Posts Tagged: ‘photos’

Pole Dancing with an Actor

2014/01/26 Posted by MsAJL

I recently got to train with one of my all-time favourite pole dancers and she taught me one of my all-time favourite tricks… and it’s not even a pole trick – it’s more of a riff on my favourite yoga pose, The Locust, made extra wicked by Sergia Louise Anderson. We actually ran out of […]

‘Twas the night before Christmas… and there’s an elf on the pole…

2013/12/23 Posted by MsAJL

Andrea James Lui as Christmas pole trick Half Split by Raph Nogal Photography

I’ve gushed elsewhere on the Internet about my favourite photographer, Raph Nogal… He’s been shooting my sketch comedy troupe in Toronto for the past 5 years (making us look way cooler than we are…) and a few months ago, I was lucky enough to cross paths with him at the new Pole Incorporated studio to […]

Ontario Pole PHOTOS!

2013/12/17 Posted by MsAJL

Andrea James Lui performing at Canadian Pole Fitness Association's 2013 Ontario Pole Fitness Championships

I’ve finally got some photos to share from the Ontario Pole Fitness Championships this past August! We were performing in a banquet hall, so the lighting was not necessarily ideal… but the photographer did capture these cool shots (I’m sparing us – you and me – all of the bent-legged/crotch shots!) Titanic Variation Pencil Spin […]

Combos Cleo Taught Me

2013/07/25 Posted by MsAJL

I did a semi-private workshop with Cleo and she gave us several split-heavy combos to work on, including these: She also autographed her training DVD for me, with which I’ve been torturing myself several times a week – and I can already feel my legs growing longer, straighter, and FLEXIER! Check it:

Aerial Art Photography: My 1st Pole Shoot!

2013/07/17 Posted by MsAJL

Andrea James Lui pole trick Cocoon by Jessie May

Yet another love letter to Arena Pole Studio… Just before I left the merry ol’ land of Oz, Fontaine organized a photo shoot for us with Jessie May, who specializes in aerial art photography. Jessie was an incredibly good sport – fun, friendly, and very patient with all 13 of us who showed up that […]