At the Pole Weekender, I had the privilege and pleasure to listen to Ela Aur’s seminar about how the pole dance industry can do better to include and cater for fat polers. This blog is a summary of Ela’s talk.…
On the first week of November 2021 I attended my first Pole Weekender as a speaker, instructor and judge. I am still buzzing from the experience so, naturally, I wrote a whole blog post about it. What is Pole Weekender?…
Offline pole dance teaching is back baby! I mean, it was *already* back for a lot of pole instructors, but it wasn’t for me: I had taken a break from offline teaching in May, and then a break from teaching…
Where does pole dancing come from and what is its history? These simple questions often turn pole dance Facebook groups and conversations among pole dancers into a culture war. In this blog post, I use multiple sources to trace the…
Le scarpe col platform e i tacchi alti sono una delle cose più conosciute della pole dance, ma le abbiamo ereditate dalle madri della nostra disciplina: le spogliarelliste. In questo articolo, adatto sia a poler che cercano di comprare il…
Policies on shadowbanning, visibility and content recommendation have been clarified by Instagram both in a recent post and in my recent communication with the policy team. This post sheds some light on those policies, questioning some of their elements and…
Recentemente, ho letto conversazioni tra alcune pole dancer italiane sui social media che sembravano voler distanziarsi dalle vere creatrici della pole dance moderna: le spogliarelliste. Questo distanziamento è uno dei comportamenti tipici della whorephobia, ossia il giudicare altre persone per…
Here's 5 of my fave Pole Junkie looks to rock your pole choreo classes - whether you're dancing at home or shaking it at the studio.
Strip Down, Rise Up is a Netflix documentary released this weekend, exploring the healing power of pole dancing, particularly among abuse survivors. As a pole instructor, survivor, academic and blogger I was excited about it – it had the potential…
This year I’ve taught a lot of offline and online private classes to pole dancers. In this quick post, I share my tips to help students make the most out of them. 1ï¸âƒ£ Know what you want to learn in…
