Advice for an Enjoyable Pole Dancing Journey

I don't believe that there is only so much you can do on a pole. The possibilities are endless. I think of it like driving on a journey, only I don't have a map or even know where I am going. Though I have some idea where I would like to. Even though I don't know where I am going, I am enjoying myself, as I like being on this journey. If I get to the end of one road, I choose a different turning and take that route. Who knows where it will go?

I would have to find another discipline to focus on if I felt if I could do all I could on the pole. Right now the thought is inconcievable and it would be a very sad event too. There are so many different forms of movement that can be incorporated and music options are infinite, that if I believed that nothing more could be done, for what reason would there be to try to achieve more? Don't rush your pole dancing journey. Enjoy your progression. A slow gentle journey is way more enjoyable than a rushed, driven competition. A little competitiveness is good for you and admiration of other pole dancers is a good thing, but too much is destructive and can lead to bitterness and resentment. When looking upon a pole dancer who you think is great, do not try to be like them although you can learn from them, be yourself and be the best that you can be. Be the best that you can be and don't ever forget why you started pole dancing in the first place.

Strip clubs and their links to pole dancing

Strip club owners and strip club goers trying to normalise stripping and strip club culture and present it as harmless fun by using the rise of pole dance lessons and pole dance schools as an example. Some when performing pole dance are normalising sexual behaviour and not presenting their pole dancing as a dance form that will ever be taken seriously.

I feel that you should explore floor work and sensual movement in order to progress artistically, but it should not be performed on stage to a 'lay' audience, if ever pole dancing is to be taken seriously as an art form separate from what is performed in strip clubs. I also think although in private you should wear whatever attire you so choose, If you are presenting pole dancing as something separate from what is performed in strip clubs, you should dispense with the shoes and raunchy clothes, sexual behaviour and refrain from removing clothing otherwise it will never be seen as separate or taken seriously.

I am not suggesting that pole dancing becomes sterile as any female dance form can be sensual and beautiful and females seen as objects regardless of intent. It is the intent that is important.

If you perform pole dancing anywhere other than in a strip club and want pole dancing to be taken seriously you have a responsibility to do this. Otherwise it will never happen.

Please discuss.