Pole dancing [for fitness!]

[Sampy Arctica™]

That's Felix. Miss Pole Dance Australia 2006, runner up for 2007 [I think] and Miss Pole Dance Australia 2008.
She's now in Las Vegas performing with Cirque de Soleil. She's absolutely amazing...

And the second song is "Iris [City of Angels]" by Goo Goo Dolls.
Was pretty popular a few years ago.

 

[Katie'Force]

haha fair enough, sounds very much like the Treasure Island soundtrack...

But yeah, next week's pole class we're dancing to disney sounds... it's a little bit wrong, but gonna be sooooooooooo much fun! we were dancing to Labyrinth soundtrack this week!

 

[Sampy Arctica™]

Haha, that would be interesting to watch...

This Friday is my second performance night but instead of doing the one beginners dance twice over, I'll be doing intermediate dances for JT's "Sexy Back" and PCD's "Buttons".

I. Am. So. Nervous.

 

[Katie'Force]

oooh good luck!!! Well Pete finally confirmed that our class are going to be dancing at rock of ages on new years eve, I'm so excited!!! He's even put us on the poster, famous! haha

 

[Sampy Arctica™]

Make sure pictures are taken!


This is the outfit I'll probably be wearing for this Friday:

 

[Katie'Force]

haha we're trying to get someone to film it properly, but don't worry, i shall coerce someone into taking pictures. Mika! You've just been nominated!

ooooh that's just a sexy little dress!

 

[Katie'Force]

I had such a great lesson last night, did gemini no problem which I've been having serious trouble with it lately so that made me happy. Then I did side climb into the knee hold where you go out horizontally, no hands on the pole. First time I've ever done that after climbing. Then to top it all off, did a handstand against the pole, wrapped my legs around and pulled myself up through straight leg drop back position into sitting and peter pan. I couldn't stop grinning after that!
And now I'm in pain, but still happy

 

[ingrid]

I don't know if you can see this pictures without being logged in or having her as a friend, but you can give it a try, friend of mine who also does pole dancing and does shoots

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/ind...iewPicture&friendID=138453041&albumId=1057055

 

[Katie'Force]

1: she's good at pole dancing
2: those are really good photos
3: that girl is stunning!

 

[yanara]

I don't know if you can see this pictures without being logged in or having her as a friend, but you can give it a try, friend of mine who also does pole dancing and does shoots

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/ind...iewPicture&friendID=138453041&albumId=1057055

WUOOO, GREAT PICS, SHE IS A MASTER IN POLE DANCING.

 

[ingrid]

Yeah I'm jealous haha.
She's the girl who gave me 1 lesson haha (she's got a pole in her house) but I failed ofcourse

 

[Katie'Force]

I had another good lesson last night, despite the fact it was freezing and we had no mighty grip!!! Started to learn how to do extended butterfly (it's scary) and learnt how to do reverse champagne lady (champagne lady is climb up, cross legs straight out in front of you, one hand on the pole about a foot above your hips, then lean back and bow your legs and head down so you're in an arc. reverse is the same body shape, but the arm is below you, so much more difficult! and I upset my teacher by doing it first time when it took her ages to learn it hehe)

 

[Sampy Arctica™]

I go back tomorrow night for the first time since mid-December.

 

[Katie'Force]

Haha you'll be hurting as though it was your first lesson! Honestly i took a few weeks off and it hurts so much

 

[Katie'Force]

Woo! learnt how to do the arched straight leg drop back:

I love this move!!! Also learnt to do Van Gogh but didn't get a picture of it
Did Back from the Dead for the first time in ages too, and did the splitz up the pole, damn productive lesson!!!

 

[regje]

Also learnt to do Van Gogh but didn't get a picture of it

that includes cutting off your ear? ;þ seriously no idea what to expect at a Van Gogh move...

 

[Katie'Force]

Van Gogh is difficult to explain and i can't find any pictures, basically you do a straight leg drop back (see page 10 of post your hot body thread) then one hand grabs the pole behind your head, the other grabs the pole behind your hips, then drop your body so the whole of your weights on your arms, leave one leg behind the pole and bend the other straight out forwards...
it was rather scary when i first did it, but made me so happy

 

[regje]

any idea why it's called Van Gogh?

 

[Katie'Force]

None at all haha that's just what we were told it was called... We also learnt one that was called Zoogini (i think) which we decided to call zucchini instead

 

[*Mika*]

Pole dancing and cucumbers shouldn't mix, it doesnt sound a healthy combination!