UK Olympic Victory supporting Pole Dancers world wide

Since the UK Olympics in 2012, there has been an increase in people attending Pole Passion Lessons and enquiries for Pole Instructor training certifications are on the up. People have been inspired by athletics and sport which can only be a benefit. - Yes the shorts worn by the volley ball team were shorter than we see in our pole lessons - Yes the splits were just as wide on the beams as they are on our poles! There was however, more sequins and certainly more tantrum than we see at our prestigious Miss Pole Dance UK pole championships!! come join us - www.polepassion.com

www.worldpoledance.com

What makes a World Class Pole Athlete

What makes a World Class Pole Dancer Pole Dance:- The artistic words of movement So you want to be a world class pole dancer ?

Following in the footsteps of World Champions Felix Cane (2009 2010) and Alesia Vazmitsel (2011)

 • Incomparable elegance and style

• Qualities of an artist AND stamina of an Olympic athlete 
• • Industry leader in Pole Fitness and Dance and ambassador to all 
• • A mastery of passion on and around the pole 
• • The creativity to stand out and be unique 
• • The flexibility and strength to create straight lines with ease 
• • To effortlessly coordinate and balance to vary speeds to maintain interest and variety throughout 
• • The grace and the fluidity for mesmerizing smooth transitions to create seamless and effortless routines 
• • Always oozing the passion to others around you on and off the pole - unconditionally 
• • Time to practice 
• • The will to win and succeed So how do they do it??
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•  Elegance can be learnt but more often than not this is embedded from a very early age through parenting or classical dance training, for example. You can of course learn these techniques at any age with practice practice and more practice. Bringing joy to all those around you shedding love from the inside and out unconditionally Elegance can be seen through many avenues and come in many forms Self confidence an inner and outward confidence Shared relationships, sharing knowledge and support to all those around you Lifestyle, a balanced lifestyle of fun and hard work Beauty and personal grooming and dressing Manners and etiquette and thoughtful of others at all times Socialising a person who is willing to mingle with all cultures and beliefs Intelligence, education and experience and a willingness to share unconditionally to others around you One who is quick to smile- a smile encourages another smile and is bilingual And last but not least personal refinement 
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•  • Qualities of an artist AND stamina of an Olympic athlete Painting a blank stage with colour, depth and warmth throughout your whole routine requires skill to keep an audience engaged and mesmerised and on the edge of their seats in awe at all times Stamina is required to maintain this position of power and creativity of the mind to be able to paint the picture of the story being portrayed throughout the routine 
•  • Industry leader in Pole Fitness and Dance and ambassador to all One who is knowledgeable who goes above and beyond not only for self-improvement to that of others around them at any level 
•  • A mastery of passion on and around the pole Passion is a strong emotion that happens within each of us when we are doing something meaningful that makes us feel better, not only about ourselves, but that of others around us. When we have passion it’s easy for us to follow our heart and do the things we love. 
•  • The creativity to stand out and be unique This element is probably becoming more harder and harder for the pole performer to stand out from the crowd however every day we are presented with choices. We can choose to follow the crowd or choose to listen to our own inner voice and do things differently!! Creating visual interest and dramatic effect. Performers are like architects who design shapes of interest from the human body and pole entwined together. Working with geometric forms and vertical space. 
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•  • The flexibility and strength to create straight lines and curves with ease Here we talk about a choreographers composition and bio mechanics. The body shape of a performer rather than the size or proportions focusing on the torso and limbs of the performer linking extended long lines that are either straight or curved linked with transitional moves 
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•  • To effortlessly coordinate and balance to vary speeds to maintain interest and variety throughout Here we notice the tempo of the performance the speed variations to slow motion to high speeds 
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•  • The dynamics of the performance This is often the most powerful of all the elements of being a world class pole dancer – this is quite often also being quite difficult to describe in words but can only be seen and felt as a powerful performance adding again a uniqueness and richness to the composition  
• • Grace and the fluidity for mesmerizing smooth transitions to create seamless and effortless routines This comes with practice and of course incredible strength. This comes with a strong action of solidness yet a light action of finesse 
•  • The will to win and succeed This element again is a self belief that runs through the veins of every vessel in your body and again back to master your art with practice, lots of it. 
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•  Kay Penney – Pole Passion - Head judge www.worldpoledance.com

