She grabs the pole with her right hand, encircling it at a stalking pace. Then she accelerates, reaches toward the pole and clutches it with both hands. In one move, she hooks her leg around the pole, ...

Tabitha Vincent is a 23-year-old pole dance instructor from Perth, Australia. While many women would have backed off on ...

The scene at Pam Thorson's last party: a group of bachelorettes - some draped in feather boas, some thinking up stage names - gathering around a pole to learn some moves. It's not what you think.

My legs are spread open in the instructor’s face as I attempt a basic wrist sit move (where you grip the pole with one hand under your butt, then kick your legs wide open), and she’s telling me off ...

Art, sport, workout, therapy: modern pole dancing has taken on many forms. A veteran stripper, a pole studio owner, and a young dancer discuss politics and identity in pole dancing and how practicing ...