Confessions of a Pole-oholic

This year marks a first in the competitive pole world, the first ever MALE ONLY Pole Competition!



Mr Pole Dance will be held at the Factory Theatre Marickville (Sydney) on the 31st May and is not just for the Aussie guys it's open to international dancers as well!! 

So fellas, if you want to enter you need to head to www.mrpoledance.com.au and download the application form and get it in by 28th February 2013! All the competition rules etc are on the site!

I can't wait to see the boys strut their stuff on stage! Tickets go on sale March 11th at Ticketek 

You can also look up the Mr Pole Dance Page on Facebook to keep up to date with everything leading up to the comp!!

Billie
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Entry's for the Pole Candy 2013 Semi-Pro Championship are open and can be downloaded HERE!!

One thing I really want to work on more this year is my flexibility, over the break between terms Luxe ran two contortion workshops at Bobbis Gold and they were great, the first one we focused on splits and a bit of back bending and the second one on mainly back bending. 

This term I've enrolled in her flexibility class and after the first class today I'm pretty excited to see how much I can improve my flexibility.

I'm pretty flexible already, I can already do the splits on my left, right and centre, but when I do my front splits I always have my hips open instead of square. So that's my main goal at the moment, to get both my left and right splits with my hips completely square. I'm going to have to make sure that I stretch during the week when possible. I also want to improve my back and shoulder flexibility so I'll work on those as well. I also want to be able to get my leg behind my head in a leg mount on both sides as well as improve my overspilt in my middl…

Don't forget next Thursday on SBS at 11pm (in Australia) the Documentary Blood Sweat and Sequins will be aired!! So write it in your diary, set a reminder in your phone and set your IQ's to record! From the looks of the trailer it's going to be AMAZEBALLS!




Billie
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So I just realised that I totally forgot to post the video from the Pole Dance Academy Bond Girls comp last year. If I'm going to be totally honest it isn't the best performance I have ever done. 

After a few minor hiccups the Venue for the night was changed to The Club at Kings Cross the Wednesday before, having danced their before I knew the routine that I'd choreographed wouldn't work on the stage (the poles are pretty short) so I got to the venue a bit early to have a play on the poles and figure out what I could and couldn't do.  I have no idea what was going on with me that night, I had a couple of moments where I had mind blanks and did something silly like walk to the wrong pole (there is a speaker right near the pole on stage left that ends up getting kicked if you do anything that involves extending your leg) and at one stage I went to do a climb and half way through I decided not to because I remembered the pole was to short to do what I was going to do n…

I love YouTube, every now and then you come across something amazing! I came across a video last year of a Russian Pole Dancer Irina Savina and I was left speechless. She is so strong and flexible and has the stamina of.... ummm .... something that has a lot of stamina. I was having a look at one of her videos this morning and realised that it had only been viewed about 295 times which is a shame because the she's incredible! I've attached a couple of her videos here you can check out the rest on her YouTube Channel. 








Billie
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So it's a new year so time to set some new goals! AND STICK TO THEM!! I didn't really have many goals last year, I didn't write them down so I could make sure I worked for them, but this year that's going to change! 


First things first! I have a new pole book! It was hard to part with my old one, I love it, but it was falling apart so I decided it was time for an upgrade! Something a bit brighter so I went for a bright pink/orangeish number from Typo. I've also separated it into sections for certain performances/comps that I want to do this year. Each section has enough space for me to stick in pictures for costume ideas and write down combos and eventually the whole routine if I feel I need to! I also got one of Lou Landers Pole Goal Diary's for Christmas to help me be a bit more focused on what I want to achieve, it's fantastic, it has a section each month where you can write down your goals and two sections in the back to write more details on what your g…