tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post3461433591760788913..comments2024-01-01T05:21:57.397-08:00Comments on Shimmy's Pole Diary: The Proliferation, Professionalisation and Sanitisation of Pole Competitions: Part 1 The Cleaning Up of Pole CompetitionsShimmy: www.michelleshimmy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830568746708335760noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-17806514379334948472020-02-25T15:09:13.794-08:002020-02-25T15:09:13.794-08:00Do you realize there is a 12 word phrase you can c...Do you realize there is a 12 word phrase you can communicate to your man... that will trigger intense emotions of love and impulsive attractiveness to you buried inside his chest?<br /><br />That's because hidden in these 12 words is a "secret signal" that fuels a man's impulse to love, treasure and look after you with his entire heart...<br /><br /> <b><a href="http://syntaxlinks.com/click/?b=2067343836159392579&p=373789581010964021&a=1&c=4&s=63f0c96b5df407562d863ac68b3ffd59" rel="nofollow">12 Words Who Trigger A Man's Love Response</a></b><br /><br />This impulse is so hardwired into a man's mind that it will drive him to try harder than ever before to make your relationship the best part of both of your lives.<br /><br />Matter of fact, fueling this all-powerful impulse is absolutely essential to achieving the best ever relationship with your man that the instance you send your man one of these "Secret Signals"...<br /><br />...You will soon notice him open his mind and soul for you in a way he haven't experienced before and he'll distinguish you as the one and only woman in the world who has ever truly appealed to him.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-6526701489898793002019-12-21T18:33:49.338-08:002019-12-21T18:33:49.338-08:00Pole Dancing is a lot more than something stripper...Pole Dancing is a lot more than something strippers do, it is an art form.<br /><br /><a href="https://skincityentertainment.com/skin-city-strippers/fresno/" rel="nofollow">Skin City Entertainment</a>Britney Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00323570835008688189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-39780556287620622017-11-18T03:27:01.424-08:002017-11-18T03:27:01.424-08:00DOWNLOAD $12,234 in 2 months GAMBLING App?
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Why is being sexy a "bad" example? <br />And again, the reality is that modern pole dancing originated in the strip clubs and made its way into the mainstream from there. Not the Chinese pole, not gymnastics, so why are we so determined to deny the roots of this awesome art form?<br />skramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837774799878035458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-48976536969450775502014-03-21T17:15:40.673-07:002014-03-21T17:15:40.673-07:00Thank you! I was having serious second thoughts ab...Thank you! I was having serious second thoughts about the pole convention in Las Vegas when I read several (not naming anyone) blogs about how they were "vertical athletes" and are offended when they get called "strippers". If anything I do is appropriate for a 7 year old to do or see, I must have really messed up. 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I really appreciate that you went out on a limb to embrace the stripper aspect, sanitizing pole dancing and making it appropriate for children is not an evolution, it's a tragedy.Whirled Piecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14673547126409072120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-5151018289219226122014-03-16T18:11:48.879-07:002014-03-16T18:11:48.879-07:00Trusted and standard performed male strippergrams ...<a href="http://im-entertained.co.uk/portfolio-items/female-stripper-manchester/" rel="nofollow">Trusted and standard performed male strippergrams</a> are surely dedicate your expecting materials that are priceless and you have there and also your crowds are capture the best moments in their life.Helen Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732540681774111328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-78682091327954271382014-02-26T14:01:18.201-08:002014-02-26T14:01:18.201-08:00Tammy that's a good point! It's true that ...Tammy that's a good point! It's true that venues often have a prejudice against pole events. Usually once it's over they love us though because the crowds at pole comps are always so well behaved! Shimmy: www.michelleshimmy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830568746708335760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-29437147330950967452014-02-26T09:21:34.183-08:002014-02-26T09:21:34.183-08:00If anyone wants sexy back, it's me, those are ...If anyone wants sexy back, it's me, those are my roots. I thought I would share an excellent example of why we have to do what we do. We had planned to have our Canadian Nationals at the Scotia Bank Theatre in Niagra Falls this year. We booked it in November but they had not sent the contract yet. One week ago we asked for the contract and they gave us some excuse that someone else had booked and they were very sorry. We asked for any other weekend in November and they told us it was fully booked and confirmed. I had my suspicions so I had someone else call to enquire and guess what.....they have lots of availability in November.....they just don't want our kind there. This is what we deal with every year. Last year, a manager at the Novotel caught wind of what we were doing and tried to pull the plug one week before the competition. So before