scarletthoney -
Why should it matter if you've made money from dancing before? It doesn't mean you've had more training, or more experience. There are many strippers who don't ANY pole tricks! It just means you were paid to dance. Whether that dancer has a high level of skill or whether she is not so good depends on the dancer's natural ability and work ethic, not on how much money she's earnt. If we discriminated against dancers who had previous professions that help them with their pole dancing, then most of the world's elite pole dancers would not be allowed to compete in Pole Art, World Pole Sports, etc. Some of them have trained and been employed as gymnasts, acrobats, ballerinas, fitness instructors, etc. Some of them have won medals at the olympics for gods sake! Some of them have had years working as dancers in clubs. WHO CARES!!?? Pole dancing should be appreciated and judged for what it is, an athletic, acrobatic, sexy, artistic dance form. Any studio, person or institution who believes that certain dancers should not be allowed to compete because of their personal lives (employment or training history) really needs to stop being so narrow-minded and prejudiced.