Pole Art competition - 1st place - Oona Kivelä wins the first prize

[Lucyluon2]

Wow!!!

[LuminaPacifica]

Another stunning performance by Oona! Does anyone know what 2 pieces of music she is using?

[thirdrock72]

@LuminaPacifica It's from the movie The Fifth Element.

[faddyfairy]

wow! she makes it look like it's nothing

[Lissyhead2]

Another beautiful one, nice choreography Oona.

[Simplypeachy513]

Awesome performance!!!! But dumbass camera man!! It almost made me sick with the camera shaking the entire time!!! If you don't know how to use your camera and you know your footage sucks then don't post videos on here!

[Neko182]

Can someone give me the name of the song(s)? Pretty please!

P.S. - This girl is a phenomenal dancer.. just phenomenal.

[Neko182]

@Neko182 Nevermind! I found it! :)

[Lissyhead2]

@Neko182 This is the diva song from Fifth Element.

[julreynolds0122]

She reminds me of Felix Cane in her finesse.



[redspike5]

Beautiful work Oona, very graceful. You bring true justice to pole as a dance form.

[kenjaa986]

funny that she used the song off the fifth element movie i like it!!

[SenteraSole]

What is the song????????? I've been looking for it forever!!

[julitavideo]

THIS is pole dance!!!! I still can´t believe what happened at the world pole championship, she should be at the podium!!

[MurderJuiceVideos]

The fifth element! lol

[sn0w99]

Most beautiful sight you'll ever lay eyes on ;D

Poetry in motion

[dancindiva83]

ok that is the most perfect jade i have ever seen! amazing woman

[antonio211000]

I love barefoot girl pole dancer with your succulent dirty soles is very artistic sexy nice.

[PRiNCESSxKAREN]

Absolutely brilliant. The technique was flawless. Some strength on the girl!

[SlimThickAngel]

WOW! I absolutely LOVE her dance style. It looks like she floats and flies!!

[ranasings]

Absolutely beautiful!!! What an incredible athlete.

[PolesistersDK]

This is music from the movie "the fifth element" It was fantastic watching this upclose, She did a fantastic performance in Helsinki

[Uine87]

Hypnotic dancing.

How about the music - does anyone recognize this song and know by whom it's played?

[antonio211000]

nice pole dance ,excelent ,great,nice dirty soles,good expression

[mpgalindo]

Well, this girl can absolutely win the world championship... the first pole-artist that I have seen up to (or perhaps higher than) the lever of Felix Cane... I am amazed!

[kimb3185]

Wonderful skills and techique

[KTCoates]

wonderful!!!

[overnitesinsay]

EVERYBODY NEEDs TO SEE THIS, THIS IS ART AND CONTROL OF UR BODY THANK FOR LETTING ME GET A CHOIC TO SEE THANK U

[llucas1977]

Amazing! It's great how many different interpretations of pole there can be - we don't need to label it as dance or fitness or sport - it's just ruddy brilliant! She is definitely up there with the top performers in the world.

[Trena543]

Ive seen this video before and really thought I had commented but obviously not! Silly me!

That Jade was STUNNING!!!! And what an amazing aerial forearm grip handspring at 1:34! This woman is AWESOME!

[MrPhatLips]

Labels will be the death of us all. What we choose to call it is irrelevant. Simply put this piece is dance, gymnastics, beauty, emotion, expression, skill, art...AND so much more. I can see why she won. Sensational job on her part. :)

[montse2005]

It could be called art, but it's not, and pole dancing supposed to be sexy not like gymnastics, that's my opinion

[jannybugalicious]

How can people not understand that something like this is truely a sport? She's so incredible and strong! Unbelievable. That Elbow Grip was to DIE for!!

[aguadan]

WoW no way i cant belive i just saw this !!! as i was looking thru some of the pole dance videos i couldnt wait till most videos were over ,even the 50sec ones but u had my attention totally in the first 15sec u r unreal !!!! im not even joking !! i was hopeing this video was going to be longer i want mooore !!! u put the word professional behind you ! i just want to let u know if your not eating organiC yet your going to only get stronger but if u r ! then thats why your at your LEveL !!!

[Ulvova]

Have you seen her performance last weekend? She just did another competition and won it too ;) She's going to be the next big thing, that girl ;)

[SeirenAL]

@aguadan Totally agree!!!!!!! she is unbelievable!!! I have just discovered her! I thought that only Felix Cane was so wonderful and unreal, and artistic, this girl is Art in itself! goes every move with the music!!! I'm I fan! fan! fan!

Oona! you rock!!!

[garbagekiss]

wow, ubelievable !!!

she is the most talented pole dancer i have ever seen !!!

are there any other video of her ?

[Ulvova]

@garbagekiss

Not yet. But she's going to perform this weekend at "Battle of the pole", the Nordic pole dancing competition in Scandinavia so I will post her performance on youtube in a few days ;)

[r7diego]

@garbagekiss - she have a web page now, and her own channel in youtube, check it, is amazing

[ArtLifeForever]

@garbagekiss Me too. No one as her has impressed me till now!

[panjea23]

I thin this is a perfect balance of dance and gynastics. Her sense of musicality is amazing, she moves in time with every beat, it's a great routine. If she is able to do those sorts of tricks then why not include them in her rountine? If I could do that I would incorporate it into my pole-dances too, but I'm not even close to be that strong and talented!

[123martyna]

Really great pole gymnastics but I would not call it a pole dance, a bit concerned that authentic pole dance is a dying art form

[Ulvova]

Pole dancing can be anything, that's the point! It comes from stripping anyway But how do you define pole dancing? It can be striptease or modern dancing on a pole, it can be ballet or gymnastics. Its anything and the artist chooses to adapt her skills to the pole.Anyway what are you talking about it's not a pole dance? This is the best both in the gymnastics side and the dance side of it (that's why there was a guy there to judge the dancing and he gave Oona good points for her dancing skills).

[123martyna]

@Ulvova I definitely see it as art as she expresses herself through movement but when I hear pole dance, I associate it with less acrobatic style, more body isolations and floorwork, but again, that's just my view.

[Ulvova]

Fair enough. But don't worry, it's certainly not a dying art form ;) It's everywhere atm :)

[GYMiOona]

catxor8, I know... Too much gymnastics. If you like tango, thats what I'll do for next :).

[Ulvova]

I just removed his comment. Fuck, the girl/guy must have no artistic sense at all or wanted you to take your clothes off! LOL

[sapphirecatzeye]

i agree with xooropa, this is wonderful, she is the future of pole dance. if we are lucky!

[sarahjade81]

so strong and so clean and controlled. beautiful!!

[AllieGatorUF]

AMAZING!!!!!

[SimpllySweet]

That was AWESOME! So much strength.

[phuahuiting]

amazing.

[REDKE71]

freaking speechless!! fantastic!!

[Ulvova]

When you are as talented as Oona, you don't need as much time as others to prove yourself ;)

[Robynbobbin]

Were you limited on time? 2.5 minutes seems really short! Fabulous performance! It must be hard to know what to include when you have such a short time to show it all off!