everyone comes down on competitions, know that the "sterilization" of competitions is what has helped educate people and open minds to pave the way for even the possibility of bringing sexy back. I have been fighting this fight for 10 years now. If competitions had been sexy from the beginning, Pole Dancing would not be anywhere near where it is today, it would still be consider something that should stay in a strip bar. Tammy Morris - co-organizer of the Canadian National CompetitionAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17359727463733962271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-2640725934461414522013-10-16T20:45:02.695-07:002013-10-16T20:45:02.695-07:00i like youe post and thank's for your infromat...i like youe post and thank's for your infromation ^___^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-70063325500770283892013-08-01T11:47:20.204-07:002013-08-01T11:47:20.204-07:00Is it true porn stars & strippers are discrimi...Is it true porn stars & strippers are discriminated against? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510704191161401942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-76336335785768521262013-08-01T11:46:36.911-07:002013-08-01T11:46:36.911-07:00I loved your post!I loved your post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510704191161401942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-65228399868987292532013-07-30T15:02:54.174-07:002013-07-30T15:02:54.174-07:00I have spent weeks trying to put in to words why I...I have spent weeks trying to put in to words why I do not wish to compete and you have come along and put it so beautifully in to words. We need more of a variety of competitions, all I see are the same competitions with a different name every few weeks and don't get me wrong, like you, I do enjoy them. I just want variety. I want freedom and I want sensuality and sexuality.<br /><br />http://spinninglovestory.tumblr.com/Bexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440996768825074540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-17802456579265695032013-07-30T13:43:52.708-07:002013-07-30T13:43:52.708-07:00I haven't competed myself. I have been self ta...I haven't competed myself. I have been self taught most of my time as a "poler" and I admit, I take my husband to the local strip joint to watch the dancers, (they have good burgers too!) I told my husband, I would make a terrible dancer, because I don't want to shake my booty for a dollar, I would be on the pole the whole night. He understands and I think is very happy about that! Well, I did ONE amateur competition with a local radio station. I saw the other girls I was up against and most of them were really good. (they were not allowed to be real strippers.) Anywho, it was between me and other girl who did do other competitions and knew a lot of holds and moves that I did not. I kept it sexy, wore my thigh high boots (really for better hold) and flung my hair a bit and shook my booty, well I tied her for 2nd place! I couldn't believe it! I'm gonna keep it sexy for sure. Lulu989https://www.blogger.com/profile/15842906195552757761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-9549765679616694742013-07-30T07:40:22.864-07:002013-07-30T07:40:22.864-07:00I too have dropped out of the competition scene. W...I too have dropped out of the competition scene. When I first started pole it was never to compete it just kind of happened. I did a few competitions and did well! I also teach competitive dance for kids (pole has way more rules than dance) and it got to the point where one of my studios completely stopped doing competitions. Sometimes competitions take the fun out of what you are doing. Instead of competitions the kids perform 6-7 per year and they love it! The benefits of pole to me are the friends you make and that feeling of accomplishment when you finally get that trick and your friends are all happy for you! So I'm happy just performing and practicing pole for myself and for exercise. And if I get to perform a couple of times a year I see it as GREAT bonus for my hard work!LoveLiveLearnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129152531826960913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-59649336272012175832013-07-29T17:28:46.368-07:002013-07-29T17:28:46.368-07:00THANK YOU for writing this! I have literally been ...THANK YOU for writing this! I have literally been less and less interested in pole, less motivated to blog about it and generally disenchanted with it in the past yer or two. I never started pole dancing to become a Cirque artist or a gymnast. And I think the sexuality of pole is exactly what makes it so riveting and unique. Like I have been saying since 2010 we have an opportunity as pole dancers to use pole dancing as a vehicle for changing the way a culture views female sexuality and beginning to heal the Madonna-Whore split that is so pervasive in so many cultures today. It saddens me to see this split begin to be repeated in the pole community. Claire Griffin Sterretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768083769041629031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-32898829836876784792013-07-27T13:18:11.357-07:002013-07-27T13:18:11.357-07:00I wish everyone in the world could read this. You&...I wish everyone in the world could read this. You've said everything I wanted to say ever since I had entered the pole community in my country. It's good - and also bad - to know that Brazil's problem with sexuality, gender and expression are not unique in some way. I would love to have people to talk about these questions, the many sanitarian rules are also applied here. In other hand we also have a competition for the sexy side of pole dancing (miss pole dance glamour).