Pole Dance: Haut les corps!

I think that this is a very interesting documentary, about how women used pole-dancing as a way to reclaim their lives and their bodies.

It was not to deal with the pole community as a whole, and neither was it about strippers and sex workers. It was about women who had went through traumatic experiences and find release in pole dance.

Many viewers think Shiela was not qualified as a therapist and overly stresses feminity. This may seem awkward and wrong to some people, but watching this film and knowing that this approach brings a huge difference to many women's lives, it makes me feel glad and hopeful for them. Whatever works for them are good methods, and I don't see it as a preach to have women join pole dancing for therapy, it's just a message for women to find ways to love themselves, and reclaim their lives, by whatever means they would like to.

The scene where a few men are invited to the class was also quite weird at first, but ultimately I understand the need, cause not only women exist on this planet, and the class was all female. Ultimately, they will need to confront the male gaze and the male presence, which is prevalent in the real world. This is their approach in teaching the women to deal with this, and I think it worked for them.

As for confining to heteronormative standards? True, but once again, that is what these women need. Even if myself do not adhere to the masculinity/femininity binary, some people do and I do not think I should criticize them for that, as they should not criticize me for embracing non-binary views.

This is a very empowering documentary, for those who can empathize with the interviewees and walk through their journeys with them.

If there's a 0 or -99 for me to select, I will. Not sure did the producer or production team ever done any research about pole dancing or just stumble upon a random support group that looks like some weird cult and decided to make the show.

Pole dancing is nothing like that.

It's really uncomfortable for me to watch.

Glad that if the cult did help those traumatized women but pole dancing community is a cheerful, supportive and optimistic sport.

Im really not sure why other reviews say "this isnt a real portrayal of pole dancing".... Um, it's not supposed to? Its a documentary, and i think it is worth watching. As a woman who sees a therapist...from this viewpoint: the classes werent just about the dance, but freeing. if i took a class like this a number of yrs ago & there was a group that would provide emotional support, i would have looked into therapy a lot sooner. I think it gives an interesting point of view of women empowerment through dance.

I'm all about female empowerment and pole dancing. It is a fun and strength building exercise!!

And while I can understand and relate to a lot of what these women were going through and the healing they received from Pole Dancing, this was way too heavy on the trauma for me!

I started pole dancing because I was bored with my other workouts and stuck with it because it's hella fun ;) and other positive reasons. A cool place to hang out with other women. All that trauma would kill the buzz for me!

But super happy the women in the documentary found peace.

Get ready for a lot of sobbing, and a lot of advertising Sheila's studio. Great stuff, everybody.