Pole dance is a means of cultural expression that bears the rich history of “Little Egypt”, strippers, abolitionists, sufraggettes, scientists and so many others who come before us. Our own bodies imbue it with the stories of who we are and where we have come from. As students, and especially as instructors, we are custodians of this craft. Its culture and history become our own. It is because of who we all are, not in spite of it that pole dance is characterised by a passionate global community charged with joy, love, passion and empowerment. Pole fitness, sport and other forms of recreational pole are not “elevations” of pole dance, they are a celebration of its root in strip clubs and sex work, even when other seek to discredit it.

It all begins with an idea.