World Pole Dance the scores and placings of the best pole dancers in the world

World Pole Dancing Champions all set to enter the Olympics

New category - synchronised doubles running order (on two static competition Rpoles - one 38mm- one 50mm Rpole)
113 1.Masayo Okamoto, Kazuya Japan
122.5 2.Kate Johnstone & Bendy Kate United Kingdom 2nd Place
126.5 3.Ilka Martina Bardoczy & Barbara Palmaffy Hungary 1st Place
106.5 4.Ana Laura Brito & Cecilia Ines Vozza Argentina
119.5 5.Michelle Shimmy & Matty Shields Australia 3rd Place 116 6.Olga Gordienko & Valintina Chervakova Russia

Best Pole tricks Ilka Martina Bardoczy & Barbara Palmaffy - Hungary
Best Entertainer Kate Johnstone & Bendy Kate – UK
Best outfit/costume Olga & Valentine – Russia


Male competitors in running (one spinning 38 Competition Rpole – one static 50mm Competition Rpole)
141 1.Loic Lebret France 3rd place
105.5 2.Alejandro Cuchallo Argentina
119 3.Fernando Esteban Lopez Avelar (Ferios) Mexico
153 4.Keem Martinez United Kingdom 2nd Place
173 5.Evgeny Greshilov RUSSIA 1st place
111.5 6.Davide Zongoli Italy
138.5 7.Matty Shields Australia

Best Pole tricks Evgeny – Russia
Best Entertainer Evgeny - Russia
Best outfit/costume Loic – France


Female singles (one spinning 38 Competition Rpole – one static 50mm Competition Rpole)

Joining last year’s No 2 seed – In running order

185.5 1 Maria Luz Escalante – Argentina
Group A
181.0 2 Elena Shishkova – Russia
197.0 3 Karry Summers – New Zealand
172.5 4 Valeria Bonalume - Italy
Group B
168.0 5 Yevgeniya Stocklin – Switzerland
188.0 6 Angela Kulegina – Russia
178.5 7 Elizabeth Munoz – South America
Group C
220.5 8 Alesia Vazmitsel – Belarus 1st Place
202.0 9 Alessandra Marchetti – Italy
170.5 10 Shanyn Pollard – Canada
Group D
212.0 11 Laurence Hilsum – France 2nd Place
206.0 12 Zoroya Judd – USA
206.5 13 Hanka Venselaar – Holland 3rd Place

Best Pole tricks Hanka - Holland
Best Entertainer Zoroya - USA
Best outfit/costume Alesia Vazmitsel - Belarus

International finals judges
Kay Penney - Head Judge UK
Alma Pirner - Hungary
Pippa Caesar - UK move syntax
Reiko Suemune - Japan
Fawnia Dietrich - USA
Jamilla Deville - Australia
Daniela Baumann - Switzerland
Jenyne Butterfly - USA

NEW world champion soon to be crowned - Budapest 2011 October 1st dont miss it

Pole Passion members of the Register of Exercise Professionals are firm believers that pole fitness has now been accepted as a reputable form of fitness, so much so they are in full support of the petition pushing for the 2016 Olympic games to feature the controversial sport.

With World Pole Sport and Fitness 2011 championships just around the corner , created and organized by Pole Passion Director Kay Penney 45 year old fitness professional and mother of three and her hard working team in the UK , Switzerland and host country this year in Budapest incorporating 26 countries with a record number of professional contestants in the three categories female single, male single and for the first time on a world stage, synchronized doubles

Pole dance and fitness, an art that requires balance, strength, flexibility, coordination, rhythm, fluidity, grace, poise, 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 an Rpole, the portable free standing pole that means you can now do it any where!!! specifically designed for the gym environment

This fitness sport is now seen globally as a combination of dance fitness and gymnastics by professionals all over the world and physically and mentally an excellent form of exercise

For more details about the proposal of the Olympic sport visit www.worldpoledance.com

Felix Cane seen here during her amazing winning performance doing the incredible move called the spatchcock - the current 2010 world champion soon to be replaced on October 1st 2011 in Budapest

Pole Dancers Set to Enter the Olympics 2011

Pole Dancers are training hard and set to enter the Olympics……………… as Volley Ball Players. Headed by the current Miss Pole Dance champion and fitness expert Maxine Betts will be training the strong team to play fairly.

