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Date: February 03, 2017 02:00PM
Okay, from 1:24-1:26, that one is called "chopsticks" -- no idea why. Then there's a cut at 1:26-1:28 to the inverted version of the exact same move, only that one's called a "jade split," again, no idea why. 1:29 cuts to "twisted ballerina" (I call it hors d'ouvre because it makes me feel like one, lol) And the cut at about 1:30, 1:31 is "allegra." All of those are painful as hell.
I like this video -- I've seen others by the same dancer -- she edits tricks together that would not be physically possible. There is no way to go from jade split to twisted ballerina without a few seconds of transition in between. She edits out the transition, which I think really adds a WOW effect to the whole thing. She makes it look like magic. 'Cause it is. ;>)
Now there is a transition from chopsticks to jade split, but I've only ever seen videos of strippers doing it -- it looks insane, scary, and difficult and I wouldn't have the guts to try without a spotter. While this dancer might know and be able to do that transition, it probably just looks better as a video all cut together like that. Here's a video of a dancer trying the opposite combo, jade split to chopsticks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfogfXiOGJ8One last note: sometimes poles are static and sometimes poles spin, so the thing that makes that particular trick look so awesome is that she's doing it on a spinning pole.