The International Pole Convention AKA PoleCon is the original pole convention type-event. This year it’s running from June 4-7th in New Orleans and is now one of a growing number of pole industry events held annually in the US. I…
PoleCon workshop leader, studio owner, sexy pole beast—we sat down to talk with the extraordinary dancer, Michula Nunez from California. Mica: How did your pole journey start? How old were you? How many times a week do you exercise?…
I want to talk about the F word in pole. No, not one that you have to pay a sound editor to bleep out for your competition routine. I’d like to talk about fatness. I will be at PoleCon this…
When you’re alone in the studio or on the pole at home what’s playing through your stereo. Is it Taylor Swift “Shake it off” Future “Move that Dope”, One Direction “Story of my life”! There are so many different genre…
So as I’ve written before, I’m huge fan of Crossfit and a massive promoter of the positives that it brings to polers, and vice versa. As some of you may be aware, the 2015 Crossfit Open is currently going on…
So you’re going to do it! You just hung up the phone and the appointment is made. Tomorrow at 7pm. You have your own reasons for signing up, we all did. Your very first pole class! But you can feel…
Shortly after I decided to work on getting my splits back, it occurred to me “why stop there?” I used to be a noodle, Gumby, if you will. Just because I was well into my 30s shouldn’t deter me from…
All of us dance in different ways and for different reasons. For some, it's very personal and only ever happens inside of the studio classroom, or at home. But often as dancers grow more advanced, they want to take to…
At the age of 10, I was checked for scoliosis in a routine public-school screening for 5th graders. It was determined that I had begun developing a fairly balanced backward S curve in my spine. The upper part of my…
Studio owner, competitor and all around adorable, pint-sized pole-pixie, we sat down to talk with the phenom that is Ashley Fox. Mica: How did your pole journey start? How old were you? How many times a week do you…