Tara Meyer’s Winning Olympia Routine
The ineffable Tara’s stunning lines and elegant presentation shine in this piece. As always, Tara’s pristine classical ballet training underpins her movement. But in this particular performance, Tara uses her technique to focus the audience and judges’ attention on her athletic prowess, befitting the Olympia competition stage. Tara’s clear sense of purpose and precise execution […]
When Your Coping Tool Becomes Your Obsession
If you’ve ever been even a little depressed, you’ve most likely been advised to exercise. Those of us who have chronic mental illnesses hear this so much, we often start to resent the people who bring it up. If you’ve ever laid in bed, staring at the ceiling wishing you could go to sleep and […]
Olympia Hosts First Pole Competition
The most significant event in the history of pole sports took place last September, as the world-famous Olympia included a pole competition for the first time in its 54-year history — Oksana Grishina’s OG Pole Fitness at Olympia. Originally founded in 1965 purely as a bodybuilding competition, over the years Olympia has expanded into a […]
El Pole, Un Arte Camaleónico
Porqué hay a quienes nos ofende que se nos insinúe que ser atleta de pole es lo mismo que ser stripper? Es porque ser stripper nos parece algo despreciable? No, al menos no para mí. El pole dance tiene la capacidad de llegar a ser muy sexy y seductor. De hecho, TODA forma de danza […]
5 Years of Pole at the Arnold: Interview with Lindsey Kimura
Next month will be the sixth year pole fitness is included in the Arnold Classic. So we thought it would be a great time to look back the first five years with Lindsey Kimura, President of the Pole Championship Series (PCS) — the league that organizes the Arnold pole competition. Pole Press (PP): Hi Lindsey. Let’s start […]
Anastasia Skukhtorova: Performer Spotlight
Anastasia Skukhtorova has been an innovative leader and bright star in the pole industry since her debut on the international competition stage in 2009. Today, there is hardly a pole dancer that doesn’t recognize her name, or draw some inspiration from her performance style. Over the past decade, Anastasia has impressed audiences all over the […]
Pole Dance & Professional Life
To come “out” as a pole dancer in your place of employment, or to keep it a secret? This is the question that seems to plague many of today’s pole dancers who also work in a “professional” environment (a.k.a. an office). When pole dancers explain what they do to non-polers, they often brace for responses […]