Hong Kong Pole Dance

The date should be marked in your diary and we hope to see you all there. The 22nd of April at M1nt club starting at 8pm. Pole Divas Hong Kong will host the very first pole dance competition open to people in Hong Kong and anywhere around the world.

The grand finals of International Pole Dance Fitness Championship 2008 (IPDFC) was successfully held on November 28, 2008 in Manila. You may have read my previous post about the event too. The competition contained 3 categories. The champions are:

Pole Dance: Anna Marie from Philippines
Pole Art: Marsha Yuan from USA
Pole Fit: Yuko from Japan

Congratulations to the success of IPDFC and the above champions! If you want to know more about upcoming events from International Pole Dance Fitness Association, please visit their official website.

Video clip of IPDFC 2008 in Manila

We had a pole dancing party on boxing day at The Priory, LanKwaiFong. It’s one of the places that provides a pole and a okay space for you to dance around. About 20 people showed up that night and we all danced and had fun. I was extremely happy to see the girls I used to practice pole dancing with. Since the classes at groove dance stopped and Ania left town, we never had a chance to hang out and dance again. So, thanks a lot to Tess & Waiwai who organized everything for the party.

Everyone was a bit shy in the beginning. It had been a while since we last pole danced. After some drinks, we were more relaxed and more serious dancing finally started. However, the pole at The Priory isn’t the best for more advanced tricks. It’s painted and very slippery. I was the only one who could sit on the pole but I was using the strength of the hook to support the move instead of the grip of my thigh. It seriously kills you when you try to do up-side-down - it burns your skin when you slide down! I would strongly suggest them to change to a X-Pole.

I loved the girls night out. That was really fun! Hope that we can line up something again very soon.

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Very nicely posed Rona!                   Just tried to do the Chair              The pole dancers / party-goers!

Soda Bar located at Hollywood Road, Central. It’s one of the places that provides a pole for people to dance. It’s got a static pole sized 50mm. I wasn’t very used to it as the one I usually praticed with is 45mm. Basically the pole is set in the middle of the couch that’s in between tables. It’s quite impossible to tell people to get away from the pole when you dance. That means it’s hard to do big spinning moves otherwise you might kick somebody’s head. However, upside-downs are fine coz you will land on the couch instead of the dirty floor.

Also, it’s easier to get the crowd pole dance comparing to Zinc because it’s an open bar and the pole is easy to access. Just to show you some pictures of Soda Bar and me dancing.

The inception of the INTERNATIONAL POLE DANCE FITNESS CHAMPIONSHIP, produced and organized by the International Pole Dance Fitness Association and Divino Club Makati, with the participation of 19th Hall Entertainment Production for Event and Marketing Management will be held in Philippines in Nov 2008.

IPDFA invites the best pole performers in the Philippines and all around the world, joined to perform at Divino Makati for the title of International Champion.

To pursuit and choose the best national dancers, we will present two events, semi-finals and Pilipino Pole Dance Finals. The best three performers will get beside the prices, the right to participate in the International Pole Dance Fitness Championship.

As well, the best recognized dancers in the world are invited by the International Pole Dance Fitness Association to competing, and for the first time to choose the world champion of Pole Dance.

For this final stage, performers will be able to participate in two, out of the three categories:
Pole Fit
Pole Dance
Pole Art

Each presentation will last for no less than 3 minutes and no more than 6 minutes. And performers is required to pick their own music and costume to perform.

All international and Pilipino, men and women, are invited to participate on the contest. You can contact IPDFA for more information.