I walked into a room from my past. It looked exactly the same as before. The harsh fluorescent lighting made my skin appear sickly pale....

When I was in middle school, I finally got to play basketball on a team. I was obsessed with basketball and would practice for hours...

Many pole journeys culminate in a performance or competition opportunity. However, transitioning from pole student to choreographer can...

Do you struggle with any type of inversion, on the ground or in the air? Do your backbends feel unstable or alway end up too much in your...

“Aren’t you happy?! Why aren’t you excited?!” my coworker at my local circus school exclaimed to me after we had just received some good...

By Jody Ryker When I moved to Santa Cruz in 2013, I started dropping into pole classes at the local circus school, Aerial Arts Santa...

By Jody Ryker TW: sexual assault, harassment I still remember the first time I solved a math problem without someone showing me how to do...