Ballet

He is doing ballet now. OK

He is balleting now.
He is dancing ballet now. OK
He is doing a/the pole dance now.
He is dancing a/the pole dance now.

I am not sure what you mean by "pole dance".

Yankee
I am not sure what you mean by "pole dance".


Hi, Amy

I'm guessing it is something along these lines

MrPernicketyPS: Vctory Ong had posted the explanation before I had a chance to see it.

Are they really the same?

MrPernickety, I'd call the one in your link "lap dance" and I associate it with strip clubs. The one in Vctory's post makes me think of circuses and ... well, I don't know its name in my mothertongue (I guess we don't have it), ei

Never mind!
Thank you

Well, Vcotry's picture is the kind of pole dance done in clubs to entertain men. There is also the "maypole" dance, an English folk dance done by children in the spring. It is done in a circle around a maypole.

AlpheccaStarsWell, Vcotry's picture is the kind of pole dance done in clubs to entertain men.

I thought it wasn't that because she's wearing knee pads and a costume which resembles those used in gymnastics competitions. Moreover, she seems to be far from the ground level (I don't know how to say this correctly and naturally, sorry), so I assumed she was doing

TanitI assumed she was doing kind of circus performance.
I really can't associate the girl in Vctory's picture with those scantily clad women who perform lap dance in clubs

I somewhat agree. But the scantily clad women are actually doing pole dancing, notlap dancing. (Surely you don't want me to go into the details of lap dancing -- if

Tanit
Are they really the same?

I don't know much about dancing, but by the look of it I can't see any difference in style...

On second thought, after having taken a closer look at the woman, she does look like a circus performer.

Hi,

CalifJim But the scantily clad women are actually doing pole dancing, not lap dancing. (Surely you don't want me to go into the details of lap dancing -- if "dancing" is what you want to call it!