Purity

New Venue and New Moves!

2008-11-24T04:16:00.000-08:00

Leanne will be starting to teach Purity Classes in Wraysbury near Staines from 4th December 2008, there will be 2 tasters this year and beginners starting from January 2009.
Tasters are £15 each or you can do both for a special offer price of £25.

Purity will also be expanding to cover Bexleyheath, Kent in 2009, so watch this space or sign up the the mail out to be notified of start dates.

Been playing on the pole and managed to crack a couple of new moves this week, in particular the one handed hand stand and also the shoulder mount flip!!

Pantera, Miss Pole Dance and Pole Divas!!

2008-11-12T07:12:00.000-08:00

Lots have happened in the past month!! Pantera came to the Purity Studio, and taught a brilliant Pole Workshop and a few private lessons. She worked us all very hard, not all of it was on the pole part of it was core strength work in pairs, and showing us good handstand techniques.

Here are a couple of shots from the day:
Jason Parlour Photos

The following day was Miss Pole Dance UK at the Scala, Kings Cross. It was an exciting day full of pole jamming, interviews, fliming and gossiping.... oh and a pole competition too!!! The competition was brilliant, 900 in the crowd all applauding each of the dancers. I went on first, extreemly nervous, but I had a lot of fun, despite having to alter part of my routine as I didn't have grip (of all the times!!) By going on first it meant I could sit back and watch the rest of the competitors. Everyone had such amzing and unique styles and was a brilliant show to watch. The winner was Alesia Vazmitsel, very elegant and graceful.

Here are some of the photos:
Jason Parlour Photos

The next week I headed to Brighton to compete in the last heat for Pole Divas, as it was the last heat lots of people had decided to enter, and it was tough. Again I was first on, but fortunatley I had excellent grip and walked away very pleased that I had done the best I could in my performance. All of the performances were very strong and different, my friend Jo Dandridge won the heat and will be going to the finals in Manchester on the 23rd November.

Here are some photos from my routine:
(C) James Oluoch-Olunya

More photos and videos of my routines can be seen on my gallery page on website.

Pantera at the Purity Studio

2008-09-30T05:13:00.000-07:00

Pantera is one of the most famous and best pole dancers in the world, she is the star of one of the first ever Pole Dance DVDs - Poletricks 101 - and she is including the Purity Studio, Reading Berkshire in her UK tour in October 2008.

She will be at the Purity Studio on Wednesday 15th October 2008

3 hour workshop - 10am-1pm - £100
*3 spaces left* (5 poles / 10 students max)

Private lessons in the afternoon
1 hour - £130
*1 lesson left*

Please call Pole Passion to book - 0871 318 38 38
A £50 deposit is required and the rest is payable on the day

For directions and parking please see www.puritystudio.co.uk

These photos are from my private lesson with her back in 2006.

Casual Class

2008-09-22T05:41:00.000-07:00

I am looking at starting a Casual Pole Class at the weekends in the Purity Studio, Reading. This will be a 1 hour class suitable for Absolute Beginners to Advance, priced at £7.

After the warm-up all students will work to their own level. The class will not follow a course structure and will not be on every weekend. You'll need to book in advance for each class you want to come to, as it will not be a drop in class.

This class would be great for:

Those who can't come to a weekday class
Students who don't have their own pole at home, but would like more opportunities to practice
Students who need help with a particular move
Those who can't afford the course lessons at a particular time, but still want to keep progressing in a safe environment
Students who would like extra tuition
Those who would like to brush up on moves before moving to the next level

You do not have to be a Purity student to benefit from this class.

I would like to know your opinions on this type of class, even if you are not in the area and wouldn't come to this one in particular; I still value your input.

Would you like this style of class?
Which time do you think may be more suited; a Saturday afternoon, or Sunday afternoon, or Sunday early evening?

Do get in touch with your input, or leave a comment.

Please do sign up the mail out to be the first to find out about this class.

Purity Fitness Pilates

2008-09-04T07:34:00.000-07:00

Fitness Pilates will be starting at the Purity Studio in Reading, Berkshire on 25th September 2008.
The class will run 10.30-11.30am on Thursday mornings.

These classes are designed for Beginners to Intermediates and no more than 10 people in a class.

Fitness Pilates uses a combination of exercises to:

improve posture
improve core and back strength
increase muscular balance and strength

A great side effect of Fitness Pilates is relaxation.

One session = £7

One month = £27.50

www.puritystudio.co.uk

Vertical Studio Launch

2008-09-02T03:20:00.000-07:00

On Saturday 31st August Jason and I went to the launch of the new Vertical Dance Studio, Katie Coates and crew has been working hard over the past 4 months in order to get the studio open. All their hard work has really paid off, we turned up to see a very fresh and modern dance and fitness studios, there was a BBQ outside in the sunshine, various fitness, dance and relaxation classes going on, also there are some lovely beauty suites and a creche.

I was very drawn to the Circus skills, having never tried it before I didn't know what to expect, but now I am hooked on the Trapeze!! Despite the rope burn on the back of my legs I still thoroughly enjoyed it!!

