Chennai’s The Pole Camp takes the stage with Becoming, a thematic showcase
Chennai-based pole dancing school, The Pole Camp, is preparing for its first public showcase titled 'Becoming' on August 16. The performance will feature 64 students interpreting the 'navarasa' (nine emotions) through choreographed pole dance routines.
Why it matters
The event highlights the growing acceptance and professionalization of pole dancing as a legitimate form of artistic expression and fitness in urban India.
There are over 60 women and one man, dressed in black athleisure of every kind, warming up on a Sunday afternoon at The Pole Camp’s ECR studio. Anusha Swamy, pole artiste and founder, is checking to see if the poles fitted across the studio floor and ceiling are in alignment. “There might be nerves, so let us dance it out,” says Mridula Joseph, and everyone breaks into a dance as Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ plays over the speakers.
The article is a cultural feature piece with no political or social bias.
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