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by Sergia Louise
You've always had the pull to perform. Not just do a routine — but create something that actually moves people. Every time you sit down to choreograph: you freeze, second-guess, change the song, spiral. Here's what no one told you: the best performances aren't magic. They're engineered. What's standing between you and the routine you're imagining probably isn't what you think. Hosted by Sergia Louise — US Pole Champion and your resident pole nerd. No tricks. No fluff. Just the nerdy stuff that makes choreography feel clear not chaotic. If there's a performance in you — this is where it starts.
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- Today9 min
31. Yeah. And What Else? (Part 1 of 2)
Resources mentioned:Routine Map Sessionhttps://www.poledancefoundations.com/routinemapwant to see EVERYTHING:https://www.poledancefoundations.com/everything---Picture a boat, a calm ocean, and forty gorgeous dolphins leaping one after another. Somewhere around dolphin fifteen, you stop gasping and start looking for snacks. That is what a full evening of beautiful pole routines can feel like, and the question your brain is asking is: yeah, and what else?In this episode I share the drive home test, why shock is a firework and not a connection, and what the two or three performances you remember for years actually have.What you'll learn:Why beautiful stopped being enoughThe drive home test: which pieces are still with you in the car?Why shock and spectacle backfire (attention is not connection)Why most dancers were never taught meaningWhat the unforgettable routines have: a point of viewYour homework: think of the last live performance you couldn't stop thinking aboutNote: Pole dance was created by skrippers and sex workers. Full stop. They built this art form from the ground up, the studios, the moves, the culture, all of it. I would not be here without them. I honor that history and I stand in solidarity with sex workers and their rights. Always.
- 1 weeks ago7 min
30. The Two Seasons: Why You Should Never Learn a Trick and Choreograph It in the Same Breath
Resources mentioned:Free video, How to Create Compelling Pole Routineshttps://www.poledancefoundations.com/compellingroutinesMy Pole Dance Foundations Online Group Membershiphttps://www.poledancefoundations.com/polefromhomewant to see EVERYTHING:https://www.poledancefoundations.com/everything---You have a show eight weeks out, so you start choreographing around a trick you can't do yet. Now your training is a construction site and your routine can't settle.In this episode I split your year into two seasons: skill building season, where you acquire, and routine building season, where you deploy only what you already own. I explain why mixing them makes you worse at both, and give you three steps to live in your season.What you'll learn:Why every other sport separates off-season from competition seasonThe one rule of routine building season: only moves you already ownWhy an unready trick holds your whole routine hostageHow to put the seasons on a calendar and write your perfected moves listWhat to do with the shiny new trick that shows up mid routineWhy a stretch with no performance is not falling behindNote: Pole dance was created by skrippers and sex workers. Full stop. They built this art form from the ground up, the studios, the moves, the culture, all of it. I would not be here without them. I honor that history and I stand in solidarity with sex workers and their rights. Always.
- 2 weeks ago6 min
29. The 4 Guitar Chords of Pole Dance
Resources mentioned:Free training, The 3 Key Elementshttps://www.poledancefoundations.com/SavemyspotMy Pole Dance Foundations Online Group Membershiphttps://www.poledancefoundations.com/polefromhomewant to see EVERYTHING:https://www.poledancefoundations.com/everything---Every new trick feels like starting at the bottom of a brand new mountain. It is not supposed to feel like that.In this episode I explain why some dancers seem to learn everything fast, how skills compound like interest in your body, and why setting a stubborn trick down for a while often works better than forcing it.What you'll learn:Why chords beat catalog when you trainHow one foundational skill can power seventeen other movesWhat "compound interest for your body" meansWhy you can't deadline your body, and what to do when a trick isn't readyWhy an audience feels command, not your trick listThe one question to ask about every move you trainNote: Pole dance was created by skrippers and sex workers. Full stop. They built this art form from the ground up, the studios, the moves, the culture, all of it. I would not be here without them. I honor that history and I stand in solidarity with sex workers and their rights. Always.
- 3 weeks ago7 min
28. Are You Dressed for the Party With No Party to Go To?
Resources mentioned:My Pole Dance Foundations Online Group Membershiphttps://www.poledancefoundations.com/polefromhomewant to see EVERYTHING:https://www.poledancefoundations.com/everything---You did the work. The training, the strength, the tricks. And then someone puts on a song and says "just dance," and you have nowhere to go with any of it.In this episode I break down why that happens. Pole becomes transformational when three elements grow together: Dance Movement, Trick Technique, and Free Dance Flow. I walk through the three flavors of stuck that come from leaving one out, and why all three plates need to spin from early in your journey.What you'll learn:The three elements every pole dancer needs: Dance Movement, Trick Technique, and Free Dance FlowWhy Free Dance Flow is a skill, not a talentThe three flavors of stuck, and which one you're inWhy free dance is your recovery system when your mind blanks on stageYour 15 minute homework for the plate you're neglectingNote: Pole dance was created by skrippers and sex workers. Full stop. They built this art form from the ground up, the studios, the moves, the culture, all of it. I would not be here without them. I honor that history and I stand in solidarity with sex workers and their rights. Always.
