Home to Mecca, Saudi Arabia is usually thought of as a highly religious, and often rather intolerant, country. But I was invited there to teach pole dancing. Women in Saudi Arabia Saudi is now the only country in the world where women are not allowed to drive. Women must also cover their bodies with … Read more →

A regular series showcasing moves from Pole Exercise DVD 1. Difficulty: Advanced The Half Flag is an eye-catching pose. It’s a very graceful move when performed properly, while at the same time showing demonstrating impressive strength and core control. About the Half Flag You’ve probably seen advanced pole dancers pivoting into a Half Flag at the top of … Read more →

There has been a revolution in pole design over in the past few years. Dance poles like the X-Pole have transformed what we can get – and what we now expect – from a fixed pole, with static and spinning modes, extensions to fit almost any room and load spreaders rather than ceiling screws. And … Read more →

I first saw Chinese pole on stage in the Cirque du Soleil show Saltimbanco, and it completely blew me away. I was amazed by the effortless grace of the acrobats as they worked on the poles, climbing to and dropping from dizzying heights through a sequence of death-defying tricks. If you haven’t seen … Read more →

Pole dancing is making an impact. When we last looked at pole grip aids in 2007 there were no grip products specifically made for pole dancers, but in this review half of the products are. We’ve tested the most popular pole dancing grip aids to let you know what will help you beat those sweaty … Read more →

We’re very excited to announce the release of a digitally remastered version of our first Pole Exercise DVD. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been hard at work reworking and improving the quality of the video. We’ve had a lot of comments from you about the DVD, some of it telling us what you liked (which is … Read more →

I’m starting teaching pole dancing at Kinesis Pilates Studio in a couple of weeks. I covered some lessons for a fellow instructor a few years ago, and it was wonderful to see what a personal interest the owner, Mel, took in pole dancing – she’s invested in four fabulously high poles for her studio in Ladbroke … Read more →

We’re really grateful for all of the support you were able to give us through DVDs for Haiti. Through your generosity we raised £530.18 (about $855) during our appeal week, and we want to say thank you to everyone who helped. Read more →

I’m sure you’ve all seen the shocking pictures from Haiti over the past few days. Haiti was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday, 12 January, destroying much of the capital, Port-au-Prince. The Red Cross estimates 100-200,000 people have died and up to three million have been affected. Haiti is a … Read more →

A regular series showcasing moves from Pole Exercise DVD 1. Difficulty: Intermediate There’s no doubt about it: inverting on a pole for the first time can be scary. Perhaps you’ve been pole dancing for a few weeks, building up your move repertoire and now you really want to try some of those amazing inverted poses. But there’s … Read more →