test. not real reviewually different.” The all-woman cast, helmed by 2012 US pole dance champion Michelle Stanek, will utilize ropes, scaffolding, bungees, and even the performers’ own shirts and socks, which they will use to slip around the poles. Dugan and Notary have also raised more than $20,000 on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter in the hopes of buying a customized aerial truss for the show, which would help keep the poles upright. The Pulse Project does not claim to be a specifically feminist group, but the duo is adamant that pole dancing inspires female empowerment and that the negative connotation of pole dancing — namely, that it is only for strippers — is bogus.

Submitted April 30, 2014