Just a lovely video I found tonight. Jamilla Deville is the best-known Australian pole dance champion. I’m not a pole dance person (though I fell off one very sweetly and dorkily saturday in 6″ heels at this extremely fun studio — more on that in a bit). But this video is pretty eye candy for a pretty tired Violet. Tomorrow, sekrit NDA interviews with hi-tech corporate product developers — again. Weird life I have. All I want is the perfect gadget…
:: jamilla deville, aussie pole dominatrix 19.08.2008
August 19th, 2008 at 2:29 am
Wow that is absolutely amazing. You have to be quite an acrobat to pull that off.
August 19th, 2008 at 4:59 am
Now there’s an Olympic sport with which to replace softball, if they need one. BMX biking? Bah!
August 19th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Wow. I am so impressed with her muscle control I forgot to be turned on. . .
August 19th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Great video!!! Why do so many mainstream feminists find pole dancing offensive or misogynistic (ie. Ariel Levy’s Female Chauvanist Pigs)?
August 19th, 2008 at 10:12 am
To Slartibartfast:
Jamilla Deville shows that pole dancing takes a great deal of physicality. What she does is closer to trapeze or rope performances from Cirque Du Soliel. I think what can make pole dancing appear misogynistic and offensive is the context of the dance - the strip club.
Personally, I enjoy a good strip club from time to time. However, I like to think that I try to make personal and real connections with the dancers. Their job is tough, requires skill, and often short lived.
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August 19th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I was just also going to say that she looks like she came from Cirque du Soleil. I’d love to have the balance she has!
August 19th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
She definitely has it right, that was art in every aspect.