Aerial Hoops and Silks with Pole Passion

Pole Passion is proud to present their next hoops and silks session
Saturday 13th November 2010



Aerial HOOP & SILKS Workshops

Venue: Taylors Retreat Farm Aerial & Pole Studio, Capel

Date: Saturday 13th November 2010
Time: 11am-1pm Hoop, 2pm-4pm Silks

Price: £40 per workshop or £60 full day

You will also have an opportunity to have a 1-2-1 lesson at £75 for the hour

Limited places

Astra has been working in the circus entertainment industry for the last ten years as an aerialist and circus performer. Specializing in aerial hoop and silks but also skilled at static trapeze, doubles trapeze, rope and cloudswing. She is now keen to pass on her knowledge of the aerial arts to anyone who is interested in learning. She is also a qualified yoga teacher and has discovered a love of teaching during recent years through teaching pole dancing for fun, fitness and confidence.

Due to the success of the sessions Astra will be teaching another 2 hour mixed ability workshop in hoop and silks. These sessions are suitable for complete beginners wanting to try these skills out, for those who have got the aerial bug and want more and also for those old timers who just can’t get enough of it! No previous experience is necessary but I would advise any newcomers that the ability to do an unassisted pull up or an inversion is a requirement as this is an aerial class and we will be needing some basic upper body strength in order to climb and use the equipment.

Hoop and silks are classic pieces of circus aerial equipment. During the session we will learn how to use the equipment safely, a basic vocabulary of moves and positions, along with technique and conditioning exercises, as many tricks as we can fit in and for the more advanced students we will be working on short sequences of moves.

Please wear comfortable training clothing that covers the legs such as leggings, tracksuits, catsuits etc. We will be working in bare feet. Some people find it useful to bring training gloves for doing hoop as they find that their hands become sore.
Benefits: You will develop core strength, particularly in the upper body and stomach regions, flexibility, agility, confidence and a new skill!

Please note that these sessions are challenging so come fully prepared to work hard!


call 0871 318 3838 to book your space

www.polepassion.com

Jass Foley Photos in the Swiss Alps

Pole exploring the Swiss Alps

Dates in Zurich: 29th September to 5th October 2010

Dates available to shoot: 30th September to 4th October 2010

What: Exploring the Alps and the area around Zurich with the light weight and portable R pole www.r-polefitness.com a crew, and a whole load of camera equipment. Shoots will last about 4 hours. The aim is to create spectacular images with the portable pole and the very best performers in the world. We will aim to shoot either at sunrise, at sunset, or at night.
What you will get: 6 images. These will be given as a full resolution digital copy which you will have permission to use in any way you wish to promote yourself- facebook, twitter, youtube, newspaper, magazine, personal website etc.
What it costs: €500.
Travel: Travel will be included, but if you have a car there travel cost can be included.

Who to contact: Jass Foley, Photographer: info@jassfoley.com,
00353 (0)861687194.

Full details are available at www.jassfoley.com/zurich



Jass Foley, photographer and director of photographer, will be in Zurich from September 28th to October 5th 2010 for the World Pole Sport & Fitness Championships. With a background in advertising, commercial and fashion photography, the Alps provide an alluring challenge to image creation for Jass. Having dived into photographing Pole Sport, this is an opportunity to take the amazing talent of these athletes into the equally spectacular Alps. Below is a short video showing some previous shoots and some pole images.

"The aim of this is creating spectacular images. It is an opportunity to have promotional and advertising images for pole instructors and performers from a truly unique setting. I'm doing this for sheer love of the creative process and my desire to push the boundaries of what can be done photographically. Head into the mountains with a portable pole? Sounds like a challenge to me!” For a very modest €500 (roughly £410 or $635), have a portfolio of 6 images created at one of these location shoots to use as your own promo and advertising material.

“I'm from an advertising background, where images are strictly licensed and controlled. This is not the case here. This is a passion project. You can use the images in any way you want. Put them on Facebook, your website, newspapers, magazines etc. Within reason of course- if the image will be projected on the surface of the moon, I might want an extra few Euro.”

As for the logistics of it all, I will be driving with my crew from Ireland. We will be arriving in Switzerland late on Tuesday 28th of September. We will be scouting locations on Wednesday 29th of September. We will be leaving Zurich on Tuesday October 5th. Depending on demand, we will arrange as many shoots as possible. This is a rather individual process that needs to be discussed with each person to create images that are unique to you. Locations ideas are Interlaken, the Stelvio Pass (just across the Italian border) and of course Lake Zurich and the surrounding hills. Translators and transport will be arranged by me as needed, but if you have a car with you, all the better.

