The Pole Dance Performer

Sergia Louise
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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.

  1. 3d ago

    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 training 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.

  2. Oct 1

    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.

  3. Sep 24

    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/polefromhome Watch 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.

  4. Sep 17

    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/polefromhome You 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

  5. Aug 27

    23. Why Your Saved Tutorials Never Make It to the Stage

    Resources mentioned: 🎟️ Free Pole Performer Summit (Sept 23-26): https://www.poledancefoundations.com/PolePerformerSummit 💃 Pole Dance Foundations Membership: https://www.poledancefoundations.com/polefromhome Why Your Saved Tutorials Never Make It to the Stage: You have 400 saved pole tutorials on Instagram. You watch them on your lunch break. You drill them at open pole. So why does none of it connect when a full song comes on? In this episode I introduce you to Winging It Wanda, the pole dancer who builds her whole education out of 60 second tutorials and ends up with a pile of trick morsels instead of a dance. I break down why demonstration is not instruction, what is actually happening under the waterline of every trick you have ever watched online, and why an audience does not applaud positions, they feel moments. What you'll learn: Why 400 saved tutorials can leave you more stuck, not less The real reason your tricks won't connect into a routine, even when you can do all of them Who Winging It Wanda is and whether you have some of her in you The difference between demonstration and instruction, and why it matters more than you think What is actually happening "under the waterline" of every pole trick you've ever watched Why an audience feels moments, not positions The one mindset shift that changes how you approach learning a new move Why drilling the same trick for months might be the wrong move entirely skrippers solidarity 🔥

  6. Aug 13

    22. From Concept to Stage 4/4: REFINE

    LINKS MENTIONED: Free Masterclass: Compelling Pole Routines ⁠⁠⁠⁠poledancefoundations.com/compellingroutines⁠⁠⁠⁠ Free Training: The Choreography Code ⁠⁠⁠⁠poledancefoundations.com/poleartistmentorship⁠⁠⁠⁠ Create Your Routine with Sergia 1:1⁠⁠⁠⁠ poledancefoundations.com/routinemap⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Sergia: @sergialouise on Instagram

  7. Aug 6

    21. From Concept to Stage 3/4: EMBODY

    LINKS MENTIONED: Free Masterclass: Compelling Pole Routines ⁠⁠⁠⁠poledancefoundations.com/compellingroutines⁠⁠⁠⁠ Free Training: The Choreography Code ⁠⁠⁠⁠poledancefoundations.com/poleartistmentorship⁠⁠⁠⁠ Create Your Routine with Sergia 1:1⁠⁠⁠⁠ poledancefoundations.com/routinemap⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Sergia: @sergialouise on Instagram

  8. Jul 30

    20. From Concept to Stage 2/4: MAP

    LINKS MENTIONED: Free Masterclass: Compelling Pole Routines ⁠⁠⁠poledancefoundations.com/compellingroutines⁠⁠⁠ Free Training: The Choreography Code ⁠⁠⁠poledancefoundations.com/poleartistmentorship⁠⁠⁠ Create Your Routine with Sergia 1:1⁠⁠⁠ poledancefoundations.com/routinemap⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Follow Sergia: @sergialouise on Instagram

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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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  • Creator
    Sergia Louise
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Sergia Louise
  • Show Website
    The Pole Dance Performer

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