| Pole-dancing Anyone? |
| Thursday, 28 January 2010 16:08 |
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By Seraine Page; Photos by Matt Hawkins
School is for academics, not shaking what your momma gave ya. Rebecca Butler, a PR student at the University of Florida, has learned about the related form of stripping—with her clothes on. On a regular basis, she teaches pole dancing at a local store and performs demos around Gainesville. The 22-year-old comes from a very religious family, but regardless of the debates that fuel family conversations, this tiny instructor dances on in hot pink bikinis, hiding the paper-thin pasties beneath. Call her “Becca.” It is a Tuesday night at The Laboratory. A dark room no bigger than an average classroom is crammed to capacity with people eagerly surrounding the focal point of today’s lesson: one shiny slicked down pole. Becca struts out of a long hallway, her 5- inch heeled boots clicking with each pronounced step. She runs her fingers through her waist long dark hair, closing her eyes as she weaves her way through the cooing crowd. They await her performance.
Heavy electric guitar streams through the room, lights dancing, shadowing her small frame as she grasps the pole, taking command. She gracefully shimmies down to the floor, squatting as the lyrics start. “You got them all by the balls, causing water falls.” As quickly as she bounced to the floor, she scoots her body up, caressing the pole, her lips whispering the lyrics into the air. Her body anchors itself against the pole, gyrating slowly, seducing onlookers. “ I wanna be her, yes I do.” She glides down the pole, pulsating her body all the way down. Slowly she kicks a leg out and smiles sweetly at the crowd, blowing kisses. “The boys wanna be her, the girls wanna be her.” After her final performance she is breathless, taking in all the cheers, hoots and hollers. Once she is in the back room, the stream of excitement pours out. “I just feel so lucky to be able to make a living with what I love, ” Becca gushes. “Pole dancing has this stigma attached to it, but I help women for a living. It helps people feel good in their skin.” She shimmies once again, but this time out of her bikini and into a tan and black mini dress, accentuating her toned body. “The best part of this job is when I change people’s perceptions of what it is to be a pole dancer, and it is a wonderful feeling to showcase the talent that I work so hard on.”
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When proud parents send their daughters off to college, generally, pole dancing is not at the top of the list for the curriculum.
Hope to see you there!
Becca