{"id":7238,"date":"2013-07-02T15:16:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T07:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.my\/?p=7238"},"modified":"2013-07-02T15:43:55","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T07:43:55","slug":"pole-stars-2013-sam-sam-and-esther-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/pole-stars-2013-sam-sam-and-esther-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Pole Stars 2013 &#8211; Sam Sam and Esther &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent Malaysia Pole Championship 2013, some of the finest international practitioners presented jaw-dropping performances.<\/p>\n<p>Swinging out of strip clubs into gyms, pole dancing evolved into an art-form combining acrobatics, gymnastics and modern dance. Whether performed as an exercise, for sports or for competition, it requires strength, stamina, agility and grace.<\/p>\n<p>My favourite duo at the event was Sam Sam and Esther who presented a beautifully-choreographed routine incorporating mime on the floor and a very powerful, synchronised act up on the poles.<\/p>\n<p>The special event at Black Box Theatre, MAP @ Publika was organised by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivavertical.com\/\">Viva Vertical<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivacircus.com\/\">Viva Circus<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Olympus OM-D, ISO 1600, f3.5, 1\/320 sec.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pole_stars_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7240\" title=\"Pole Stars 2013 - Sam Sam and Esther - Part 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pole_stars_01.jpg\" alt=\"Pole Stars 2013 - Sam Sam and Esther - Part 1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pole_stars_01.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pole_stars_01-113x113.jpg 113w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pole_stars_01-169x169.jpg 169w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pole_stars_01-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pole_stars_01-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swinging out of strip clubs into gyms, pole dancing evolved into an art-form&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/pole-stars-2013-sam-sam-and-esther-part-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378,563,25,519,9],"tags":[1615,275,1612,1614,1613,114,511,1610,1611,1609,1146,1616],"class_list":["post-7238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-instagram","category-news-commentary","category-omd","category-photography","tag-acrobatics","tag-competition","tag-dance","tag-gym","tag-gymnastics","tag-olympus","tag-om-d","tag-pole-dance","tag-pole-dancing","tag-pole-stars","tag-viva-circus","tag-viva-vertical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7238"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7245,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions\/7245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}