9 September 2011 No Comments
By Devon Francis.
Pole dancing is an art that requires both balance and strength, and if it?s done right, it can tone up just about every muscle in the body. It?s no surprise then that it?s becoming so popular. All across Britain, both men and women are swapping their Pilates mats and exercise bikes for a 9 foot pole.
It is thought that dancing travellers contributed to its foundations after using their tent poles for their performances. The ?fitness sport? is now seen as a combination of dance, fitness and gymnastics by professionals and physically, a very good form of exercise.
Vertical Dance, members of the Register of Exercise Professionals are firm believers that pole fitness should be accepted as a reputable form of fitness, so much so they created a petition pushing for the 2016 Olympic games to feature the controversial sport.
Emma Simmonds, Director of Pole Performers Pole Dancing School in Bournemouth and Miss Pole Dance UK finalist for the past three years, agrees. She believes pole dancing is just like any other form of dance, having taken part in all genres from cabaret to classical ballet.
Emma said: ?You can?t knock it until you try it. You have to give it a go and you?ll see it?s great for fitness and will tone up your whole body. You?ve got to keep at it like everything else. It?s not an easy sport but it?s definitely a sport. It?s gymnastics on a vertical pole, there?s no doubt about that.?
Emma set up her school in 2004 and describes pole dancing as ?fitness and fun?. She prides the activity as being professional ? a far cry from what critics have called it.
Chloe Cook, President of Bournemouth Student?s Feminist Society argued: ?It?s saddening that women today are still putting so much focus on men and pleasing them. It was designed to turn men on for money not to empower women and release them from sexual oppression. When a woman is on a pole, she is an object, something to be looked at.?
The growing numbers of pole dancing schools and classes all over the UK can?t be ignored. At present, there are five in Bournemouth alone, and whilst none seem to market their classes as for anything other than fitness, across the country, some pole dancing schools have named their classes ?Pole Seduction?.
Emma points out that there is a big difference between pole dancing as a seductive form of dance or as a form of exercise. She says her school doesn?t have these classes.
?They are very different, going to a class once a week or doing it in a club. Obviously you?re doing it for money there and this time you?re doing it for fitness.?
?It actually empowers women, it takes a lot of strength and gives women a lot of confidence no matter what size or age she is; everyone can have a go at it.?
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Source: http://bhbeat.com/17573/pole-dancing-a-fitness-phenomenon-or-seedy-seductivity
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