OK so its not the real Olympics yet however the similarities are quite scary!! 12 pole dancers will be dressing rather sexily, however this time not for the poles but for the sandy dunes of Brighton Beach playing Volleyball Already many of them practicing their bombas So will the pole dancers be able to pull off this game? Of course, with similarities to that of pole dancing – explosive moves and quick reactions needed. Good spatial and body awareness, a good overall conditioning and endurance is needed to continue to jump and move through the game, dance and perform to the song!. A strong base of legs and hips good shoulder strength, good core muscles for balance and strength, a strong back protecting from twisting and hyper extensions – hummm sounds like pole dancing to me. If you have got what it takes to be a champion and would like to register to enter as one of the 12 volleyball players for 25th June Two teams will be selected Shorts and crop tops or T-shirts will be required www.misspoledance-uk.com

The results Miss Pole Dance UK Amateur/Semi Pro and Mr Pole Fitness UK 2010

Passion proudly presents Mr Pole Fitness UK 2010, Miss Pole Fitness UK Amateur & NEW semi pro category

Congratultions go to all the competitiors this year an amazing collecting of professional pole performances from all over the UK

Miss Pole Fitness UK Amateur 2010

Beatrice Morgan FIRST
Stephanie Reeves SECOND
Samantha Baker THIRD
Allyson Eidson
Suzanne Mc Gregor
Alice Vereker-Hales
Louise Fairbrass
Anna Meekums Best Pole Tricks
Joni Verity Best Costume
Amadae Hills
Victoria Hemming Best Entertainer


Miss Pole Fitness & Dance Semi Pro UK 2010

Lucy Cork FIRST Best Pole Tricks
Lisa Graham SECOND Best Entertainer
Nikki Fenton THIRD
Katherine Forrest
Paula Bines
Sharla Ansett
Sue Odams
Victoria Coleman
Olga Pozdeeva Best Outfit / Costume
Sam Allen Turner


Mr Pole Fitness UK 2010 Awards

Darren Pritchard FIRST Mr Strong award
Keem S Martinez SECOND
Moses Fapohunda Mr Cool Award
Stephen Hilton


for more information visit
www.misspoledance-uk.com

Olympic Pole Dance Championship 2010

World Pole Dance championships 2010
Report Exclusive - All set for the Olympics!


This World Pole Dance Championships, presented by Pole Passion and Loft1 Pole Fitness Studios was held in Zurich Switzerland on the 2nd of October 2010.
The competition was held in the grand beautiful Radisson Blu Hotel, so the competitors enjoyed a life of luxury to help them with their nerves!

The judges for the World Championships were:

Kay Penney- UK- Chief Director & founder of Pole Passion in 2003 and organiser of the World Pole Dance competition, Owner of Miss Pole Dance UK National championships founded in 2005 & Mr Pole Fitness championships

Daniela Baumann- Switzerland- Chief Director of Loft 1 Pole Fitness Studios and co/organiser of the competition and owner of Miss Pole Fitness Switzerland

Alma Pirner- Hungary- Famous as a glamour model, pole and aerial performer and founder of pole dance and fitness to Hungary owner of Miss Pole Dance Hungary

Reiko Suemune- Japan- The World Pole Dance Champion 2005 and owner of Miss Pole Dance Japan

Fawnia Dietrich- USA- Was one of the first women to introduce pole fitness to the world and brought out the first Pole Fitness DVD

Deb Riley Tricks Syntax Coordinator- UK- Won best Tricks in Miss Pole Dance UK 2008 and is one of the top UK instructors

Donna Gant Tricks Syntax Coordinator-assistant- UK- Is also one of the top UK instructors




The competition was a huge “Woman Power” event, from women in over 24 countries that came to compete that day.

This competition was in it’s 2nd year held by Pole Passion and the talent and skill that was in it was extraordinary and Kay Penney chief director of Pole Passion is passionate about pushing this beautiful art form out further and further to the world.

On the 1st of October, the competitors had to battle it out in a set of Prelim competitions. The competitors were split into 3 groups and in total there were 36 all battling for 13 places in the World Championship finals competition.

The 13 finalists were:

1. Kulagina Anzhela – Russia
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2. Alethea Austin - USA
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3. Rafaela Montanaro - Brazil
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4. Jenyne Butterfly – USA
1st runner up 2009 (automatic entry)
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5. Zoroya Judd - USA
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6. Crystal Lai - Canada
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7. Alesia Vazmitsel - UK
2nd runner up 2009 (automatically entry)
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8. Laurence Hilsum - France
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9. Karen Chaundy - United Kingdom
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10. Maria Escalante - Argentina
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11. Allegra King - Australia
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12. Felix Cane 2009 World Champion – Australia
(automatic entry)
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13. Anastasia Skukhtorova – Russia


The following results for the competition were:

Winner: Felix Cane- Australia
Felix Cane took the World Pole Dance Championship first place home with her again!
This girl is still at the top of her game, she executed all her moves with grace and strong energy towards the audience.
She wore a rocky costume, with a skirt and jacket which she later removed and beautiful gemmed up shoes.
As soon as she entered on to the stage, she lit up with her expression and confidence as she danced and rocked out to “Knights of Cydonia” by Muse.
The lyrics to this song suited Felix perfectly as they had in them “the time has come to make things right”, meaning Felix meant business as she was coming back to take her crown home as the winning champion. What an athlete she is!

