefer to read the interview? Read the transcript: Destynnie Hey everyone! We are here today with Sophia Minx, and she just won gold in USPDF New York – so we’re going to ask her a little bit about what it was like. So, what made you apply? Sophia Well, just...
Whether you’re in a studio, planning a pole party, or looking to mix up your home poling routine with pole-pals over the internet, finding the right pole dancing games for your group is essential to keeping things fun and interesting. Once you throw a party, it’s...
Are you performing in an upcoming competition for the first time?It can be easy to let the little details go unnoticed – you’ve put so much work into building a show, perfecting a routine, and choosing the perfect song. What more could there be? Right....
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 able...
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 things...
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...
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...
Today at PolePedia, we have the ultimate pleasure of interviewing PoleActive owner Fay Shih! In this interview, we get to know Fay and her business a little better: when she started pole, how she came up with the idea of PoleActive, what type of pole dancing she...
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? In short, the answer is yes, pole dancing does stop hurting. There are a few caveats,...
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...
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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