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Candid dances and attractive movements are incendiary go-go in nightclubs and pole dance – pole dances. The heroines of the Woman`s Day material told how much they had to work hard to dance so awesome!
Who: fitness instructor, founder of the project “Fifteen to six”
– All my life I watched clips on MTV, taught movements from them, in parallel from the age of 14 I went to dances. Every day I had training in different studios: modern dances, modern jazz, contemporary. She performed with show ballet in competitions. And dreamed of dancing in clubs. I went to the Karabas nightclub and admired the girls dancing go-go.
Of course, I attended all the auditions I found out about, but they didn’t take me anywhere. Then I started teaching dance. But I have a punchy character – once I successfully passed a casting to the GOLD club, after which I was noticed and all the clubs began to invite me. And then it started spinning: Moscow, other cities … I became one of the most popular go-go dancers in Yekaterinburg.
I worked in nightclubs for 10 years! It was a great time. Of course, they paid little money, but this is such a thrill! Stylish people go to the clubs, and you involuntarily start to follow the fashion. They took pictures of me, recognized me, I was always in sight.
However, working in a nightclub has a profound effect on your lifestyle – it is very unhealthy. After all, at night you need to sleep, and during the day – to monitor the diet. Now I have a family, a child, the second is on the way. That’s why I don’t dance at night. But I continue to train in the gym. Dancing is my whole life!
Who: trainer in the disciplines Pole dance, Exotic pole dance and standing in the pole dance studio Pole Art
– I have been practicing on the pole for about 6 years. I was looking for a hobby with benefits for the body, but none of the directions fascinated me so much that after a couple of classes I did not start looking at the clock. Once I came to a pole dance class and realized that it was love the first time.
Pole dance for me is a test every time: whether I can overcome myself and do a new trick. At first, it was very painful to even just sit on the pole, not to mention any elements. I didn’t know how to do push-ups or pull-ups, when I started, there were no splits. But I, as if mesmerized, looked at the girls, who in the “twist” did several tricks in a row and were so graceful and light that I said to myself “I can do it too.” Even after 6 years of studying, I’m wondering what else I can do.
Pole training is quite serious sports training, and, unfortunately, there are falls and injuries. To eliminate such situations as much as possible, we use safety mats and explain safety precautions before performing any element. And, of course, everyone learns by increasing complexity. No one will give a beginner a difficult trick that he cannot cope with.
Who: trainer in the areas of Exotic pole dance and Pole dance
– I started dancing at school. At the age of 13 – but it seems that it was 100 years ago! The feeling that I can no longer remember the time when dancing was not in my life … Then I wanted to please one boy at school and went to dance to get ready for the school disco for the New Year. The school romance with the boy did not work out, but now I have a love affair with dancing and music.
Before pole dance, I was engaged in strip plastic and hip-hop. A friend called to the pole dance – she came from the next workout all bruised, but happy. It was about 7 years ago. I also really liked it, and now I have become a coach myself.
Who: choreographer, teacher of High heels, Strip, Vogue, dancer of the show-ballet “Phenomenon-a”
– I started dancing at the age of 18: a classmate at the institute invited me to a dance group. We started performing at various events. At some point, I wanted more: I started going to master classes with professionals, took lessons in completely different directions. But I was always drawn to feminine and graceful dances. At the same time, I got a job as a go-go dancer in a club.
Despite the opinion of most people about dancing girls in clubs, I have always considered the club scene one of the best for self-development. It was on it that I got my first experience of improvisation: the body gains freedom and finds new forms of dance.
I am a very reckless person, and having learned a thing or two in dancing, I began to take part in various competitions, championships of the city and region. Everything was not always easy, but I never stop there.
At the moment I am studying the art of classical dance. I have my own Just heels team. We are multiple winners of the city and regional championships in the Ladies show nomination. Last year alone we won victorious places at several Russian championships at once, but the prize places are innumerable! I also teach people to dance. I really love what I do, and this is the most important thing in any job.
Who: trainer in the areas of “aerial gymnastics”, Pole dance and “stretching”
– I started pole dance at the age of 17, as soon as I entered the university. And I learned about this direction of dance in the 10th grade when I saw a video on the social network. Then I could not understand – this is acrobatics or circus. I showed this video to my mother, she said that they were probably professional gymnasts, and it’s too late for me to start. And I continued to practice ballroom dancing.
Having entered the university, I moved to another city and decided to continue practicing ballroom dancing. I found a studio, came to class, but it turned out that the Latin group was closed, but in parallel the girls were engaged in pole dance. Of course, I immediately remembered the video that hooked me so much and began to study. The goal – to learn the same way – absolutely captivated me. I started to develop plasticity and learn all kinds of tricks. Of course, at first the whole body was bruised and abraded, but in training I spent all my free time. Then there were the first successes, performances and participation in competitions, prizes and medals.
Over time, I became a pole dance and stretching trainer, now I have my own author’s flexibility course, which allows an adult to sit on the twine as quickly as possible. Indeed, pole dance is most often attended by adults who need to do stretching.
