Author: Tempest

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Well can you not just shave?

Well can you not just shave? Nichola is one of our well loved Aerial students at the Washington studio; this is her story. I am Nichola. I am not normal. But what is normal? I live with PCOS. I have mental health problems. Bullied for my body’s hormone imbalance and there’s nothing anyone can do.…
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What Burlesque Means to Me by Fleur Noire

There are many things to love about burlesque but my favourite aspect is the creativity that it allows. When I first started I thought that only one type of music would be correct, only one type of costume, make up, theme, etc. I was very happy to be proven wrong. In my searches for interesting…
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Sequins and Baubles! By Clare

Sequins and Baubles – My First Hafla by Clare I was asked to perform at my first hafla, the Sequins and Baubles Winter Hafla in Newcastle, as part of the Moonlight Minxes dance troup (cue jokes about how ‘I didn’t *hafla* do it if I didn’t want to’ at my apprehension about performing in front…
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Men Pole Too – By Keith Fusco

Men Pole Too Men Pole Too is a Facebook page that I started a year ago on the 9th October 2014 to help educate the world that pole dancing isn’t just for women and that a lot of men do it too. I also created it, in the hope that it could be somewhere that likeminded…
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World Pole Sports Championships 2015 By Anita

AKA “that time our jaws dropped so low we couldn’t see them” On July the 22, myself and my lovely partner (who is also a huge pole enthusiast) travelled down in our tiny Citroen C2 from Durham all the way down to London. This 7 hour journey, although filled with traffic, bad weather, and idiot…
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Team Tempest’s Top 10 Training Tips

When you find that time for training make sure you get the most from it! Training can be vast, wide and varied. It can be classes, workshops, private lessons, just you in the studio, research on the internet, stretching in the sitting room or get training whilst you’re out and about! – it all counts.

Dancing Your Way to Body Positivity

This week we have a guest blog from Look Positive! Let us know how dancing has changed your life! Join the discussion on Facebook: www.facebook.com/lookPositive

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What does pole mean to you?

As part of a recent Pole Sports competition we asked our students to tell us what pole means to them. There answers are truly personal and inspiring. If you are thinking of giving pole a go, trying to find your pole spirit again, looking for a motivational pick me up then check out the stories…
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Tempest Competition March 2015

Team Tempest Pole and Aerial Competition The skills, improvement, friendship and heart shown by all the contestants was amazing and we would like to congratulate all of you!