I haven't been doing this long, but I have a question.
Does anyone know the history of the pole? I mean, where & when did dancing on a pole start?![]()
I haven't been doing this long, but I have a question.
Does anyone know the history of the pole? I mean, where & when did dancing on a pole start?![]()
I think someone posted this already? DO a search just to be sure
yeah, we already went through this and preaty much decided that it came about because of the cages the go-go dancers used.



So that's where the idea of poledancing came from. I'd always wondered where.
I'd always wondered if some old time fireman on duty, late at night woke up from his bed on the second floor of the firestation, looked at the brass pole he was supposed to slide down to get to the first floor, and said to himself, "You know, it would be really nice to see a naked woman slide down that pole, just once."
Oh well, I guess this completely throws my original theory out the window.
aww but i like that theory better
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haha i like the fireman theory.
anyways, i read somehwere that it came from circuses. like when sexy girl dancers would dance, they had to use the pole that was used to hold the circus tent up.
well, thats what i read.![]()
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well go go dancing started in the 60s...and stripping was around before that!Originally Posted by ami
theres thhis book called 'the art of the striptease' or the 'history of the striptease' and im sure its in there. it wasj us 2 long for me to read. stripping has been around forever!
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Yeah, what ancient despotic monarch would have failed to have dancing girls? I mean the Egyptians always included them in the paintings to ensure they got them in paradise, in their tombs, and that's going back almost 5,000 years.
But I like the question. The circus theory sounds good, but I'm not convinced. We must investigate this, I'm thinking...
You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
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Free your mind, and your ass will follow.
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Erotic pole dancing originated with peep show girls who travelled with the circus, like pre-1920s. The poles that were used to hold up the tents were sometimes integrated as part of the show - not to the athletic degree that it is today, but that's where it started. I don't remember where I read this, but it sounds plausible and pre-dates go go dancers as one of the earliest origin of modern pole dancing as we know it today.



I was under the impression that it orriginated from gypsy circus acts. There are however, aztec pole dances and may day dances.


i posted this EXACT same question on this very message board under my old name that i cant get into anymore and the answer someone came up with that during the turn of the century in london prostitutes would swing and dance around lamp posts to attract customers. i was satisfied with that answer![]()
yes!Originally Posted by ViolaStrings
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Wow! I would have never imagined all these answers! I'm glad I have learned more about this art.
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