26. The Stew and the Meat and Potatoes: Why You Don't Feel Like a Dancer Yet

<p>Resources mentioned:</p><p><br></p><p>💃 Pole Dance Foundations Membership: <a href="https://www.poledancefoundations.com/polefromhome" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠https://www.poledancefoundations.com/polefromhome</a></p><p><br></p><p>💃 See EVERYTHING: <a href="https://www.poledancefoundations.com/everything" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.poledancefoundations.com/everything</a> </p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p><em>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.</em></p>