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.
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The Huajia Pole Dancing team is busy rehearsing in a Jilin dance classroom. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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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] |