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07-26-2004, 10:03 PM
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10244435%255E13762,00.html
AS Tanya Neilsen dresses for the latest exercise fad, she will slip on a pair of 10cm high heels.
"It's the next Pilates," says Neilsen, an actor and pole-dancing teacher at Bodywize, in Brisbane's inner-city Teneriffe.
The luxurious women's health club opened in partnership with local sports fashion designer Lorna Jane three weeks ago.
The club's five poles have been getting a workout, thanks to pole-dancing's growing popularity.
Empowerment is the catch-cry, and perhaps an almost feminist reclaiming of a physical expression most commonly associated with seedy strip clubs. O-kaaayyy...
AS Tanya Neilsen dresses for the latest exercise fad, she will slip on a pair of 10cm high heels.
"It's the next Pilates," says Neilsen, an actor and pole-dancing teacher at Bodywize, in Brisbane's inner-city Teneriffe.
The luxurious women's health club opened in partnership with local sports fashion designer Lorna Jane three weeks ago.
The club's five poles have been getting a workout, thanks to pole-dancing's growing popularity.
Empowerment is the catch-cry, and perhaps an almost feminist reclaiming of a physical expression most commonly associated with seedy strip clubs. O-kaaayyy...