Noemi Cucurachi - Pole Dance

Noemi Cucurachi is 22 years old and is finishing her third year of university.

She was born in Lecce, but moved to Torino at 19, and now Studies Communications Sciences at the Universita’degli Studi di Torino. For 13 years now, she has danced in ballet, modern, and contemporary styles.

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“It’s funny that you always have to explain to people why you dance with panties and tops on (laughs). People don’t know that you cannot really pole dance with clothes since you cannot move freely with them. People mistake pole dance with lap dance, which is also funny. One day my mom was scrolling through Instagram and showed me a pole dance video, and tak! That was the moment when something clicked inside of me and I got curious about it. I don’t know if I could have had the courage to start by myself, because my parents have a pretty old-school mentality and are attached to their traditions. Thankfully, my parents always supported my decisions but somehow I felt a block until I just tried and got hooked since then. The important thing to me is that one has to be open minded to start and accommodate new things in life."

How did you start pole dancing?

"I started pole dance during my second year of university, going two hours a week. It was very new for me because it’s a discipline that comes from gymnastics, so after stopping for sometime, my body was not used to that strength and to the tool that I had to learn how to use. The fact that I stopped for some years put a big weight on my body and mind. From September 2019, I started going everyday, two hours a day. Pole dance is something that I would suggest every girl to try at least once in their life. It’s something that can maximize your sense of self-esteem, and it can become either a hobby or passion. It’s good for your body and mind. I am trying to convince my friends to try it out but it hasn’t been very successful,” she laughed.

“Dance has made a great impact on my discipline and education. I always perceived all of these disciplines as something positive, something that helped me grow as a person and nurture my education. I used to have a Swiss teacher that was very strict in everything, for example, we couldn’t arrive one minute late to class or use another type of body suit that she didn’t approve of. These are all things that stay with me till this day. I am proud of those years.”

Looking back, how has pole dancing helped you?

“Just about a year ago I would have never posted a picture of my body. But after a year of pole I am the opposite. I am proud of my body and of the discipline I practice.I would advise people not to listen to other people’s judgements because whatever they say, it’s false information. Pole dance is a discipline like any other.

In gymnastics, you have many different tools to use—in pole dance, you have a pole which is often seen as something vulgar. I also tried Exotic, which is pole dance with heels on, and I personally don’t think I am ready to share footage of me to the public yet. People see it as a prejudice, something embarrassing, unfortunately. I think people still mistake lap dance with pole dance, so until they don’t divide both modalities it’s difficult for people to understand. It doesn’t take much to move round a pole and move in a fake way. Pole is a sport, period.

I would love to nurture my passion for photography, which somehow I still try to nurture because of the amount of videos and pictures I take myself while dancing. After the end of this school year I would like to get a specialization degree in some Italian cities (I have yet to decide), and I would like to start taking pole dance teaching courses.”

For more information on Noemi, check her profile out on Instagram!