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Women all over the U.S. are rediscovering themselves with a little help from a stripper pole.
A group of such women gave cameras an unfettered look into their personal journeys towards healing through sensual motion in the new Netflix documentary
Strip Down, Rise Up, available now to stream in its entirety. Viewers are offered a fly on the wall perspective into what brings someone into a studio like Sheila Kelley s famous S-Factor, where women from all walks of life let their inhibitions free. It s all about trust, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michèle Ohayon tells EW about navigating cameras in such private spaces. Creating a safe environment for the subjects to be able to open up their hearts and be vulnerable, not only in their own journey but also with cameras and lights on them. It s a challenge and an act of bravery. I chose to bring a small, all-female crew when filming the class because many of their issues were related to sexual assault and the male gaze. I
Pole Dance Helped Megan Halicek Release Trauma and Shame After Sexual Abuse
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You can hear it in her voice. Megan Halicek speaks of pole dance with undeniable fervor because, well, it changed her life. She is among the group of women highlighted in
Strip Down, Rise Up, a Netflix documentary by Michèle Ohayon out Feb. 5 that showcases the world of pole in all its forms: fitness, artistry, competition, empowerment. Her six-month journey in 2018 with the pole-dance program at S Factor, founded by Sheila Kelley, consisted of technical training where she learned pole basics, but it also helped her heal from past trauma. Halicek, as seen in the film, was one of the hundreds of survivors sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar.
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In “Strip Down, Rise Up,” an attendee of S Factor’s beginning pole dance course admits to her fellow students that the class is nothing like what she thought it would be. “When I showed up, I wasn’t scared,” the woman tells those gathered in a circle. “Now I’m a little scared.” In her welcoming remarks, S Factor founder Sheila Kelley promised that might happen. Whether Amber, the pert, fit newbie, will stick with the L.A. studio’s six-month course remains to be seen.