Now I am carried away by the circus ring and I am developing in this direction.
Who: fitness instructor
– Before starting dancing in clubs, I worked as a singer. Then a friend needed a dancer in a pair for one event, and she called me. And from that moment I also began to dance. I have not studied go-go anywhere: this dance does not need good choreography, it is enough to move and look beautiful. At first she danced when called, then she became a resident of one city nightclub, and for two years she danced there every weekend.
In total, I have worked in this area for three years. She left last year – I got a young man who did not really approve of dancing in nightclubs. Well, I myself grew out of this and realized that this is a job for younger girls. Although sometimes I agree to dance at large-scale events.
Go-go is a very cool atmosphere, you combine business with pleasure: you hang out, and have fun, and you also got money for it. But when you work constantly, you get a little tired and over time you realize that now it is not for you.
Who: dancer
– My sister Aigul was fond of dancing. I remember that on City Day we went for a walk, and my parents allowed us to spend some time at the street disco. My sister was wearing tubular jeans and a British flag pill cap. And she danced so dashingly that adults with children came up to her to take a picture. I sat on the side and thought that I also want it.
I started watching MTV, my idol was J.Lo and r’n’b, hip-hop in general. I watched films about dancing, repeated the movements and demolished more than one shelf at home in a fit of dance. Once I got up with two feet in a bucket of water for washing the floor, as I moved with my back. And no matter how dad and sister waved to me, everything was in vain. It was funny!
When the school discos began, I did not miss a single one, I worked out all the dance tricks there. And I always dreamed of dancing on the big stage. There were many different dance castings and competitions. At one of these selections, it became clear to me: in order to dance in a club, it is not necessary to know the perfect dance. It’s enough just to be slim and pretty. An acquaintance called me and offered to pass the casting in the r’n’b club. Thank her very much for this call! On the same evening, I and other newbie girls started working at the Chili club. It was the best team in my memory! We taught each other to dance, celebrated birthdays and New Years together. We even passed exams together. It happened that romantic young people made proposals to our dancers, handed flowers, notes … In a word, for me it was a house where you come almost every night and dance with full dedication, no matter what your mood is. Through the dance, you leave all of yourself, all your emotions – whether you are happy or sad!
It is very important who you dance with in a pair or three. The ideal partner for me is Svetik, or, as everyone knows her, Svetlana Pineapple. What we didn’t do together on stage! She is my great friend, a ray of light.
To dance in a club, you need to look good. Previously, I prepared in almost two hours: the arrows in front of my eyes should be clear, eyebrows neat, lips painted symmetrically, tone – even, and hair beautifully styled. Over time, I learned to do make up in 10-15 minutes.
At first, the costumes were the most primitive: shorts, a beautiful bodice, a vest. Then, when I began to go abroad more often, I sewed to order. And now there are a lot of shops with beautiful lingerie, where you can easily pick up something for the stage – and rhinestones, and sequins, and lace …
The audience in the clubs is different. In the work of go-go I do not remember any very unpleasant situations. It is not very pleasant to hear opinions about dancers that they are all easy-going. Apparently, people love passions so much that they are ready to slander others. Once they told a heartbreaking story about me – I laughed to tears.
After dancing at the club for over two years, I left for personal reasons. But I’m happy that it was in my life!
Who: pole dance and stretching coach
– I liked dancing from the first grade. When I just went to school, my mother sent me to aerobics, which I studied for four years. After seven years she was fond of hip-hop. We went to various competitions, I really liked it all, but after school our team broke up, and I didn’t do anything for 2 years. And then a friend did not offer to do pole dance. At the first lesson, when in the middle of the workout I realized that I had no strength, and it was terribly painful, I wanted to leave. But something stopped me, and now I can’t imagine my life without this dance!
What I like most about pole dance is the variety of elements. I still wonder every time what the human body is capable of. This dance combines strength, flexibility and beauty!
Now I myself am a trainer, and at every lesson I hear from beginners: “No, not that hand …”, “The leg should go backwards, and you push your hand here”, “You cling to the pylon with your front leg, your back leg up … I don’t remember! ”. It is also very interesting to observe the children who come up with new tricks today, which I showed them at the last training session.
Who: head of dance and acrobatics studio Eclipse
– From 4 to 14 years old I went in for speed skating, athletics and short track speed skating, but due to an injury I had to quit. I began to engage in experimental and classical strip, private dance, lap dance, but I did not have enough workload, and I was looking for something more serious.
I saw an announcement from a friend in a dance studio about the opening of a new direction – half-trix (the same as half-dance). The coach was wonderful, the load was fine too, so I stayed.
The sports past helped me to climb the pole from the first lesson and even repeat some elements, although someone needs a month for this. But it took me six years to sit on the split on my right leg – an old injury and a lack of stretching in athletes made themselves felt.
Half-trix is not so much a dance as a gymnastic balancing act. Many people compare us to strippers, but we practice in shorts and T-shirts only because of the better grip on the polished mast – the pylon. Although it is still a very feminine and sexy dance.
