After the Blackstage Talks: Breaking Moulds panel I was honoured to have chaired, I have been sitting on a lot of thoughts following the incredibly generative conversations we had with pioneers in our industry. As a result, this blog post…
Questo mese ho fatto parte di PDSM, Pole Dance Stripper Movement, la gara di pole dance di Gemma Rose. PDSM è una gara creata da una spogliarellista per celebrare le origini della pole dance. Visto che avviene in uno strip…
ICYMI, this month I competed in Gemma Rose‘s PDSM, aka Pole Dance Stripper Movement, an entirely stripper-run pole competition celebrating the origins of our industry. And I got fully naked for it. For the first time. So I thought the…
On November 3rd I competed in Skripped Down, my first professional international pole dance competition, where I also won the 2023 Philanthropist Award for my anti-censorship work. Skripped Down was an unforgettable night – read on to find out my…
“I’m going to Sardinia – got any recommendations?” is one of the questions I get asked the most from both friends and followers – funnily enough, even more than: “What do your parents think about your pole dancing?” (Short answer:…
Rachael Gisella is Jamaican born, London bred full-time pole instructor and performer now based in Lisbon. Known for all things choreography and low flow, Rachael has become an almost instant pole star: a world class performer who has pole danced…
Following some quite enraging comments on my Freeda interview (embedded below), I wanted to debunk a few assumption some people made via a non-exhaustive list of reading recommendations. Those who made those comments won’t see them, but since lots of…
Social media can be invaluable resources for pole dancers, connecting us with fellow polers all over the world, providing inspiration and helping us promote our work. But social media can also be draining, disheartening spaces of self-doubt, censorship and comparison.…
Nicole The Pole is a professional pole dancer with a career to die for: Rhianna made it rain on her in the Pour It Up video, she has appeared on everything from The Ellen Show to Access Hollywood, and has…
In January, when getting a haircut, I found out that a patch of my hair was missing. I was truly devastated, and feared I was on a downward trajectory towards irreversible change. This made me reflect on how important towards…
