Who can compete in Vertical Pole Challenge? What are the criteria?
Who can compete is very interesting because, if I was doing a show on tennis, I could say people that are ranked at a 6.0 or less can compete in this novice-style reality show. If I was doing a reality show on martial arts, I could say brown belts or less could compete but black belts could not compete. What’s really hard, then, is that this sport is in its infantile stages, in my opinion. An example, a lot of the same moves have different names, based upon different studios and geographical areas. We’re really working that out as we go. There seem to be a small handful of top brass professionals and gurus and we want those dancers to be involved – as judges and also doing exhibitions. If you were paid in the sport, then you are professional, but a lot of people are student teachers, and are doing it part time and are not masters of the sport themselves. So we are really, truly working through that. The intent of the show is to have two levels. The novice should compete for the prize m
