CHLOÉ - International Pole Artist Competition 2024

Inspired by Céline Dion’s iconic music video, this piece tells the story of a woman grieving the sudden loss of her lover. As the music begins, she finds herself swept into a vivid memory—or perhaps a dream—where he returns to her.
Through dance, they relive moments of love, passion, and connection, blurring the line between reality and imagination. A moving tribute to love that lingers, even in the face of loss.

I entered this competition in hopes to support & spread the word about this new association built by very well known Japanese pole dancers that I’ve respected and looked up to for years. Training for this competition has been so much fun, but very tumultuous as well. It took me a good few months to find a partner that fits my show (thanks to Aya for introducing me to Kevin). I broke my left foot in the end of November 24 and have been dealing with the injury, even still now after 5 months. 2 days before the competition, my left platform came off during training and had to glue it back. During rehearsals, my right platform came off and I went back home to glue it. In the actual show, my right vamp came off as soon as I landed my first combo, the rest is history💀

The only thing I was thinking this competition was that no matter what happens, I wanted to share my show with my mother and sister that was there, cheering me on. My grandparents were watching me on livestream and I wanted to do the best I can with all the odds on me. If you ask me how I feel now - my ego is hurt from how bad the show was🤣 I’m not writing any of this because I want any sympathy. I’m writing especially to those that are considering competing. It’s scary. Things always happen on stage. We just keep moving, because without “mistakes” or “failures” we never grow or learn. And honestly we’re the only people that care about failing, and people barely see these mistakes. “Mistakes” never define you, it only makes you better & stronger❤️

I’d also like to quickly address one thing - I have NOT copied anyone’s show with the intention to. I have never seen this said person’s show prior, even when competing in the same competition (I don’t watch any competitiors before me). It’s unfortunate not just for the person that did the same song as I did, and I DM’d this person to apologise for the lack of my research first, when this was posted publicly and when I was shamed to “copy a routine”. It was unfortunate for me to now to be assumed as copying someone else’s routine, when this show was purely based & inspired from the music video. Just an unfortunate situation for everyone. I’ve definitely learnt from this, and will be doing extensive research before I create any pieces in the future.


Competitor: Chloé
Human Prop: Kevin Scott Watson
Date: 21 December 2024
Location: Shibuya Cultural Center Owada, Tokyo Japan
Song: It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Céline Dion

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