PoleArt 2012 - new ladies on the block

PoleArt will be held in Stockholm in less than a week, on Saturday the 25th of August. PoleArt is widely considered one of the most prestigious international pole dancing competitions, and this year the list of competitors is even more impressive than ever before.

Female Competative Category

Anastasia Skukhtorova, Russia

Laurence Hilsum, France

Maria Luz Escalante, Argentina

Natalia Egorova, Russia

Natasha Wang, USA

Oona Kivelä, Finland

Phoenix Kazree, USA

Polina Volchek, USA

Rafaela Montanaro, Brazil

Tracey Simmonds, South Africa

Male Competative Category

Evgeny Greshilov, Russia

Patryk Rybarski, Poland

Saulo Sarmiento, France

Steven Retchless, USA

Wilson Alexander Meija, Colombia

Many of the ladies and gentlemen are familiar from IPC 2012. Actually, of the competitors only Natalia Egorova and Polina Volchek were new names to me, so I took a closer look at them.

In Natalia's application video she starts with a hula hoop and then shows some very impressive tricks, making me think that she must be a former gymnast. There was a gymnast by the same name, but I think she must be older than this Natalia... Nevertheless, very impressive for someone I haven't even heard from previously.

Polina Volchek didn't sound familiar to me, but Pink Puma I know! She has a distinct style that will divide opinions, especially here in Scandinavia. She's something that many will consider very sexy and I certainly envy her flexibility. She's been pole dancing for only a year but has 10 years of experience in rhythmic gymnastics. Well, at least she's not one of those gymnast-turned-pole dancer whose background you can tell from a mile away. Even though Polina represents USA in PoleArt, she is actually a native of Ukraine and has even been on Ukraine's Got Talent.

By the way, what is that trick called that Polina does at 2:05? Natalia Egorova also did that in her application video.

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