Work the camera, show us you’re gonna work the crowd Join the wonderful Emma Coffey as she chats about her starts as a stripper, how she loved the experience and how the original stripper technique can be shaped for the right person. An incredible human, the organiser of 3 yearly competition, a showcase, coach and owner of Empower Pole Fitness in Alford, Lincolnshire, she offers a warm and well rounded approach to the world of competitive pole, pole for performance, and pole as a...

Who Is Swag? We Don’t Know Her. Finding technique in ballroom dance initially, Jakub smashed magically into our lives with a generous serving of flow, heels and in unstoppable quick whit. Co-owner of Leeds Pole Dance, competitor, judge, compare and instructor, Jakub worked his way through leading Polish Competitions (the country he was born), and then into the UK scene. In this episode there is a big emphasis on keeping the rhythm of the story, making it flow (literally and emotionally)...

For the first timer ever, Sophie invites special guests to the Public Showering world, and the focus is on the illusive comp season. This week, studio owner, performer, judge and instructor Pam McGee is joining the party. Based in Birmingham, Pam has been in this industry in all rhelms for over a decade, and this year she’s launching a whole new competition of her own: The British Pole Instructor Competition…because I mean, thats a simple task right? Her insights in these podcasts are...

This is a very special podcast, where I’m gonna share with you some of my true secrets to getting to know your music. So we all hear very differently, and we catch on to different sounds in the music. Some of us can count the music, and some of us have absolutely no rhythm, but pick up on sounds and grooves in the music. So really this is more of a tutorial, inspired by a great Lab I taught in July. You’ll learn some very basic musical counting, taking as much as you can from the lyrics, and...

Ok, so it’s really easy to get all caught up in the process of making a new competition routine, but you have to remember that this whole process is really about growing, improving and (ideally) enjoying it all. Now, thats not easily done! And most of time it’s because we end up faffing about with the minor details, instead of focusing on the fun of it, the mistakes, the idea of winning, the playing to the crowd. Its not actually life or death, it’s pole dancing. Which is painfully fun,…right?

All stories are for sharing, thats why they’re stories. Otherwise they’d be secrets. This episode is about what it really means to offer up your act to an audience, and giving away that piece of you. And, more importantly, how you can make the audience work in your favour.

Ok, so not all of us set out to win, but we all set out to achieve something. And we all know that focusing on a goal helps us to push on with our training, performance etc. But its so often we don’t want to visualise winning, incase we ‘jinx’ it, or its too arrogant to think about it. But what if you can remix your thought process into enjoying the idea, visualising the winning moment - whatever that is - and using it to bring you an emotional connection to the process of competition making?

You know that feeling when you head into the kitchen for, lets say, your keys, and then automatically go stare into the fridge for 2 mins, and wonder how you got there? Yeah, thats the real life equivalent of going into the studio, the the intent to start a routine and just fan girl on instagram, and waste time. This podcast is about trying to not let time be wasted, but also not to put yourself under the pressure to create anything. Making work isn’t about being 100% successful every...

Right, so this one is a bit of a toughy. So, we all have some hard truths, some skeletons, so harsh realities in our lives, and also we’re all very brave when we wanna take these ideas to the stage. Creating an idea from a truthful place is a great thing for emotional, personal and mind blowing work…but…we need to be careful. Are you sure you wanna go there? Are you sure you can do your story justice? Well, heres some things to look out for, because telling the truth was never easy.

Its that time again…there’s that comp / showcase you wanna perform in, the deadline is getting close and you’re still wondering what the hell your story is. Right, let’s talk about how to care a lot less about the idea, and more on the process of how to find one.

Physical theatre is something that pole dancers have been accidentally performing in the style of since the birth of pole theatre, we just never named it that! So, here’s your mini historical guide to it! And a load of ideas for inspiration so you can go forth and research.

Have you ever worried about going to the studio, or thought you’re not strong enough to start pole? Fair, but the only way you’re gonna get strong at pole, is by doing pole. Or anything for that matter! Logical right? This podcast is about the logical approach to going to a studio, or a gym, and finding a new outlook so that fear of the event doesn’t get ahead of your experience and growth!

The first podcast about character building. When we make characters (even if they're a version of ourselves) we need to answer some basic questions to get the most of of them. And you'll find that this can aid you in some many movement a scene building techniques!

So, after a bit of thought, Public Showering was the best name to sum up the podcast and I'm sticking to it! Welcome to my world of making choreography not a mission, not terrifying and actually, you probably know more than you think! Ill be telling you all about SODASY and Club SODA in the coming weeks so, get stuck in! Loving what you're hearing? Join Club SODA, the online community that opens up your world to movement, theatre and storytelling, lead by award winning choreographer, Sophie...

This is a really mini intro about where to start when you want to begin the journey of a new piece of choreography. Theres hundreds of ways, but this minicasts gives you a warm up into some options! Loving what you're hearing? Join Club SODA, the online community that opens up your world to movement, theatre and storytelling, lead by award winning choreographer, Sophie Duncan - www.soduncan.com/sodasy

Recorded before Public Showering was a thing, this minicast is about the troublesome task on finding the right music for a piece. Heres a taster: find something that has shape and changes in dynamic, no one like a flat liner. Don't just choose it because you like it...because believe me, you wont by the end of it anyway. Loving what you're hearing? Join Club SODA, the online community that opens up your world to movement, theatre and storytelling, lead by award winning choreographer,...

Part of the pre-Public Showering minicasts, this one talks about how you can make telling your stories a truthful performance. For more, join Club SODA, the online community that opens up your world to movement, theatre and storytelling, lead by award winning choreographer, Sophie Duncan www.soduncan.com/sodasy

Recorded before the name of the podcast was realised, this episode is all about the podcasts future name sake / theory that, if you can dance in the shower, then you can dance in public. We’re scared to create movement because most of us think is a formalised thing that only pro’s can perform - which in some ways in true - but in reality, if we just stop beating ourselves up about it and realise that we all have our own movement style, we can dance. We all can. For more, join Club SODA,...

Welcome to SODASY…and the first inklings of what is to become the Public Showering. Recorded before the podcast was named, this pilot is simply a chat about whats to come in SODASY. A brand new creative training system designed by award winning choreographer, movement director, pole dance artist, and , Sophie Duncan.