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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…

Dalijah Franklin from Black Girls Pole (BGP) gets interviewed at PoleCon

Interview with Dalijah Franklin, Black Girls Pole

November 27, 2015
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 Dalijah Franklin, the founder of Black Girls Pole at PoleCon 2015! Black Girls Pole is a movement…

Roz the Diva gets interviewed by 123TV at PoleCon

Interview with Roz the Diva

October 23, 2015
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 Roz "The Diva" Mays at PoleCon 2015! They talk about Roz's "Dangerous Curves" showcase, the first and…

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