Art, sport, workout, therapy: modern pole dancing has taken on many forms. A veteran stripper, a pole studio owner, and a young dancer discuss politics and identity in pole dancing and how practicing ...

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. – Here are a couple of things you needed to do to avoid a deduction in points if you were competing in the Minnesota Regional Pole Competitions on Saturday: Don't land on your head.

FARGO -- The scene at Pam Thorson's last party: a group of bachelorettes, some draped in feather boas, some thinking up stage names gathering around a pole to learn some moves. Thorson is Fargo's ...