In the collision of vulgarity and fashion, who wins and who loses?

In an ordinary apartment, several hot moms and girls in hot pants and long boots each surrounded a steel pipe, flying up and down like swifts to the strong rhythm of the music, their flying hair like burning fire. Pole dancing, an alternative dance that has been immersed in the atmosphere of Western "low culture" for decades and combines strength and tenderness, has now become the new darling of the fashion industry.

Roland, a Jiangxi woman who had successfully promoted belly dancing in Beijing, officially introduced pole dancing, which was popular on the nightclub stages in Europe and the United States, to Beijing and opened the first club in mainland China that specializes in teaching pole dancing. Since the opening of Roland Pole Dance Fitness Club, the number of students has reached hundreds. What was beyond Roland's expectation was that the vast majority of these students were urban white-collar workers, including lawyers, accountants, IT engineers and other highly educated people.

Pole dancing is the most "famous" representative of European and American nightclub culture. Dancers are usually scantily clad, constantly caressing and clamping a pole, and making sexual suggestions to the viewers through provocative eyes and fiery dance moves. It is often pornographic and is for adults only. Therefore, the word "pole dancing" has become a synonym for "erotic dancing" and "striptease". It can be said that before it was interpreted as a fitness sport, pole dancing never had a good reputation.

But with the passage of time, the value of pole dancing in the fields of weight loss, body shaping, and enhancing female charm has also been developed to a certain extent: twisting the waist, kicking the legs, squatting and other movements in the dance can effectively improve the muscles in the waist, buttocks, calves and thighs, to perfect the female curves. Roland even said that as long as you hold the steel pipe and do each movement firmly, you can get 10 to 20 times the effect of doing the same movement with your bare hands. More difficult movements such as the backswing, rotation, and hanging can strengthen the limbs and improve limb flexibility. Experts also believe that pole dancing can help working women relax their bodies, relieve stress, increase their self-confidence, and improve their sense of musical rhythm.

British housewives flock to it

British housewives have joined the ranks of "dancers" and are dancing around the pole in an unkind way. Pole manufacturers have developed special poles that can be installed at home and portable poles, which are sold publicly on shopping websites. Sales of related products such as pole dancing instructional videos, books, clothing, etc. are also booming. What’s interesting is that pole dancers from pornographic venues have begun to flow in large numbers to upper-class fitness clubs and high-end clubs, which has caused headaches for the operators of various nightclubs.

The voices of condemnation continue

Although pole dancing has led a new trend in the fitness industry, there are still many people who think that this dance is indecent and not suitable for high society. Rodguz, a 33-year-old American woman, said: "I've seen the commercials. These women are like strippers. How can they make themselves feel better?" After the news that some British female college students had entered the sex industry due to high tuition fees and performed pole dancing and lap dancing to earn money to complete their studies was exposed, there was an endless stream of condemnations against various "pleasure tricks" including pole dancing.

In addition to the influence of traditional concepts that are different from those in Europe and the United States, Asian women do not have good physical fitness and find it difficult to complete high-intensity movements like white women. Instead, they must exercise their physical fitness, arm strength and grip strength through freehand training, dumbbell exercises, push-ups, pull-ups and other movements. This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of this sport flourishing in China. So, what will be the fate of pole dancing, which is both good and evil, in China? Perhaps it's best to wait and see.