- 4 weeks ago10 min
27. The Adult Dance Class Rant: Why Ballet, Jazz, and Contemporary Classes Leave You Feeling Behind
Resources mentioned:🎯 The Flow Codes (free 4-video series): https://www.poledancefoundations.com/FlowCodes---You did the responsible thing. You signed up for an adult ballet, jazz, or contemporary class to build the foundation under your pole dancing. And you walked out feeling like the slowest person in the room.In this episode I break down the curse of knowledge. It is the reason instructors who grew up dancing skip the basics and leave you filling in blanks nobody gave you. I call out my own industry too. Pole teachers do it as well. Then I decode four elements of stage presence people call magic and show you the mechanics underneath: circles, pivots, angles, and pit-stops.What you'll learn:Why the curse of knowledge is not about your talentWhy pole teachers skip the same vocabulary dance teachers doWhy "just feel it" is the same curse wearing a different costumeThe four decoded elements behind stage presence: circles, pivots, angles, pit-stopsWhy progress is foundations plus the right teacher, not talentHow to stop auditing your body and start auditing your trainingNote: Pole dance was created by skrippers and sex workers. Full stop. They built this art form from the ground up, the studios, the moves, the culture, all of it. I would not be here without them. I honor that history and I stand in solidarity with sex workers and their rights. Always.
- Oct 1, 20267 min
26. The Stew and the Meat and Potatoes: Why You Don't Feel Like a Dancer Yet
Resources mentioned:💃 Pole Dance Foundations Membership: https://www.poledancefoundations.com/polefromhome💃 See EVERYTHING: https://www.poledancefoundations.com/everything You have the tricks. Inversions, a layback, a couple of drops that make people gasp at open pole. So why does a full song still feel clunky? Trick, awkward pause, walk, trick.Sergia breaks down the difference between your trick vocabulary and your grounded movement, and why the second one is what actually makes a routine read as dancing. It is also your safety net for the moment your brain blanks on stage.Note: Pole dance was created by skrippers and sex workers. Full stop. They built this art form from the ground up — the studios, the moves, the culture, all of it. I would not be here without them. I honor that history and I stand in solidarity with sex workers and their rights. Always.
- Sep 24, 202615 min
25. Why the Beginners Look Like the Strongest People in the Room
Resources mentioned:🎟️ Free Pole Performer Summit (Sept 23-26): https://www.poledancefoundations.com/PolePerformerSummit 💃 Pole Dance Foundations Membership: https://www.poledancefoundations.com/polefromhomeWatch any pole studio and you'll see it. Beginners look like the strongest people in the room, veins popping, muscling through every move. The advanced dancers in the corner look like they're floating through the same moves. That's not because they got stronger. It's because they stopped paying full price for their movement.The gap between a beginner and an advanced dancer isn't strength. It's efficiency, and efficiency is a skill you can learn. In this episode I break down two foundational concepts, Orbiting on static pole and perpendicular pressure, that explain why some dancers work so hard for so little and others get the same movement for a fraction of the cost. I also get into why this matters beyond survival, because every bit of effort you save through efficiency is effort you get to spend on your face, your intention, and your performance.What You'll Learn:Why beginners work so hard while advanced dancers look like they're floating through the same movesThe tetherball secret behind Orbiting on static pole, and how fear kills your own spinWhy perpendicular pressure, not squeezing, is what actually holds you on the poleWhy level one, where you can't go upside down, turns out to be the hardest level of allThe lie your brain tells you when someone else looks like they're not trying, and why it's wrongHow efficiency saves your energy for artistry, not just for tricksWhy your hardest, least efficient tricks are a cost your performance has to pay---Note: Pole dance was created by skrippers and sex workers. Full stop. They built this art form from the ground up — the studios, the moves, the culture, all of it. I would not be here without them. I honor that history and I stand in solidarity with sex workers and their rights. Always.
- Sep 17, 202610 min
24. You Don't Lack Strength. You Lack a Diagnosis.
Resources mentioned:🎟️ Free Pole Performer Summit (Sept 23-26): https://www.poledancefoundations.com/PolePerformerSummit 💃 Pole Dance Foundations Membership: https://www.poledancefoundations.com/polefromhomeYou Don't Lack Strength. You Lack a Diagnosis.There's a move you keep cutting from your routines. You drilled it for weeks, then swapped it out ten days before your show and told yourself the choreography flowed better without it. It didn't. This episode is about why that move is still stuck, and it's not the reason you think.Every dancer has a nemesis move, the one that gets cut right before it counts. Most of us respond by drilling harder, watching more tutorials, and deciding we don't have what it takes. I built the Three-Steps-Back Test to prove that's the wrong diagnosis almost every time. In this episode I break down why "get stronger" has become the default answer to every stuck move, and when the real gap sits three steps back in a foundation nobody checked.What You'll Learn:Why drilling a stuck move harder almost never fixes it, and what to do insteadThe Three-Steps-Back Test I use with my own students to find the real problem in under ten minutesWhy "you need to get stronger" has become pole's catch-all diagnosis, and when it's the wrong oneHow to tell a technique gap from a strength gapWhy a foundation nobody checked months ago shrinks your choreography vocabulary todayWhat expert eyes catch that a tutorial never canThe real reason your routines keep feeling the same
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About The Pole Dance Performer
You've always had the pull to perform. Not just do a routine — but create something that actually moves people. Every time you sit down to choreograph: you freeze, second-guess, change the song, spiral. Here's what no one told you: the best performances aren't magic. They're engineered. What's standing between you and the routine you're imagining probably isn't what you think. Hosted by Sergia Louise — US Pole Champion and your resident pole nerd. No tricks. No fluff. Just the nerdy stuff that makes choreography feel clear not chaotic. If there's a performance in you — this is where it starts.
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