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Child prepares for a spin around the pole on stage.

What do you think about kids and pole?

January 31, 2020
Lily T.
General

Kids and Pole...Yay or Nay? As a Victorian (Australia) pole studio recently came under fire by local news organizations, one of our own in the pole community was viewed in a negative light for teaching youth how to pole dance.…

Row of kids playing on various aerial apparatus.

Interview with Tanya Christopher (Vertical Kidz)

April 13, 2018
Mica Saunders
Interview

Tanya, a long time regular teacher at PoleCon, is bringing the first ever workshop geared specifically for kids! What made you want to start teaching kids? When younger I taught dance to kids for afterschool programs as well as over…

Feet in red stilettoes kicked up against a pole.

Pole Dancing as a Parent

June 23, 2017
Mina Vera
General

Pole Dancing, while becoming a little more mainstream, is still taboo in some circles. Pole dancing is associated with stripping, which is considered shady or immoral by some people. Should we tell our children that we love to pole dance?…

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!

Pole troupe with dancers in bright colors and one performer all in black as the center of attention.

POLING while PARENTING: A mix for hilarity at the best, tears at the worst

October 9, 2015
Lisa Adams
General

My kids were 6 and 9 when I opened my first pole studio. In all honestly, I really didn’t think about them when I made my decision to start my business. It never occurred to me that it would affect…

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