Emma Nicholson, Teacher, Quits Job To Focus On Pole Dancing Full Time (PHOTOS)

Teacher Quits Job To Become POLE DANCER (PHOTOS)

Chris Rock once said that a father's primary responsibility is to keep his daughter "off the pole."

The former primary school teacher from Hull, England resigned nine weeks ago to focus on her pole dancing career fulltime.

“When you’re influencing young people, it’s dangerous to stereotype as you can’t teach them there’s only one type of person," Nicholson said, according to the Sun. “All people are different and you shouldn’t judge.”

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Kindergarten Teacher Quits To Become Full-Time Pole Dancer

Nicholson, who started dancing seven years ago, now runs her own studio where she teaches other women the joys of her profession.

"As soon as I started, I knew I wanted a pole at home," Nicholson said, according to Metro. "Me and my friends spent many a night drinking a bottle of wine and going on the pole at mine."

Andrew Katzander, founder of PoleRiders, a group of pole-based performance artists in the U.S., believes that pole dancing is becoming more mainstream and differentiated.

"There's a lot of dancers that have stayed with the whole high-heels and sexy moves, and others who have moved toward the gymnastic and athletic side of it," Katzander told The Huffington Post last year. "Others are moving towards the more dance side of it."

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