5 Things You Need to Pole Dance Beautifully

A Common Misconception

Sometimes newbie pole dancers will get it in their head that they need to pole at a championship level before it will be any fun to watch them dance.

Not so.

Sure, I get where the feeling is coming from – you’re scared you won’t give a good show, or you think the audience won’t like you.

But, really, it doesn’t matter how advanced a pole dancer you are, you can do a great pole dance. Really.

Here are the five things you need to do it:

1. Smooth Transitions

This may surprise you, but, to me, transitions are the most important part of a pole dance. They connect the moves, they give the sensuality, and they are a great place in which to convey mood.

Luckily, there are many, many transitions that are easy for beginners to master. Think of graceful pivots, smooth turns and pirouettes around the pole. Think about sensual ways to move beside the pole, and transition from floor back to standing.

A standard part of any pole dance workout should be the transitions – not only because they are beautiful, but because they need to be second nature. You need to learn to move with the pole naturally, without having to think about it. When you practice transitions, you learn the ways your body can fit around the pole and how to move with it. This allows you to improvise more easily during a performance, and that’s a huge help should you ever confuse your footing or get off balance.

Most important of all, a good transition puts the perfect finishing touch on a dazzling pole move. There’s nothing worse than seeing a beautiful move followed by a lousy transition – it makes the entire dance thud to a stop.

2. Dance Ability

This one is actually related a lot to doing transitions, because, if you stop to think about it, transitions are really all about dancing when you’re not on the pole. So, you can either learn how to dance without using the pole and translate that into your transitions, or you can learn a huge array of transitions and you will find you can dance beautifully. It all feeds together.

But, no matter how you do it, you still need to be able to dance. It may sound odd, but being able to dance in pole dancing is more important to an audience than being able to do a bunch of extraordinary moves. Dance ability will tie simple moves together gorgeously.

3. Moves You Can Do Well

Here’s where we get to the pole moves. When you workout, you can do whatever moves you like – and you should. That’s your time for practicing and learning new things. For a performance, though, you want to focus on what you know how to do really well. That’s because you want your movements to seem effortless on stage – and that’s not possible until you’ve mastered the move itself.

So, choose moves for a performance that you already know and that you can do very well. Sure, if you have time to prepare, you can work in a new move – but have a backup plan. If the day of the show arrives and you still can’t do it reliably, scrap it. Better to dance at a less advanced level than look clunky at a higher one.

4. Appropriate Music

And, no, I don’t mean music with no sexual content. (Where would be the fun in that?) Here I’m talking about music being appropriate to your skill level. Some music is really hard to pole to – it can be very, very fast and you can’t keep up with it, or it can be very, very slow and you can’t do your moves with sufficient control to match the pace.

Be selective with your music – it’s not enough to like it; you have to be able to move with it. When it speeds up, you need to be able to speed up. When it gets slow and sensuous, you need to be able to hold your moves to that rhythm.

5. Safe Technique

No one can pole dance beautifully if their shoulder is coming out of socket. Learn to hold your body in the correct position and all your moves will show the benefit of it. This includes listening to your body and taking rests when needed – your body can’t build muscle or gain flexibility if you’re too tired. And safe technique also means looking for a pole dance teacher who knows how to teach you proper conditioning. Good technique begins with good training.

A Sure-Fire Crowd Pleaser

There you have it – the five essentials to any good pole dance performance. With these in your repertoire, you’ll be sure to steal the show!

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Tags: Pole Dance, Pole Dancing

December 14, 2009 - Posted by PoleSkivvies No Comments
Filed under: Putting the Dance Back in Pole Dance