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Dancers extend their arms with their faces covered.

Instructor poses with the class during a PoleCon intensive workshop

Sillhouette of a pole dancer doing a straddle view from the floor looking up

Instructor explains things during a PoleCon intensive workshop

Students practice during a PoleCon intensive workshop

Pole dancers demonstrate what they learned during PoleCon workshops.

pole dancer demonstrates a move during a PoleCon intensive workshop

Close up on pole dancer shoes walking around a stage pole

pole dancer demonstrates on a stage pole

Practicing a floor role during a PoleCon intensive

Participants sit on the floor listening to a Pole Con Workshop instructor

Pole dancer executes a move on a stage pole

Pole dancer prepares to execute a move on a stage pole.

Instructor demonstrates on a stage pole during a PoleCon intensive.

Instructor gives instructions during PoleCon intensive.

Participant-assisted stretching exercise during the PoleCon intensive.

PoleCon participants sitting at set tables and eating.

Participants sitting at set tables and eating.

Students practice floor decents to stage poles during a workshop

Pole dancer demonstrates an inverted floor move on a stage pole.

photo of desk with PoleCon stickers on it

Instructor gives a talk during PoleCon intensive workshop

Pole dancers play during a PoleCon intensive workshop

Students participate in floorwork during a PoleCon workshop.

Dancer stretches against a wall with instructor assistance.

Photo from a workshop intensive with two pole dancers on a stage pole

Highlights from PoleCon: Intensive!

March 16, 2018
Colleen
Photos

The inaugural PoleCon: Intensive held in Tysons Corner, Virginia was awesome! Food, friends and POLE DANCING!

Empty luxury party bus with a pole in the center.

Book Your Luxury (and fun!) Transportation to PoleCon 2018!

January 12, 2018
Colleen
General

PoleCon is an annual event that honors the culture that surrounds the pole dance and pole fitness communities. It doesn't matter your age, identity, or size; everybody is welcomed to enhance their knowledge and skill set. This community is inclusive…

2017 Deals!

November 24, 2017
Colleen
General

We've got two great deals for you this Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday:

Polecon 2018 Workshop Intensives advertisement

What is the “PoleCon: Intensive”?

August 4, 2017
Colleen
General

What is the PoleCon: Intensive? The inaugural intensive event is a mini PoleCon streamlined to focus on intense, 4-hour workshops with your favorite pole star. Why do the Intensive? When our workshops at PoleCon were only 60min we heard that…

The Pole Dancer’s Bill of Rights

February 24, 2017
Colleen
General

As pole dancers, we demand certain inalienable rights in the pursuit of our sport/dance/passion/hobby/career. The right to a positive experience. All pole dancers (studio owners, teachers, students, competitors, etc.) have the right to a positive and healthy experience in pursuit…

Pole dancers practice pole sits during a workshop.

Pole dancer executes a modified archer on stage.

Performer executes a straddle split and looks over her shoulder.

Pole dancer tears off her shirt on stage.

Dancers and participants twerk on stage.

Instructor spots a student practicing on a stage pole.

Costumed pole dancing troupe perform on stage.

Students on mats stretch their quads during a workshop.

Pole dancers line up head to toe in push-up position across the stage with each persons' toes resting on the shoulders of the person behind them.

Pole dancer executes a Russian split on stage.

Pole Dancer gestures offstage while transitioning between pole moves.

Participants gather around sitting on the floor while the workshop leader speaks on a microphone.

Students practice on stage poles during a workshop.

Roz the Diva oversees workshop participants.

PoleCon MCs chat off stage while performer executes a bent leg Ayesha.

Aerialist executes what would be a pole-equivalent of a Marion-Amber split in Lyra on a stage.

Students in a workshop practice chair dancing transitions.

Pole Dancer in red thigh high boots kicks while in superman pose.

Performer executes complicated hand-balancing flexibility maneuver.

PoleCon audience members clap during a performance.

Performer with a pink mohawk slinks across the stage.

Aerialist in lyra waves a doll at the audience.

Aerialist executes an inverted split on stage.

Students stretching on yoga mats during a non-pole workshop at PoleCon.

One Pole Dancer stands on the front thigh and shin of another Pole dancer balanced in a layback halfway up the pole.

Pole dancer performs on stage in front of a packed audience at PoleCon.

MCs talk excitedly into their microphones at PoleCon.

Pole Dancer leans back in stargazer while holding a large barbell.

PoleCon 2015

February 8, 2017
Colleen
Photos

Selection of photos from our 2015 event!

PoleCon MCs stare into the camera with their microphones.

Pole dancer executes a reverse double elbow.

Pole Dancer does a lean back and waves at the audience.

Pole dancer executes a front split on stage.

Student in a workshop sits on a stage pole and leans back.

Pole dancer executes a modivied jade split on stage.

Instructor guides their students through floor work during PoleCon.

PoleCon 2013

February 7, 2017
Colleen
Photos

Selection of photos from our 2013 event!

Young pole dancer executes a modified Allegra Split

Kids and Pole: An Interview with Paige Olsen

December 16, 2016
Colleen
Interview

We sat down with the pint-sized, pole phenom Paige Olsen and her mom Jennifer to learn how the younger generation is changing the face of pole. Colleen (C): Terminology can be a funny thing in our industry — do…

Lisette and Terri get interviewed at PoleCon.

Interview with Lisette and Terri

January 15, 2016
Colleen
Interview

Annemarie Davies from United Pole Artists in conjunction with our Gold Sponsor 123Poling.com, the best online resource for pole dance tutorials, talks with international doubles champions Lisette and Terri at PoleCon 2015! They talk about the duo's success, training in…

PoleBuff gets interviewed at their booth by 123TV during PoleCon.

Interview with PoleBuff

December 18, 2015
Colleen
Interview

Gold Sponsor and best place to get online pole dance tutorials, 123Poling.com, talks with PoleCon 2015 Vendor Pole Buff! Check out this awesome product that will clean your pole with ease! No more climbing with this telescoping arm! Perfect for…

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