I will also have Richard Geraghty, an award-winning director, with me recording behind the scenes video.
The beauty of this project is that it is not set in stone. As you can see from the video below, my shoots are fun and free flowing (but are actually meticulously planned in pre-production). We want ideas and inspiration. We want to hear from you!

If you are interested in joining Jass and you are a proficient poler please get in touch to discuss and organise.

info@jassfoley.com


00353 (0)86 1687194
www.jassfoley.com


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World Pole Dance 2010 - The Contestants

24 countries 38 contestants The biggest pole event in History

Zurich Switzerland presented by Pole Passion & Loft1
Friday 1st Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd October



Felix Cane 2009 champion - Australia
Allegra Australia
Roxana Vacca - Roxfly Argentina
Maria Luz Escalante Argentina
Mona Arbinger Austria
Ines Beranek Austria
Tanya Garbuz Belarus
Sarah Cavenaile Belgium
Rafaela Montanaro Brazil
Grazzy Brugner Brazil
Aline Kerber Brazil
Crystal Lai Canada
Oona Kivela Finland
Laurence Hilsum France
Doris Dorothee France
Estella Siebel Germany
Jeannine Wilkerling Germany
Simone Le Germany
Hanka Venselaar Holland
Melody Rose Hong Kong
Jo Robson Ireland
Arlene Caffrey Ireland
Alisa Pleskova Israel - Tel Aviv
Valeria Parsi Italy
Diana Hamm Mexico City
Melanie Brown * New Zealand
Elena Shishkova Russia
Kulagina Anzhela Russia
Anastasia Skukhtorova Russia
Julia Iririna Russia
Yevgeniya Stöcklin Switzerland
Karin Suter South Africa
Karen Chaundy United Kingdom
Alesia Vazmitsel United Kingdom - third place 2009
Maxine Betts * United Kingdom
Alethea Austin USA
Jenyne Butterfly USA - runner up 2009
Zoraya Judd USA

* unable to attend
list correct as of 22nd September 2010


for more information - visit
www.worldpoledance.com

French Pole Dance Championships 13th September 2010

Pole Passion head to -
Competition Française De Pole Dance


This will be France’s second year in having a Pole Dance Competition created
by Mariana Baum who runs a pole school called “Pole Dance Paris”.
Mariana will be representing The World Pole Dance Federation and is hoping that this competition will open more people’s minds in France, as to what a beautiful art form pole dancing is.
Pole Passion are very proud to be invited and to be supporting Mariana and her team for the French Pole Dance National competition. Chief director Kay Penney has been chosen to be one of the judges for this competition!
It was only in May 2010 Kay was just judging in Switzerland for the Miss Pole Fitness Switzerland, National championships and she will be heading off to Hungary to support and judge their Miss Pole Dance Hungary National Championships too on 18th September 2010. Kay who is founder of Miss Pole Dance UK in 2005 and World Pole Dance has supported over 28 National and international pole competitions across the globe culminating in the World Pole Dance Championships on October 2nd In Zurich visit www.worldpoledance.com for more information.

The French Pole Dance National competition will be held in Paris on the 13th of September 2010
For more information please click on this link:

http://www.poledancecompetition.fr/finalistes.html


www.worldpoledance.com
www.polepassion.com

The People's Choice Award ~ World Pole Dance 2010

‘The People’s Choice Award’
WINNER
World Pole Dance 2010
~ sponsored by Mighty Grip ~

A fun award where the audience can be involved in the judging process too during the finals at the World Pole Dance Championships

Mighty Grip is offering a fantastic $500.00 US bank check (chq) to the winner of the
‘People's Choice Award – World Pole Dance 2010’.

The voting is to be done by the audience during the judge’s deliberation and final raffle prize ticket purchase.

12 boxes to be set with the names of the competitors on the outside. A vote is made by placing a donation in the box - suggestion of $1.00 , £1, 1 Euro or 1 Swiss Franc in the box with the name of the person on a slip of paper (supplied by the box)
Paper to be used for counting purposes!

The monies collected are to be donated to Breast Cancer charity – amount added and advertised after the event

Mighty Grip is offering a trophy

Whooo hoooooo Thank you so much Joel the competitors will be delighted

What will the audience be looking for??
• Crowd entertainment
• Music choice
• Charisma
• Fun
• Entertainment value
• Costume

for more inforamtion and to ourchase raffle tickets visit
www.worldpoledance.com

Pole Passion proudly presents Maxine Betts Master Class September 2010

We are pleased to announce that the next
Master Class by Maxine Betts
is on
Sunday September 12th ~ 11-30 am to 4pm

This master class is suitable for all abilities although a good foundation of pole dance experience is highly recommended.