Tina ended the day by doing a silks performance which was amazing, she was so effortless and graceful.

Here are are few of my favourite shots from the day, taken by Jason Parlour.

More of Jasons photos can be found here.

Purity Studio Launch last Sunday

2008-08-27T04:03:00.000-07:00

I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came along to the Launch of my new Pole Dance Studio on Sunday. I hope you all had lots of fun and picked up some new moves.

Here are a few photos from the jam:

My Butterfly

and Pretzel

Kerri's first invert!!!

Suze'e first Supergirl from an Invert (check out that smile!!)

Mels Aysha

Cass getting scared of spinny pole!!

Sadie's Invert

Cass doing Box Splits on the pole

Suze's first attempt at the Flag!

Tina's Diva

All photos are by Jason Parlour (JasonParlour.com)

More photos can be found here: http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=54973&l=2b3b4&id=663993553

and here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonparlour/collections/72157606948773750/

Making Pole Dancing Affordable

2008-08-13T14:37:00.000-07:00

After much thinking I have found a way to make pole dancing more affordable. Some people find Pole Dancing can be an expensive hobby, but I would like to try and change that. From now on there will not be 6 week courses, you can pay for one month at a time for just £60 instead (Beginners and Intermediate). Think of it like a gym membership (although there isn't a contract), you pay for the one month on a particular date (which is the date of your first class), if you miss a lesson you miss out, but if you come to each class you are making a saving of about £4.50 per class!! Some months you'll get 4 lessons and others you'll get 5 lessons. So this is a much nicer solution than £110 for 6 weeks.

The Advanced classes are £70 per month rather than £130 for 6 weeks.

There is also the option of paying by standing order for those who are addicted to the pole.

For details of spaces available in the Purity Pole classes can be found using the quick links on the right side of this page.

The Purity Pole Dance Studio is open!!

2008-08-08T14:46:00.000-07:00

This week has been a manic week at Purity, as the new Purity Pole Dancing Studio opened on Wednesday 6th August. Two busy Beginner Tasters launched the Studio on Wednesday evening in Reading Berkshire.

This has been a dream of mine ever since I started teaching, and I can't believe I have found such a lovely space.

The mirrors have now arrived and will be going up asap along with a few other decorative items.

Today I had my first play on the poles, and didn't want to finish, although I was forced too as my arms were about to drop off!! I think I did one too many Flags! The poles are a great height of about 9ft, perfect for those climbing inverts.

Here is a before and after shot...

Taken July 2008

Taken August 2008

I love my studio!!!

Feeding Lemurs

2008-07-28T03:10:00.000-07:00

For Christmas 3 of my lovely students got me a voucher to go and feed the Ring Tail Lemurs at Paradise Wildlife Park in Hertfordshire.

I redeemed it last Friday and had the most wonderful time ever!!

Check out how cute they are!!

Purity Pole Dancing Studio!!!

2008-07-24T06:56:00.000-07:00

I have now found a cute lil studio to run the Purity Pole Classes from. Its in Reading near Reading West Station just off the Oxford Road.
At the moment it's being refurbished but I've been promised it will be ready for 1st August 2008, I can't wait!!

I'm going to put up 5 Xpoles, lots of mats and a couple of trick mats. Mirrors will be installed later in August.

I have got the free pole dance tasters on 6th August for new polers and a pole jam for the more experienced ones on Sun 24th August 1-4pm.

Pole Lessons Beginners, Intermediate and Advance will be starting early August, see the website for more details www.puritypoledancing.com.

Fitness Pilates, Aerobics and Belly Dancing will be coming to the Purity Studio later this year.

Watch this space for pictures of the new studio in a couple of weeks time.

Glastonbury 2008

2008-07-17T05:45:00.000-07:00

I went to Glastonbury this year for the 4th time, and I had a fantastic time! I saw a dragon, became a demon, saw a live show of 'Who's line is it anyway?', saw a kiddy in a cowsuit running round a pen, blew glass, walked on stilts and danced to some of the best Techno ever by Rowland the Bastard!

Unfortunately I did not see any pole dance performers so I created the entertainment for myself!

Pole Jam with Lisa and Mel

2008-07-16T04:08:00.000-07:00

Had a pole jam with Lisa on 8th June and she got her Reverse Grab into Stag!!! Then the Cupid into Butterfly!!

On the 22nd June Mel came over for a pole jam and she got her Death Lay!!!

Then the Straight Edge, her body was away from the pole, honest!

After all that we mucked around on the pole!

Pole Jam with Cass

2008-07-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

Back on 2nd June 2008 my friend Cass came round for a pole jam, we had a right giggle and even cracked a few moves.
Cass:

She got her Superman:

I finally got my handspring, this move has baffled me for far too long!!

My first Blog

2008-07-13T07:45:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd start this blog, so that I can start to record my progress on the pole, and keep people informed of any performances I'm involved with, as well as sharing any great videos or Pole information I find.