Posts Tagged: ‘pole dance’

Hot Tricks with Alethea Austin

2012/08/20 Posted by MsAJL

Andrea James Lui pole tricks Shoulder Mount Splits

My blog’s been hibernating for the last while, but I’m back to write about my pole workshop with Alethea Austin at Brass Vixens Downtown. The essence of her Hot Tricks class was not to teach the most difficult tricks, but to focus on the most impressive tricks. Frequently, difficult does not equate impressive because more […]

Spinning Pole vs. Static Pole

2012/05/22 Posted by MsAJL

YouTube thumbnails of Andrea James Lui pole combos spinning vs static

Remember when I posted this combo in my Pole Progress on Video blog? I’m on a 45mm spinning chrome pole at Brass Vixens Leslieville and the combo again is Fireman Climb – Straddle Invert (aka Inverted V, Helicopter, Chopper) – Outside Leg Hang (aka Gemini) – Inside Leg Hang (aka Scorpio) – Front Crucifix – […]

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 […]

Pole Tricks: Jade

2012/04/13 Posted by MsAJL

Andrea James Lui pole trick Jade

This trick is called Jade (aka Jade Splits, Deville). There are two points holding me on the pole: the inside of my thigh squeezing the pole against the side of my waist with the help of my opposite arm pulling my leg toward my chest and the inside of my chicken wing arm squeezing the […]

The Truth About Pole

2012/02/28 Posted by MsAJL

YouTube thumbnails of Felix Cane, Zoraya Judd, Oona Kivela, Alethea Austin, and Wilson Alexander

It’s part dance, part fitness, part acrobatics, and it’s not just for strippers anymore. Actually, it was never just for strippers. The circus has Chinese pole – which tends to be a male-dominated apparatus because of the strength and fitness required – and although their poles are longer and stickier *tee hee hee* some of […]