Accepted!!!

YEA! We got accepted by the fundraiser website www.kickstarter.com so now we can raise money for our POLE PLAY online!!!! Which I guess you already know if you are reading this, since you got access to this blog by contributing to our play via Kickstarter! But this is the day we got the news that we will be able to reach out to you, and we, the FLIGHT CREW, are soooo excited that yours and our combined efforts are going to make this unique pole dancing play a reality! THANK YOU!!!

Now we need to make a video for Kickstarter that will tell you about our project and entice you to help! Any ideas??? ;)

-Kathy, writer/director

Pole Tip of the Day - Some days, like today, the body just needs to take a break from pole dancing and rest in a hot bath of epson salts! Sorry, I will NOT post any photos to illustrate this point!

What Happened to You?

Even while we are preparing for our Pole Play, we are all still studying pole dancing on our own. Whether it's through pole classes at various studios, private lessons, tutoring, or just asking another dancer "Hey, can show me how you did that," we are all still learning or improving new moves. Which means...pole bruises! Big, colorful, usually round like a pole, very obvious bruises on the arms and legs guaranteed to bring the question "What happened to you?" My favorite answer is the honest one "Oh, this? Pole dancing," which is a sure conversation starter! But sometimes a girl can't be honest, like when my high school students ask the question. In that case I usually say I was "playing sports," or "helping a friend move" or "slipped while contemplating a physics problem." All are true, by the way! Pole dancing, or pole gymnastics, is a sport being considered by the Olympics. I WAS helping a friend move...on the pole. And whenever I'm in the middle of a trick or spin and get into my head about HOW this works, in other words, the physics of it, then I do slip or fall which creates...you guessed it, another big bruise!

-Kathy, writer/director

Pole Tip of the Day #1 - Remember that pole bruises are sexy and be proud of how you got them!

Pole Tip of the Day #2 - Don't think! Thinking while in action is the fastest way to ruin a pole trick, spin or any creative endeavor!

The Way We Dance

Untitled from amy kim on Vimeo.

Amy and Ilov showing the type of dance movement that will be featured in POLE PLAY: TAKING FLIGHT.

Duet

Amy & Ilov (duet) from amy kim on Vimeo.

Ilov and Amy showing the type of dance movement that will be featured in our stage play POLE PLAY: TAKING FLIGHT.

Chills

There was a moment last night where i looked around the dance studio and got chills realizing how lucky I am to sit and see and feel the strength that this movement brings to women! This is what I want the world to see and feel, too!
--Lauren, Producer

Pole Tip of the Day - Stay in the moment because the moment is beautiful!

We Are Hot!!!!

We are HOT! We are so HOT that Lauren, Amy, Ilov and I (Kathy) just had to pick the hottest week of the year (over 100 degrees in NYC) to have our first POLE PLAY: TAKING FLIGHT publicity photo session! It was so sexy, with sweat flying across the homemade dance studio in Lauren's apartment, as the ladies spun around the pole, hair plastered to faces, and soaked skin sliding right off the pole! Yes, the air-conditioning was on, but sometimes the women in a room are just so steaming hot that a stream of air is just not enough to cool things down! Luckily water, beer, fruit munchies and mid-shoot cold showers for the dancers helped us survive!

-Kathy, Writer/Director

Pole Tip of the Day --The short shorts and small tops of our dancers were not worn because of the heat! It's because fabric slides right off a pole while bare skin sticks better. That is why pole dancers' outfits tend to be a bit....uh...."skimpy!"

Welcome!!!!

We are so excited to bring you updates both visual and written on the progress surrounding our production Pole Play: Taking Flight.

Please click on the About Us section above to check out our bios, pictures and videos. Get to know us and follow our flow as we document the journey toward opening night.

Stay tuned for some pictures and words from our first Pole Play meeting. Let's just say it was steamy!