Roz The Diva Interview | Is Pole Dance the Gateway Drug to…Happiness? | Episode #010

We’re on to episode #10 of the Off The Pole Podcast and I’m so excited about my guest today who is none other than Roz The Diva. She calls Pole Dancing her Gateway drug to the fitness industry and teaches in her words – ‘obnoxiously loud classes’ at Body & Pole and IncrediPOLE, and trains clients at Brooklyn Fit Lab & Complete Body, all in New York City.

She is a talented performer, instructor and creator of Dangerous Curves – a celebration of Plus Size Dancers. We talk about adapting classes to truly suit all body types, body confidence and her epic journey so far.

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Sarah:                      Welcome, Roz. Thank you for doing my Off The Pole podcast, giving up some of your … What time is it there? It’s afternoon here.

Roz:                           It’s about 11:30 here.

Sarah:                      11:30 in the AM, okay. So you haven’t quite started your day yet. Are you a late starter or a morning person?

Roz:                           I’m a late starter, actual. When I teach classes, they’re in the evenings. We actually have a snowstorm here today, so I was going to have one or two afternoon clients, but it’s going to be a little drama getting there.

Sarah:                      We’ve had that, too, in the UK, which never happens. We’ve had, like, the beast from the East or something. Snowstorms. We’ve been digging our cars out. We can’t cope at all when it snows. Everybody laughs at us, but it’s nice to have a day off, so might as well take advantage if you’re snowed in.

Roz:                           Exactly. I’m going to attempt to get some work done, finish my taxes, which is …

Sarah:                      Fun.

Roz:                           … fun.

Sarah:                      Everyone loves to do their taxes. I’m always really pumped to do mine…

Roz:                           Pretty much.

Sarah:                      I wanted to get you on to talk to you about a couple of things, one of them being Dangerous Curves, your pole dance competition that you do. Just tell us a little bit about it. My Off The Pole Community group, I posted in there that I was interviewing you, and they’re very excited, as well, so I’ve got a couple of questions from them. Just thought I could start off with that, and let us know a little bit about what Dangerous Curves is all about.

Roz:                           That sounds awesome. Dangerous Curves is a plus-sized pole dancing competition. To my knowledge, it was the first one that existed. Definitely the first one in the States. I started in August of 2012, and I started because although I had the most amazingly supportive pole fam possible, I was just tired of being the only one who looked like me on stage. I thought, well, let’s see if anybody else wants to come who might hang out with me, and yeah, they did. Fast-forward. So far, Dangerous Curves has done 10 events in total and, like, seven big competitions. Maybe even a few … Yeah, somewhere around there.

Sarah:                      Enough that it’s so many that you’re losing count,