The past 12 weeks, I’ve had the honor of being part of my studio’s second ever Student Performance Troupe. The Student Performance Troupe is a group of six students, led by one of our circus-school-graduate instructors, who spend 12 weeks…
Sometimes having access to so much information is a blessing and sometimes it feels like a curse—especially in the digital era when so much information is at our fingertips. Sometimes, we just want someone to tell us the “right” way…
What is an isometric movement? Let’s look at a bicep curl. In a bicep curl, you are bending and straightening your elbow. There are three types of muscle contractions that happen in the bicep curl: Concentric: the bicep muscle (on…
Many students come to pole dancing as adults and that offers a unique set of challenges. Setting up the challenge These adults have layers of movement compensation and sometimes unsaid expectations about their current movement patterns and future movement goals.…
Aside from being a captivating art form, pole dancing is also an intense discipline that requires consistent physical training. In that regard, pole dancers in Michigan consider pole dancing a form of physical fitness. Various parts of the body are intensely engaged…
I don’t know about you but I’ve been reminiscing about last year’s Pole Con, New Orleans 2021! It was long awaited due to the Covid Pandemic having stalled Pole Con 2020. This was the second Pole Con I’ve attended and…
I teach a LOT and I always feel (whether it’s true or not!) the pressure to be learning and teaching new things. Fortunately, I love learning but sometimes I get stuck and have no idea what moves I want to…
What is a Movement Cue? Movement is challenging as it does not have its own universal language. Even though movement in some ways can be universally experienced, it is taught, internalized, and understood (or not understood) through mimicking visual inputs…
Pole dancing is a fantastic way to stay fit, but it does bring with it a heightened risk of injury. In a study conducted by the University of Zielona Gora in Poland, researchers found that 36.7% of pole dancers will face an…
I absolutely HATE working out from home. Home is the place to rest, recover, and sleep. So far the corona virus quarantine has made me so physically, mentally and emotionally fatigued that I had a brain scan and even the…