Ballet dancer Misty Copeland once said: “You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things. Stay strong and find motivation.” Two years ago, I applied this same perspective to ...

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 ...

Christine Hotchkin is an attorney by day and a pole artist at night. And now, she is best in the nation in her hobby. Hotchkin, 32, from Reno won two disciplines at the National Championships: ...

The fight for pole dancing to be included in the Olympics began, unlike most sports, in Ibiza’s party scene. More specifically, it was born inside the legendary Manumission Motel, a pink, triangular ...

Virginia Marshall can do anything except pick herself up from the floor. At least, that’s what she declares one morning in June after completing a dizzying, gravity-defying four-minute routine. The ...