Alena Zhitomirskaya, 30 years old
Who: florist
– In February 2015, I decided to take care of myself before the vacation – I came to the fitness studio. I was sucked in. After some time, I realized that just fitness is not enough for me. I started going to different trial classes and once got to pole dance. At first I thought that I could not do anything: it was painful and scary, the bruises did not go away for almost a year. But I just fell in love with this area, and went to training every day.
Gradually, things began to turn out that once seemed impossible. I wanted to improve, and I began to do strip-plastic, then exotic half-dance (exotic is a pole dance, like strip-plastic. And classical pole dance is no longer a dance, but power tricks).
And then I realized that I wanted to teach others myself. Now I am receiving additional professional education and at the same time I am studying at the courses of half-dance teachers.
These are always new elements, new acquaintances and emotions. The joy of controlling your body, overcoming yesterday’s fears. I am impressed by the fact that half-dance is not an ordinary fitness, where you need to do a lot of approaches and monotonous movements. Our trainings take place in one breath, very interesting and dynamic. And the effect is no worse!
Ekaterina Lovinskaya, 26 years old
Who: dancer
– It all started like most dancers: parents brought them to ballroom dancing at the age of 4. There I was taught a sense of rhythm and coordination. When I started working in pairs, I didn’t have a partner. So the ballroom dancing was over, because there was no point in continuing without a partner.
At the age of 10, I protested that I wanted to dance. At the age of 12, I joined the Etoile collective at the Youth Palace, where I stayed for 7 years. The collective specialized in pop dancing, with a slight bias in modern jazz. There I got a classical base from a ballet barre, long-suffering splits and great endurance. We performed at all events, worked at Christmas trees, participated in competitions and even went to Malta to participate in the festival.
Then I entered the institute, and the children’s team did not suit me anymore. Passed a casting to the support group of the UMMC women’s basketball team. And this was the first dance job for money!
A year later, I began to audition for nightclubs, but they told me that I was not their format. Later, the head of my dance group arranged for me in “Karabas”. The dancers were really cool there. If you go on stage, everything should be of the highest order: expensive suits, hair coloring, styling, tanning and manicure with pedicure. At the same time – no glamorous lifestyle: you need to really plow! Every dancer was a star. The guys gave me a lot of good advice on go-go: how not to wear out in the first two minutes, how to make accents, work in pairs. After the closure of “Karabas”, one-time go-go jobs began in different places. At the same time, I taught in dance studios. And later my friend and I organized a duet with a show program, we even worked in Japan for six months. When I returned, I was selected for the dream club – Gold. And then she worked in show ballet, in the dance theater “With a big heart”.
She also worked for several years in a club in Cyprus as a go-go dancer. Payment for one night here is 6 times higher than Russian! But the standard of living is also more expensive. I even managed to become a resident of one of the biggest clubs on the island.
And this winter I went to work as a go-go dancer and model in China. The salaries there are good, many girls stay for several years, since it is possible to accumulate very decent money.
Who: design engineer
– Even before school, I was engaged in choreography and ballet, but when I entered the first grade, it was not possible to attend classes. Already in the last grades of school, I realized that I really lacked movement, and began to try different directions: oriental dances, latina, strip dance. But 6 years ago I saw how girls practice on the pole, and it was so beautiful, airy and absolutely did not go, that I also wanted to try. Although I was able to climb the pole only after a month, I was very attracted by this direction, and I began to closely engage in pole dance.
After classes my movements became smoother, self-confidence, fire in my eyes appeared. 6 years ago pole dance was a new direction in dance, where everything was just developing, new elements and transitions constantly appeared. So we all studied together with the teachers!
Ekaterina Zanina, 23 years old
Who: choreographer
– I was very little when my parents offered to go to ballroom dancing. I was only 3 years old, but I remember that evening. Mommy and Daddy asked if I would like to learn to dance? I immediately began to try myself in a new image of a dancer: spinning, making a step. And then my parents admitted that the reason for this proposal was … my clubfoot legs.
As I got older, I decided to connect my life with dancing, graduated from the Faculty of Contemporary Dance at the Humanitarian University. In my first year, I tried myself in go-go, and for five years I danced in different clubs in the city.
And more recently, I returned from China, where I worked as a dancer for three months in one of the largest and most popular clubs – Par club – it is one of the hundred best clubs in the world! It was great! We met a huge number of good and creative people, worked with cool choreographers on large-scale venues, put on shows, danced go-go, saw unforgettable landscapes, got inspired!
Now I am also in the business of sending artists to China. We have a lot of talented and beautiful dancers and models, and abroad they value professionals and pay good money for our work.
Who: fitness trainer
– I worked go-go when I was a student, and it was convenient: on weekends you dance, on weekdays you study and train. But I cannot call it an easy job – you must always be collected, painted, well-groomed, fit, always smile and dance in heels for about 3 hours. The next day you feel tired, but happy, because you are doing what you love – you are dancing!
I left because I didn’t want to be a “girl dancing in clubs” anymore. Now I am actively developing in fitness, I am constantly studying, I read books on psychology, and the club sphere has remained a pleasant past.
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