A pole dancing team called "Huajia" consists of 12 Chinese dama (middle-to-elderly-aged ladies) from Jilin province. The average age of the members is over 60 years.
Sixty-seven year-old Jiang Zhijun is the leader of the team. She says that they got to know each other thanks to a love of dance which initially was square dancing, then they moved on to folk dancing and finally took up pole dancing because it combines beauty and power.
The Huajia Pole Dancing team is busy rehearsing in a Jilin dance classroom. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The team has won many pole dancing awards. Team leader Jiang says that pole dancing has brought a wonderful life to them all. [Photo/Xinhua] |