Pole dancers 
Posted on 02/25/2007 6:10:06 PM PST by george76
Johnna Cottam was showing a group of her girlfriends how to do a move called the Fireman.
Pole dancing, once exclusively the province of exotic dancers, has flared up as a much-hyped Hollywood exercise craze, and has seeped into the collective unconscious through shows like “The Sopranos” and “Desperate Housewives.” A variant called motorized pole dancing, which occurs in stretch limos, has raised eyebrows as far away as Britain, where some female university students pole-danced as a fund-raiser for testicular cancer. And mini-poles have even been spotted as dance props at over-the-top bat mitzvah parties in suburban precincts.
Now the pole — think ballet barre turned vertical — is the new star at racier versions of Tupperware parties in well-heeled (if high-heeled) areas like this one in the northwest hills of Morris County, about 33 miles from Manhattan. Billed as “femme empowerment,” such at-home pole dancing lessons are taking place in the realm of book clubs, with mothers — and grandmothers — learning slinky moves for girls’ nights in, bachelorette send-offs, even the occasional 60th birthday celebration.
“I want the women to feel strong within themselves,” explained Ms. Cottam, 29, who teaches pole dancing at a local gym as well as at home parties. Noting that some middle-aged suburban women lose themselves and their sense of sexuality as they are consumed by the responsibilities of motherhood, she added: “When you come to my class you are beautiful, you are. I want to show them that strength inside, and unleash that sexual kitten.”
Though Ms. Cottam operates independently, more than 350 pole-dance instructors in 34 states and Canada have signed up since August 2006 with an international company, EPM EmpowerNet, to run their own businesses in the model of Tupperware or Avon sales..
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
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If you've ever wondered what a middle-aged New Jersey suburban yenta looks like trying to act like a stripper at a kaffeeklatsch...
http://www.beliefnet.com/blogs/crunchycon/2007/02/trashy.html
Don't ask for pictures.
Much like a nudist colony, it's better in theory than in practice.
There are pictures and they are very scary.
Pole dancers
thanks
these look like nice pole dancers
How can I start a franchise? ;-)
Some are probably best left spayed....
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