any really good schools or PM: You have a very inpole dancers we shall hear teresting blog where
more about soon?
you also criticize exaggerated competiveness.
We have lots of schools, but
In your opinion is there
you should be extremely
anything that could be
careful, when you choose one.
done to increase the true
Unprofessional coaches, bad
poles, low ceilings. I have a cir- spirit of sportsmanship
cus school (pole dance + silks on the pole dance scene
+ hoop), but I know our school and make people work
so far is the only one, that has more together rather than
all the proper documents and
against each other?
insurances out of, for example,
- 25 in Kiev only. Our prices are
extremely cheap if you compare with Europe - less than 8
euros for one class is the most
expensive. I won`t even tell
you, how much is my private
at my school. But I have girls
coming to me from Australia
and Germany for it. Unfortunately, pole dance in Ukraine,
as pretty much everything
else, is extremely corrupted.
It`s very difficult to get into
European or World championships, because it`s extremely
expansive for us with average
salary around the country
around 300-400 euros. Federations do not support pole
dancers, there is no hope for
sponsors. Our championships
are not certified by any world
organization. So…But it`s getting better. There is new generation coming, with European
approach, with desire to make
pole dance an accepted sport.
I hope, they will succeed. You
are very lucky to have in Czech
Republic Olga Strom and her
federation, as she is known
and respected in world of pole
dance. She can help you, even
if it`s only with her advice.
That is why in London among
40 contestants, there were
around 10 from Czech Republic. Do you want to know, how
many from Ukraine? Only me.
Maybe. But i don`t see how. I
come from break dance, it`s
very different. Break dancers
work as a crew, a team. Pole
dancers are soloists, maybe
that`s the problem. Though,
when I was on Mr Pole, I was
amazed - they had the most
friendly atmosphere you can
imagine. So I tend to blame it
all on organizers. When Bobbi’s team (organizers of Mr
Pole Dance in Sydney) runs
around cheering: boys! let’s
have fun! Just an hour more
and we all can have champagne! You all look hot! And
then you get another competition, where you can’t leave the
dressing room with organizers
staring at you grimly… No wonder, you start to hate everyone
else sharing your prison!
PM: What is the most
important thing someone
who is preparing themselves for their first competition should know?
Remember, that even if your
experience was not pleasant it
doesn`t mean, you have to give
up. You can slip, fall, forget
your moves, skip the music or
do everything perfectly, but get
very low scores. It happens
to everybody! No exception,
believe me! After my first competition in Zurich after I got my
scores, I decided not to participate anywhere ever again. I
was third, but i was scored so
low, without any explanation,
it was very disheartening. But
I gave it another try. And look,
where it got me!
PM: What is in your plans
for this year? Is there any
occasion in the near future when our fans could
see you perform or teach
in Czech Republic?
It will be a very eventful year
for me. I will be traveling a lot,
judging really a lot, and I don`t
have my final schedule yet, so
I hope Prague or any other city
of your wonderful country will
appear on it. But I also hope to
see your gorgeous and talented girls somewhere around the
pole world, London, maybe?
And what about the guys?
Where is your first male pole
champion?
Autorka článku:
Denisa Nováková