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 ...

While many go for the standard balloon-popping or cake-cutting spectacle, mom-to-be Maria Popa decided to have a stripper pole displayed front and center at her bash. What’s more, the pole wasn’t ...

Netflix is in the pole position with a new documentary. “Strip Down, Rise Up” explores pole dancing and the incredible impact it can have on the women who really get into it. Sheila Kelley (in “Strip ...