article_snippet: In the current context the uniform of pole dancing is high heels, feather boas, and spread legs,' Lisa said.
article_snippet: Pole dancing has seemingly exploded in Australia over the past decade, with many women- and men- embracing the activity for recreation, fitness, and almost everything in between.
article_snippet: From hens nights and 21st birthdays, to circus performers and festival attractions, pole dancing has enjoyed a good run- indigenous dancer Matthew Shields auditioned for Australia's Got Talent in 2011 with his pole dancing routine.
article_snippet: Any pole trick that is performed usually has its counterpart or similar in gymnastics or ballet.
article_snippet: Pole originally has been performed in China and India for 100’s of years by predominantly men in circus and as a sport.'
article_snippet: Chynna Roberts (above) began pole dancing when Chynna Roberts (above) was 15 years of age .
article_snippet: Pole dancing is a sport which requires athleticism, tremendous strength and skill.
article_snippet: It is another art form of dance and expression, using a vertical pole as the apparatus,' Chynna Roberts (above) said. '
article_snippet: Chynna said Chynna was drawn to pole dancing after seeing a video and signed up immedidately . '
article_snippet: Chynna Roberts, now 18, began pole dancing lessons at Pole Catz at the age of 15, and said that when Chynna tells people Chynna does pole dancing people will often ask if it involves stripping, but that Chynna doesn't see the sport as sexual. '
article_snippet: Ms Lizsewski said that Ms Lizsewski believed studios were taking pole dancing and 'white washing' it of all connections to the sex industry and 're-branding as fitness'. '
article_snippet: Pole dancing still refuses to distance Pole dancing from the sex industry.
article_snippet: There is a definite crossover, pole dancing is still featured at Sexpo, and I think it's really sinister to enrol kids in pole dancing classes because kids in pole dancing classes have no idea of the context of it,' Ms Lizsewski said. '