Chris Talbot
Copyright: Chris Talbot
| Date of Birth: | March 12, 1985 |
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| Born in: | Penang, Malaysia |
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| Occupation: | Pole Dance instructor and performer, personal trainer, doctor of marine biology |
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| Favorite City: | Barcelona |
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| Favorite Food: | Mexican and Thai |
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| Favorite Drink: | Skinny mocha |
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| Favorite TV Shows: | Alias, Family Guy, Archer |
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| What I do for fun: | I don’t get a lot of spare time, but when I do, I will be catching up with friends, going out for a dance, and hitting up the beach! |
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My Life as a Pole Athlete
| Dance Background: | I danced a little jazz when I was very young, but other than that, I have had no formal dance training until I begand pole dancing. |
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| First time Pole Dance: | I had always admired the art of pole dancing, but never knew that males could participate! Finally, after a taste of pole dancing at a friends hens party, I just went ahead and purchased some online pole dancing vouchers for a studio in Brisbane, and never looked back! I began proper training in January 2012. |
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| Favorite Pole Trick: | My favourite trick would be spinning aerial deadlifts! |
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| Most inspiring Pole Athlete: | My biggest inspiration would be my friend and colleague - Fontaine Bradbury. Her strength, flexibility, style and grace is what I aspire to achieve. I am also strongly inspired by Felix Cane, Marlo Fisken, Anastasia Skukhtorova and Evgeny Greshilov. |
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| Training Times: | I train anywhere from 5 to 20 hours per week, depending on shows and classes at the time. I teach throughout the week so I try to fit my own training in around classes. |
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| How I define Pole Dance: | My description of pole dancing: a challenging combination of gymnastics, acrobatics, dance, strength and grace! Pole Dance is both a sport and an art, with many beautiful applications and physical challenges. |
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| Pole Dance is...: | Strength, Flexibility, Passion |
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| Pole Dance vs. Pole Fitness: | Pole Dance: Incorporates more elements of different styles of dance and floor work into the routines, allowing one to really project their own style. Pole Fitness: Incorporates more elements of gymnastics and acrobatics, focusing more on strength and flexibility ticks and combinations both on the pole and floor. |
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| Be a Dancer or Judge: | I would prefer to join a competition as a dancer than a judge! However sometimes it is fun to judge as well. |
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| Titles I hold: | 2012 International Natural Bodybuilding Association and North Pacific Body Building Male Fitness Model Champion; 2012 Lonestar Mr Pole Fitness; 2013 Australian Pole Fitness Championships Finalist; 2013 Mr Pole Dance Finalist; 2013 International Pole Championships Semi-finalist. |
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| Reason to quit Pole Dancing: | The only reason I would stop pole dancing is because I was dead! |
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Get in touch
| Official Facebook Site: | www.facebook.com/chris.talbot.12532 |
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| Pole Acrobatics Info is sponsor of: |  POLE EXPO 2013 |
 POLE FOR A PURPOSE 2013 |