Pole dancing is a combination of dance and acrobatics centered on a vertical pole. The performance art, which was previously popular only in strip clubs, is now gaining mainstream popularity and is practiced in dance studios and fitness clubs.
This form of dancing requires core strength, coordination and exotic moves all combined into one. Promoters of pole dancing are trying to change people’s views, seeing it not as a sexual form of dancing, but rather as form of acrobatics.
© Sputnik / Viktor Tolochko / Go to the mediabankContestant Alla Shablovskaya takes part in the pole dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
Contestant Alla Shablovskaya takes part in the pole dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
© Sputnik / Viktor Tolochko / Go to the mediabankContestant Alesya Dmitrochenko takes part in the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
Contestant Alesya Dmitrochenko takes part in the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
© Sputnik / Viktor TolochkoContestant Anastasia Shlyazhko performing during the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
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Contestant Anastasia Shlyazhko performing during the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
© Sputnik / Viktor Tolochko / Go to the mediabankContestant Yulia Konoplyanik dancing on the pole during the tournament in Minsk.
Contestant Yulia Konoplyanik dancing on the pole during the tournament in Minsk.
© Sputnik / Victor Tolochko / Go to the mediabankDuet performance of Yulia Morozova and Olga Mehova during the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
Duet performance of Yulia Morozova and Olga Mehova during the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
© Sputnik / Viktor Tolochko / Go to the mediabankContestant Alexandera Vnuk performs in the "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
Contestant Alexandera Vnuk performs in the "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
© Sputnik / Viktor Tolochko / Go to the mediabankContestant Alla Shablovskaya takes part in the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
Contestant Alla Shablovskaya takes part in the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
© Sputnik / Viktor Tolochko / Go to the mediabankContestant Polina Prokopovich performing during the pole dance tournament in Minsk.
Contestant Polina Prokopovich performing during the pole dance tournament in Minsk.
© Sputnik / Viktor Tolochko / Go to the mediabankContestant Kristina Kruglikova takes part in the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
Contestant Kristina Kruglikova takes part in the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
© Sputnik / Viktor Tolochko / Go to the mediabankContestant Anastasia Kashmanova performing during the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.
Contestant Anastasia Kashmanova performing during the dance tournament "Pole Art Show 2018" in Minsk.