Maxine known well for her versatility in teaching will be hosting the day long Master Class at the fabulous Taylors Pole Studios, Capel

The format of the day will be the following:-

11.30am Arrival and registration

11.45am Meet and greet + Demonstration

12.00pm Spins & combination workshop - perfecting and progressing

1pm Lunch Break

1.30pm Intermediate/ Advanced tricks and drops workshop, perfecting and adapting

3pm Break

3.15pm Pole Ab attack off the pole !! ~ learn how to build core strength to progress & strengthen your moves – this section will make you sweat!!

3.45pm Questions, your pole photos and certificates

4pm Finish

The cost is just £60 for the whole day which is great value for money
Please bring a light packed lunch and refreshments, there are shower facilities on the venue for your use if you wish ~ Please bring your own towel
FREE parking on site also

Just email back if you wish to reserve your place or call 0871 318 3838 or 01293 888200 if you wish to register (just a £30 non refundable deposit, with the rest payable in cash on the day)

We look forward to seeing you there – a great place to network and make new friends too
email us on: theteam@polepassion.com

Pole Fitness Instructor Training - World Class

Pole Fitness instructor training – we are asked questions on a daily basis on how to become a certified and qualified pole fitness instructor
What a great question

– Hello, I have being attending pole fit lessons for over a year now and recently my teacher asked if I would be interested in teaching classes with her.
What would be the best course to take to train in teaching the art of pole?
I look forward to your reply Josie

Thank you for your question It really is a personal choice and does depend on your background & experience and of course your teaching confidence levels too
We are passionate about training pole instructors to be the best they can be and to represent the pole industry with integrity, professionalism and being highly qualified and proficient in their chosen sport and fitness.
Our courses are written with the group ETM Exercise To Music level 2 qualification in mind. Therefore it covers and recaps many of the elements of that course too.
Unlike other courses we also go over warm-ups and cool downs specific to pole techniques incorporating that touch of sensuality that so many participants come for.
Our courses cover the fundamentals all the way to elite health and safety instructor techniques of spotting, progressing and that all important on how to structure your class to keep them fresh and exciting not only for you but for your participants too.

Level 1 Pole Fitness instructor training course - PPF0801 and Level 2 Advanced Pole Fitness instructor training course PPF0802 have both been externally verified and assessed by the fitness industry awarding body Skills Active and are highly acclaimed in the industry by being awarded the highest amount of points within the fitness industry. We have even gone above and beyond that by having all our moves and grooves independently checked by one of Europe’s most qualified practitioners Stephen Deadman who is only one of 11 in the world who is a chartered physiotherapist and Osteopath
Our courses have been approved by the Fitness Association too. That means we are constantly monitored too! Giving you piece of mind so we don’t slack either!


We highly recommend you have the following or at least working towards:-

• PPF0801 and or PPF0802 (if you just hold one or both of these you are certified)
• ETM level 2 or equivalent (if you have PPF0801 and or PPF0801 then you are qualified)
• Public Liability ideally up to £10,000,000 - some council owned establishments require this level
• First aid certificate We now run these annually A pole sport, specific qualification - email us for the next course dates
• Annual Music license PPL – check out their website
• Experience on the pole
• Customer service experience

Participants of all levels attend our courses and we have a 99% pass rate too
Ladies new to pole but not new to teaching fitness
Ladies who are new to pole and new to teaching
Ladies who are experienced in pole but new to teaching
Ladies who are experienced in teaching already and experienced in pole they come for the recognition, networking opportunities, continual professional development and accreditations

So what are the main benefits?? I hear you asking what do I get for my money

As well as the amazingly informative course work books with over 9 detailed and pictured booklet, with over 250 moves transitions, poses, spins combinations and tricks, for you to keep for reference. We have taught hundreds of instructors to date form all areas of the globe, international students are taking up our consecutive day courses too
By joining a network of professionals you will never be alone we believe in sharing our knowledge to support you to be the best you can be
We offer ongoing instructor training by the UK’s best and also run the highly accredited World Pole Dance championships – Felix Cane just about to defend her title in Zurich! Miss Pole Dance UK championships – with Maxine Betts currently holding the prestigious UK title and Mr Pole Fitness too

Email us for a scheme of work which shows in detail a little more about our level 1 course and hope it is what you are looking for
or call us if you require further information or wish to book



email: theteam@polepassion.com
tel: 0871 318 3838
TEXT US ON : 0792 194 8606