2nd Annual Pole Dancing Showcase!

Saturday the 26th of May 2012 was d-day. After months of preparation it had finally arrived our 2nd Annual Pole Dancing Show.

The nerves where high and the adrenaline was pumping, and before we knew it we were being called to stage for our opening act.

Then came the final instructions:

• Take up your positions
• Poler's ready
• Invert
• Hook
• Cue music

As the music started its was like my body went into auto pilot and just knew what it had to do. The next thing I remember was, we had struck our final poses and the crowd going crazy! They loved us they really really loved us!

As we got backstage you could feel the excitement, the nerves and the electricity in the air.

One down and one more performance to go, a quick make-up and costume change and after what felt like a few minutes, we were being called from our dressing room to the backstage holding area. The Puppet Master was there waiting for us with well wishes and wise words of comfort to sooth our ever growing nerves. This was it BondageX, The legs and I were up next, there is nothing I can say to describe the feeling of standing waiting in the wings in the moments before you are scheduled to perform. It is a cooking pot of nerves, excitement, readiness, unpreparedness and exhilaration.

The stage is blacked out as the act before us walks off stage, one last deep breath and one foot in front of the other and we take our starting positions.
Our music started and we were in the swing of it, we were in-sync, we had attitude and enjoyed ever second. Then came our big tricks section, towards the end of the song, we had been worried about this for weeks, but we all nailed it! And the crowd went wild!

I still wake up in the middle of the night and its on action replay in my head, I am so proud of myself and my girls! It was worth all the time, blood, sweat and tears!

The whole show ran smoothly and professionally and I would like to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all involved, performers and organisers for making this event spectacular and memorable.

Pole dance Cape Town this would not have been possible without you ladies!
You are all amazing!
THANK YOU!

Photo courtesy of Antonella Ragazzoni antonellaragazzoni.wordpress.com

~Keep Pole Dancing~

Pole Dancing

It has been forever since my last post and there is no good excuse really. But life seemed to get in the  way with just so much happening, I just haven't had a free moment.

And one of the main time engulfing activities has been the preparation  for our second annual Pole dancing showcase which is taking place this weekend. It is a sell out show which promises to be sensational.

It has been almost four months in the making with a grueling rehearsal schedule and two other girls and I volunteered to do a small trio act over and above our large intermediate group act. Which meant we had our work cut out for us, not only did we have group rehearsals, we needed to select a song, choreograph our trio act and make times for rehearsals.

It's no wonder all we have done for the last three months is eat, drink, sleep and breath Pole dancing. And this will all come to an end on Saturday night. A spectacular end at that!

What can one expect to see at such a showcase? Students at every level of pole fitness will display their strength and agility which they have gained through pole fitness classes. Acrobatic and gymnastic like moves will be shown through carefully choreographed dance pieces. Their will be a variety of dances from large groups  to solo acts and of course yours truly's trio act with partners in crime aka Butt Buddies, (BondageX and The Legs), which will just blow your minds… he he

*I couldn't help but give us a plug!!! It is my blog after all :)*

There will also be fire dancers and aerial silk dancers as well as some big names in the Pole dancing world, and much more!

A big thanks needs to be giving to The Puppet Master without you, Elbow just wouldn't have been the mind blowing act it is! Thanks for all help with the choreography and whipping us into shape, we couldn't have done it without you! Also a big thanks to Pole Dance Cape Town, who made this show possible with all the organisation, providing hardware (poles etc), the dance sequences and the rehearsal space and much more!

All that's left to do is get on that stage and show them what we are all about!

If you haven't got your tickets already or can't make the show, watch this space for info of any future shows or Pole fitness updates

~Let's Get Spinning~