2nd Place: Maria Escalante- Argentina
Maria with her unique presentation Latino style pole dance routine.
Showing a very strong, confident routine, with perfect choreography, demonstration of beautiful lines and flexibility.
Her expression was sexy and also fierce as she connected with the audience and judges.


3rd Place: Rafaela Montanaro- Brazil
Rafaela wowed the audience and judges with her strong powerful routine, as well as her muscular athletic figure.
Her moves were executed with such strength and power and she had the flexibility to go with it too.


Best Costume Award: Alesia Vazmitsel- UK
Alesia’s costume was beautiful and fun at the same time.
She came on to the stage dressed as a martini class with a giant head piece of a sliced orange on her head.
She had the audience’s attention straight away, as she cheekily walked around the stage poking her head out the top of her martini glass style costume.
She then removed the martini glass and the orange head piece to reveal a beautiful red sparkling costume to perform the rest of her routine in.
This girl knows how to please and wow an audience!


Best Entertainer Award: Crystal Lai- Canada
Crystal’s routine had a bit of everything in it, from poses, drops and combination tricks.
Her routine was fun and up beat all the way through and it also included the classic club track “Let me think about it”, which involved a great beat which got the audience going and clapping throughout.
She looked like she was having so much fun on stage and her costume was a simple blue sparkly bikini style costume which suited this high energy, fun routine.


Best Tricks Award: Rafaela Montanaro- Brazil
Not only did this girl win 3rd place, but also won the tricks award too.
Her tricks were so strong and precise and a massive variety of slow controlled tricks to fast combination ones.

This night was also filmed by Stangentanz auf Höchstniveau TV Company and was aired on Swiss TV.

There will be a DVD of this amazing event coming out soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

Kay and Steve Penney from Pole Passion have decided to hold next years World Pole Dance in Budapest in Hungary in October 2011 along with Alma Pirner – Doll House co hosting as well.

There will also be a new doubles category next year too.

So watch this space and see you there next year!

For more information please visit

www.worldpoledance.com

we are already signing up sponsors too so if you are interested in this international event please do not hesitate to contact us on

theteam@polepassion.com

Tel: 0871 318 3838

The championships was sponsored by www.r-polefitness.com suppliers of the competition poles

Finalists & results ~ World Pole Dance 2010 presented by Pole Passion

World Pole Sport & Fitness Championships
Running order Saturday 2nd October 2010

1.Anzhela Kulagina - Russia
2.Alethia Austin - USA
3.Rafaela Montanaro - Brazil
4.Jenyne butterfly - USA
5.Zoroya Judd - USA
6.Crystal Lai - Canada
7.Alesia Vazmitel - UK
8.Laurence Hilsum - France
9.Karen Chaundy - UK
10 Maria Escalante - Argentina
11 Allegra King - Australia
12 Felix - Australia
13 Anastasia Skukhtorova - Russia

Special Awards

Best Tricks award – Rafaela Montanaro Brazil
Best Entertainer award – Crystal Lai Canada
Best Costume award – Alesia Vazmitsel United Kingdom


Please note: The organisation reserves the right to change contestants at short notice in the case of absentees


Finals Judge’s Name Country

1 Kay Penney – head judge United Kingdom
2 Daniela Baumann - Switzerland
3 Alma Pirner - Hungary
4 Reiko Suemune - Japan
5 Fawnia Dietrich - USA
6 Deb Riley - tricks syntax coordinator United Kingdom
7 Donna Gant - tricks syntax coordinator assistant United Kingdom





Winner

1. Felix Australia 2010 & 2009 winner
Felix Cane, the winner of 2010 World Pole Sport and Fitness Champion held on 2nd October in Zurich Switzerland representing Australia
She also hosted 3 Master Classes instructor sessions during the weekend offering her unique style of teaching to all pole enthusiasts and international instructors attending from 24 countries.
http://www.worldpoledance.com/master-classes.html

Felix has trained as a dancer from a young age and went on to performing in professional classical & contemporary dance companies.
Felix started pole dancing in 2006 in Perth WA, and after just 8 months worth of lessons she went on to win Miss Pole Dance Australia 2006 and then won it again in 2008.
Felix Cane is currently the World Pole Dance Champion as she won it in 2009 with her amazing talent, performance and flexibility on the pole.
Felix defiantly has that X-Factor on the pole, as from winning World Pole Dance 2009 this then led to Cirque du Soleil ringing her up asking her if she wanted to be part of Zummanity, as they had seen impressive footage of her from YouTube footage from World Pole Dance held in Jamaica.

