The Spin Diaries

02/27/2024

As an instructor, I'm a bit pickier with my music than I am dancing on my own. While I love *vibes*, it's hard to ignore demeaning lyrics in songs with great beats that I'd otherwise love to share with students. I don't know, I just feel like I'm promoting substance abuse or devaluing/objectifying yourself when I play this music, and I don't want students to associate pole with that kind of negativity....

As an instructor, I’m a bit pickier with my music than I am dancing on my own. While I love *vibes*, it’s hard to ignore demeaning lyrics in songs with great beats that I’d otherw…

09/19/2023

When people ask me what folks wear to my classes, I always think of that hilarious yet true Leen Isabel meme about the inverse relationship between how advanced students are and how little clothing they wear to class. I think it's because the super advanced, even pro, dancers are often the dancers putting out the most video and photo content, there's a common misconception that *everyone* who does pole goes to class in a bikini....

09/05/2023

Common misconceptions about pole: let's go! How many of these were you guilty of believing when you first started? You can't do pole without upper body strength I think because people see so much arm and grip stuff happening with pole, it's easy to think that the arms are doing all the work. But unless you're flexing the arms--ie. bending the elbows to pull up or lower down--the work is actually in your core to, like, support your body as you hang from your arm....