Twee was the only woman for
the job of taking on these wild men and she went in guns blazing, quickly
identifying each guys’ strengths and weaknesses and designing the PoleFit® Men
programme. But this was as much a learning curve for Twee as it was for our
boys.
“Men’s bodies are designed
very differently to women’s!” Twee will
often head into a class super excited with her lesson plan and will come out after
the hour scratching her head and declaring, “That one doesn’t work for the
guys!” From long legs hairs to, well, other
issues, Twee’s seen it all and has always worked closely with the boys to
figure out alternative shapes and transitions.
Men come into pole dance with
natural advantages, upper body strength being the most notable.
A lot of guys who have great toned bods from the gym are often lacking in core strength, which has always been a primary focus of all the PoleFit® programmes. In the past 12 months, our guys have developed great body awareness and are working harder than ever on their flexibility…and pointed toes of course!
Guys also come with
a natural ego that works as a positive in class because it drives
them even when everything hurts. Our boys are never satisfied and they are
always begging for more!
Ebo Bentil and Nick
Reichinger are our original babies, who have been in the programme from the
very beginning and who are now experimenting with some incredible advanced
skills. Ebo contacted us initially because he was having a birthday pole party
at Studio Verve® but, being the perfectionist that he is [read as: he wanted to
be better than his friends and show off at the party] he wanted to start taking
classes beforehand.
So, Ebo and his friend Nick came along to the very first
PoleFit® Men class and have been with us ever since. The boys also performed a
killer routine at one of our Open Nights in front of over 100 people having
only been taking classes for a term or two – and let me tell you, they
certainly got my tick of approval for ham-ness! (Can’t wait for next performance
boys!)
Joining Nick and Ebo in the
intermediate class are Katsu and Michael, who came to us having heard about our
signature PoleFit® Men programme, and each of them bring a combination or
strength, beautiful lines and performance ability. For the first time, we’ve
split the guys and have a brand new batch of students in our beginner class;
it’s exciting to see where they’ll be in 12 months!
It’s worth mentioning the
thing we probably love most about having these guys as part of our Verve family
and that is that they are some of the friendliest and open gentlemen we had
through our doors. The advanced boys always welcome new students with a warm
greeting and a handshake and they really bond tight as group. That’s always
been the culture at Studio Verve® but our men realise they are part of a sport
that’s known more for its female stars, and this nurtures the spirit of
camaraderie.
We are so proud of our gutsy
guys; together with Twee you have pioneered your own unique style of dance that
is artistic, yet masculine and you’re all becoming beautiful performers to
watch. You’re not afraid of anything and you’re a testament to REAL MEN in pole
dance.
Keep it up guys, you’re an
inspiration xoxo
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