Vertical Dance™
Pole Fitness School
Pioneers in Pole Fitness
Vertical Dance is at the forefront of the pole dance exercise
industry and the leaders in Register of Exercise Professional (REPs) and Skills Active endorsed qualifications in pole fitness.
We are
Guinness World Record
Holders and continually strive to lobby associations to get pole fitness accepted as a reputable form of fitness
and dance.
Our pole fitness classes, online lessons and Instructor training have been taken by thousands of
people from all around the
world making us the company to train with.
KT Coates is the founder of the Vertical Dance concept and is one of the worlds top pole fitness instructor,
she has taught and presented pole
dancing all over the UK, Ireland, Holland, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada
and much more. She now teaches in Cheshunt, Hoddesdon, Ware in
Hertfordshire and London.
Our website has extensive information on all things pole dance and
fitness related including new,
pole dancing video clip and the top pole
dancing forum on the net.
What's the Difference?
None as
far as we are concerned!!!
We were wondering if you could see the difference between the two
gymnastic pictures? Apart for the obvious clothing and
their body
position we believe there is none, so if you know any one who is
sceptical about pole
dancing for fitness and exercise, perhaps you can
show them the pictures and see what they have to say then.
You can also
take a look at our pole dancing video
clips one of which has had nearly
two million hits on YouTube more...
X-Pole & X-Stage
Your
Portable Pole and podium for Home training or Instructing.
The
X-Pole -
Free UK shipping on x-poles
We sell the worlds most
popular portable dance and exercise pole
X-Pole and the X-Stage
featuring KT Coates. The X-Pole can reach up
to 2.35m from the box
and up to 3.50m if extra extensions are purchased.
It comes in two
finishes (chrome and titanium) and two diameters
45mm and 50mm). It
is both spinning and static by the turn of a key.
You also receive a
weeks worth of online lessons free with each purchase.
More...
The X-Stage
Do you have the perfect venue to teach or the perfect room to
practice
but the ceiling height is too high? Then the X-Stage is for
you! The pole dance podium
is fully portable and can demount into
small sections for easy transportation has a usable pole height of
nearly 3m and comes in spinning
and static mode, it is secure enough
to do all pole dance trick and spins on.
More...
We dispatch the X-Pole and the X-stage from both the UK and the USA
and we also ship to Europe.
Pole Dancing Shop
Buy poles,
grip products, DVDs, Classes and pole instructor courses
We have an
online shop selling every thing from poles and pole dance podiums to
instructional DVDs and
instructor courses. We accept online payments
via PayPal and credit cards, you can also call 077969 06256
and pay
via credit card over the telephone. More...
History of Pole
Dance & Fitness
Pole fitness &
Vertical Dance as we know it today.
Pole dancing has been around for longer than you may think......
Pole performing can be traced back thousands of years to china. The
Chinese would place a wooden
pole into the ground and perform a
series of acrobatic moves for the emperor, you can now see such
performance in the famous Cirque Du Soleil, but the pole dancing we
are familiar with originated in the
1920's at height of the American
depression. Travelling fairs would go from town to town
entertaining the
crowds. As part of the fair they would many
different types of sides shows in small tents surrounding the
main
tent. One particular tent
housed the erotic Hoochi Coochi dancers. The word Hoochi Coochi
originates
from the hip movement performed by the Hoochi Coochi
dancers, the equivalent of the bump and grind today
day. The girls would dance
suggestively on a small stage in front of crowds of cheering. Due to
size of the tent,
the tent pole would be situated at the very edge
of the stage. The dancer would approach the tent pole and
begin to
dance with it. The tent pole became known, as the dance pole, which
still exists today, be it in a more technically advanced and
socially acceptable form.
Pole dancing gradually
began evolving from tents to bars as burlesque became more
acceptable in 1950's,
nothing much was heard until the 1980's when
pole dancing and striptease became popular in Canada and then
the
USA.1990's saw Ms Fawnia
Mondey (Canadian) take the art of pole dancing and begin teaching
this to the
every day women. She produced the first instructional
pole fitness and dance DVD.
2000 - 09 has been the most promising years. Pole dancing has
evolved into different genres, exotic, empowering
and pole fitness.
There is a great deal of difference between them and as the student
you should try them all.
KT has made her own land marks in pole dancing history with the
first pole dancing website to have video clips, online lessons,
online instructor training and a totally dedicated pole fitness and
exercise forum. She is also the proud owner of the first pole dance
Guinness World Record helping to raise over £50,000 for charity.
History
of X-Pole
KT Coates met Clive Coote the director of X-Pole in November 2004 at
the Erotica show. Clive was showing his concept X-Pole and KT was
performing.
The X-Pole on display was
nothing like the amazing pole dance pole we are lucky enough to have
today.
It was static, the base was very large and the pole tubing
was far thicker.
From January 05 KT began
testing the x-pole as Clive made the necessary changes. First to be
changed was
the base, with a reduction in size, this made the pole
easier to use and transport, it was also given the
spinning option
and slight movement to keep the pole aligned. In the following
months there came many
more x-pole changes.
September saw the first
shipment dispatched in the UK
.
November 05 was the
official launch of the dance pole, with a huge show at Erotica.
Australia sold its first
X-Poles in January 06
X-Pole has now launched
further products including enhanced grip poles, crash mats and much
more.
January 2007 saw KT
performing in Las Vegas for the USA x-pole launch. X-Pole was
featured on NBC, ABC,
BBC and many more stations.
February 22nd the first
X-Pole was dispatched from Los Angeles
.
2009 saw the launch of
further products, including a new and improved POLE and portable
free standing stage.
So keep posted to the Vertical Dance pole
dancing fitness website for more new products!
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