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 ...

People hear the words "pole dance" and tend to envision women performing acrobatic feats in the altogether in darkly lit strip clubs. But in recent years, the pole dance concept has been turned on its ...

Meet Daniel Darling. He’s a 25-year-old male pole-dancing champion from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Darling, whose real name is Daniel Rivera, recently competed at the Pole Sport Organization ...

Don't ask Amy Guion if she's a stripper. That's so 2007. Today, you say, "You must be strong!" or, "My friend does that" when you meet someone like Guion, a professional pole dancer whose clothes stay ...

Pole dancing has become one of the hottest fitness trends, and when you watch Kona resident Almitra Karastan perform, you’ll understand why. Pole dance is an art form that combines flexibility, ...

Twenty-seven-year-old Emma Haslam might not be exactly what you'd expect from a pole-dancing expert. This plus-size Britain's Got Talent contestant hit the stage with the message that pole fitness is ...

Under purple lights at Rohnert Park’s Bastet Dance Fitness, Catherine Chatman wraps her leg around a pole and spins gracefully to a Beyoncé song. Chatman, 68, is strong and she’s focused. She laughs ...