<br />I tend to think that this dichotomization of styles is a very common social phenomenon that reflects the barrier between dance/sports, art/science and many others. As close as "pole dancing" gets to the mainstream media and institutions, it gets more sanitazed.<br />I really admire you as a dancer and writer and I love reading your blog (you owned my views when I read your post on being pole dancer and feminist)! :)<br />anxious for the second part!Biancahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190927468040873300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-72519670272913384842013-07-27T11:01:32.600-07:002013-07-27T11:01:32.600-07:00Stay tuned for Part 2 Philip for more on that topi...Stay tuned for Part 2 Philip for more on that topic :-)Shimmy: www.michelleshimmy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830568746708335760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-70782424184522920922013-07-27T10:56:23.650-07:002013-07-27T10:56:23.650-07:00I really appreciated it Shimmy... I wish you would...I really appreciated it Shimmy... I wish you would have also voiced your opinion about who can and can not compete, the discrimination of porn stars and strippers in these competitions... Love PhilipAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121013652318313894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-9242626019404015772013-07-27T10:46:09.175-07:002013-07-27T10:46:09.175-07:00This is an excellent article. While I am not a fan...This is an excellent article. While I am not a fan of the 'stripper' style of pole, I also agree that some competitions have too many rules. I had to modify a Beauty and the Beast routine for the Canadian Nationals because I wanted to take off a piece of clothing. There have also been times where I would like to use pointe or ballet shoes, but shoes are banned. <br /><br />Some sexy can be awesome, for example I loved your ballet girl gone bad MPDA routine. Sexy can be creative. <br /><br />However, I do understand some of the rules. We are still working at making the general population understand that just because we pole does not mean we strip. This takes example-setting (like classy or gymnastic style pole routines and competition), time and alot of patience. BendyJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284509788614666115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-11556230521071657712013-07-26T12:10:36.283-07:002013-07-26T12:10:36.283-07:00Thank you so much for saying this. I was having t...Thank you so much for saying this. I was having this exact conversation with Aimee (StarrGrrl)a few weeks ago. Seems our "breed" is dying out and more of a novelty, which makes me sad because it's the reason many of us veterans got into in the first place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590568966791615399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-38350531056526127372013-07-26T11:25:52.237-07:002013-07-26T11:25:52.237-07:00Shimmy, I love it! This reminds me a little of a p...Shimmy, I love it! This reminds me a little of a post I wrote last month for UPA ... "In Defense of Exotic Dancers." I'm super proud of that piece, and if it changes not one single mind, it's still important to me that I wrote it. http://unitedpoleartists.blogspot.com/2013/06/in-defense-of-exotic-dancers.html<br /><br />I think the Pole Theatre competition sounds FANTASTIC FANTASTIC FANTASTIC!!! GMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621138515920231581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-53966659553133383222013-07-26T04:56:24.125-07:002013-07-26T04:56:24.125-07:00Shimmy, you were right about hip-hop culture, its ...Shimmy, you were right about hip-hop culture, its growing more and more every day so as pole-dancing, but the first one has more freely form, there are no rules almost, you just have to feel the beat, and wins the one who better can transform it into moves. As pole-dance requires good physical shape and a lot of sport skills it goes to the technical part of dance not just as expression of your personality. Nice article, thank you!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08774873518315745882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-64129762835023136892013-07-26T04:34:51.969-07:002013-07-26T04:34:51.969-07:00I've always thought we have enough pole fitnes...I've always thought we have enough pole fitness competitions and it would be great to have a pole competition devoted to being sensual and smooth. Or maybe a prize at competitions the way we have prizes for best entertainer or best costume - a prize for Miss Sex Appeal lol ;)<br /><br />What I love about pole is that you can bring anything to it and make it your own. It can be about fitness, but it can also be about feeling sexy. You can incorporate ballet or gymnastics or burlesque or martial arts or any form of movement - it's a very creative form of dance that is personal to you.jenova-amaranthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957266202127101147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064027486535175574.post-10895574749698924832013-07-26T02:39:52.686-07:002013-07-26T02:39:52.686-07:00Where can we find more information about Dance Fil...Where can we find more information about Dance Filthy? :) Sounds WONDERFUL!Bardothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897154634783182891noreply@blogger.com