Posts Tagged: ‘pole choreo’

How Tantra Fitness Won Me a Pole Comp

2013/08/31 Posted by MsAJL

I was recently in Vancouver to visit my mucho-prego sister and ended up experiencing a series of revolutionizing events. I love Vancouver, not just because of the rock climbing in Squamish or the fact that my sister just gave birth to the first grandchild in our family, but because she lives so close to Tantra […]

Pole Dance: Sport or Art?

2013/07/31 Posted by MsAJL

Ever since I saw Elvis Stojko lose artistic marks in the 1994 Olympics for his martial arts-inspired long program to a medley from Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, I have not been too keen on quantifying artistry. Most of me also feels that ranking things in order from The Best to… “not-the-best” is an exercise […]

Pole Progress in Performance

2013/01/14 Posted by MsAJL

YouTube thumbnails of Andrea James Lui rehearsal & performance Pole Terminator

I started pole dancing about a year ago. About 6 months in, I thought it’d be fun to do a pole dancing sketch with my comedy troupe, Asiansploitation. I was eager to perform what I had learned and also assure my family that I had not become a stripper. My favorite pole dancer in Toronto, […]

Pole Progress on Video

2012/05/10 Posted by MsAJL

YouTube thumbnails of Andrea James Lui pole combos

It all started with a Groupon. When one of my NGSC trio got engaged, we thought pole dancing would be the perfect celebration. What’s NGSC? That’s the Naughty Girl Social Club. So here I am in that first ever Intro to Pole class at Flirty Girl Fitness with Elena, who choreographed this dance that includes […]