Zummanity is cabaret sexy show held in Las Vegas by Cirque Du Soleil and a special character part was created for Felix to be a woman who breaks out of her shell to grab her lover’s attention by showing off her amazing, sexy, impressive moves around a pole, making her lover see her again for the very first time.
Since Felix’s successful she has done many Master Class Workshops over the world and is part and the sponsor for Pocket Pole and a Master Pole Dance Instructor in America!

Felix’s following Winning Titles:

• World Pole Sport & Fitness Championships - World Pole Dance 2010 & 2009
• Miss Pole Dance Australia 2008
• Australia National Final 2008 – Pole Dance Champion
• Australia WA Final 2008 – Entertainer of the Year & Hottest Body
• STAR Awards – Best Female Performer 2007
• Miss Hustler Centrefold Oceania 2007 – 1st Place
• Miss Pole Dance Australia 2006

Before discovering her passion for pole dancing, Felix was schooled extensively as a dancer firstly in Perth, from the age of 11 until the age of 15, when she moved to London where she continued to study many forms of dance, but predominantly contemporary and classical.
Felix has experience performing with professional contemporary and classical dance companies, working in many different venues including theatres in and around London. Whilst in London she also worked in television and film.


2nd place

Maria Escalante - Argentina Group B

Luz Escalante, has born in Rosario, Argentina South America, on May 13, 1980. At age 5 she began studying ballet at the municipal school of dance, an activity that accompanied them the rest of her life, reaching its peak in 1997 when he enters the Stable Ballet off Rosario´s City which is part of two years. Here plays various key roles in many of the most important works of the classical repertoire, like Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Corsair, Carmen, Paquita, La Fille Mal Gardée, among others.

During her childhood, in parallel, and within 5 years, joins the world of gymnastics and acrobatics, which would give much physical domain overhead pole positions.

At 23 years old, became a fitness instructor, an activity that continues to make to the present, specializing in spinning, stretching, cardio strip dance, gymnastics located, reggaeton and Latin rhythms.

In May 2007, she met the pole dance, begins to train intensively and begins to teach entry-level instructor in the first study of Pole Dance Argentina.
A year later he earned the title of "Best Pole Dancer" as a champion of Pole Dance Championship Argentina 2008, which takes it to participate as special guest of Ame du Pole in Belfast, North Ireland in February 2009.

In October 2009, regains first place in Miss Pole Dance Argentina for the second consecutive year and the first runner up Miss Pole Dance South América 2009. These awards qualify for the next part of Miss Pole Dance World to be held in Zurich, Switzerland in October 2010.


3rd place

Rafaela Montanaro - Brazil Group C


Rafaela Montanaro - Brazil

My sports career started before I was born: My mom and dad were both athletes and graduated on Physical Education College. I had no choice, before I knew I was inside the gym!
I started gymnastics by the age of 3. When I was 7 I had already an individual and team national titles. But that really wasn’t for me, and I quit when I was 12.
Then I studied Ballet, Jazz, and Modern dance. By the time I was 16 I started circus classes, and the next year, when I was 17 I was accepted in the “école nationale des arts du cirque” in Paris, where I studied for 1 and half year.
After coming back to Brazil I got in college to study Physical Education in 2005, and graduated in 2008. By the end of college I saw a video of Felix Cane on Miss Pole Dance Australia 2006, and fell in love with it! This was all I needed in one thing: sport, art, dance, acrobatics, and expression! And of course, so sexy! I wanted to learn but it was very hard to find a teacher around here. I only found a (decent) teacher in May 2009, her name is Sarita Papalardo.
Due to My sports/dance historic I developed very fast my pole skills. By September 2009 I won the Miss Pole Dance Brazil, and by October the Miss Pole Dance South America. Now After 1 and a half year of pole I’ll be sharing the stage with the girl who inspired me! It’ amazing for me!


for more information please visit www.worldpoledance.com and www.polepassion.com

email: theteam@polepassion.com Tel: 0871 318 3838