Jamilla Deville
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| Born in: | Sydney, Australia. |
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| Occupation: | Pole Dance Instructor, Performer, Judge. |
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| Favorite Drink: | Coconut Water. |
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| What I do for fun: | I go to the water. Riverside, lakeside, harbourside, or ocean! |
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My Life as a Pole Athlete
| Dance Background: | Classical and Jazz Ballet through my childhood until I finished high school; then a mix of African dance, acrobatics and aerials until I discovered Pole. |
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| First time Pole Dance: | I discovered Pole Dancing in the clubs of Sydney. Myself and several other dancers were the first to offer Pole Dancing lessons to women outside the clubs. |
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| Favorite Pole Trick: | The Deville Splits or Jade Splits; Serpentine, and anything else that's splitty! |
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| Most inspiring Pole Athlete: | So many pole athletes inspire me! Felix Cane for her out-of-this-world flexibility and fluidity; others too who also show so much determination, focus and passion for the art form. Mostly I love athletes who can be artistic as much as they are athletic. |
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| Training Times: | It dependes ob where I am. I like to train five days out of seven when I can, with anywhere from two to six hours a day. |
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| How I define Pole Dance: | Pole Dance is an athletic art form in which tha dancer incorporates a pole or bar into their performance. Pole Dancing is based around circles and spirals. |
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| Pole Dance is...: | Fluidity, Grace, Power. |
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| Pole Dance vs. Pole Fitness: | Due to some people not beeing comfortable to be associated with media-generated stereotypes of Pole Dancing beeing sleazy or crass, different genres of pole have been created or defined. There is definitely a difference now between more masculine circus-style pole and the original, ver feminine, more sensual Pole Dancing. Sometimes the two are named Fitness versus Dance. |
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| Be a Dancer or Judge: | I currently judge all levels of pole championships from local to the Worlds. |
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| Titles I hold: | Pole Dance International Magazine Instructor of the ear/DVD Series of the Year 2011; International Pole Dance Fitness Association (IPDFA) Instructor of the Year 2009 to 2011; Miss Pole Dance Australia, 2005. |
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| Reason to quit Pole Dancing: | Only injury would make me stop, and even then, I would be looking at rehabilitation and coming right back to the studio! Pole Dancing makes me too happy to stop forever. |
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