The Denver Dance calendar is finally complete and I can now add calendar model to my list of accomplishments. A handful are wrapped under my tree and one was personally delivered earlier today. SOOOO good to see my girl Jamie and catch up briefly with her at Studio Sabor. I am so proud of the calendar and all the students featured. After meeting Marguerite Endsley and Mel Haynes at the beginning of the year while filming ASiEL's "Eastside," video I decided to challenge myself and take pole class at Marguerite's Denver Dance Studio. I have been taking classes for 2 months now. Last month Marguerite informed all her students that she wanted to put together a calendar and invited us all to a photo shoot. The shoot was tons of fun, but also a lot of work. I was so exhausted and sore after. I mean mastering moves on the pole is challenging, but throw in a camera you have to look into and you have to make sure your facial expressions are on point. NO stinky faces allowed. Pole positions are meant to be graceful and sexy! With four changes of clothing, lots of muscle, a great teacher and a talented photographer I ended up with over 40 images to choose from. This was gonna be a harder than I thought. How do I choose just one?
After reviewing all the images Marguerite told us to choose four images and pick the best one for the calendar. Two of the images are shown above. The calendar selection... well you will have to pick up a calendar to view that. I will post the photo when appropriate. February 2012, that is. If you are interested in purchasing a calendar please email me at rochainc3@gmail.com. I am looking forward to Pole class tomorrow and any future projects Denver Dance will be producing. Shout out to Marguerite for sharing her master skills with me and my fellow students. Thanks to Mel Haynes for shooting the amazing calendar. Mel Haynes is the genius who shot ASiEL's video and will be working on video numero dos soon. Check it out below. Thanks also to Marguerite for sharing info on a pole video that I participated in a couple weeks ago with Tease Studio. I'll be sharing more info as it becomes available. Think music video back up dancer, only replace singer with instructor and add 8 poles for the students to work on their fitness. I'm eager to see the final video. I anxiously await the new year and all the new things in store for me. In ASiEL's words, "We cum in peace."
Thank you soo much for the kind words. The whole calendar idea was really cool and I was glad to be part of it and give something back to all the amazing students that come to Marguerites dance studio. I thought you were a total pro and worked it well. Your photos were some of the easiest to work and came out as one of the best.
ReplyDeleteAs for the video, next time you are in class have Marguerite come get me and show you our original intro to the music video.We had this whole scene involving you, but you were out of town and we had to come up with an alternate version. Marguerite acted it out so we can get the timing worked out, but I thought it would have been cool. In the end I thought the video turned out great and having all the guys involved made it a fun ( and most challenging thing I've ever done in my life ) project.
Mel Haynes Jr