Choreographer Johanna Sapakie on how Jennifer Lopez and her co-stars got pole-ready for their scamming stripper film.
Pole dancing is hard. Looking like a pro in a matter of months is even harder. But dancer and choreographer Johanna Sapakie, who trained the cast ofWith a background in acrobatics and eight to nine years of pole dancing experience, Sapakie helped Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart, and Keke Palmer look like naturals in a new environment. The training varied by actress depending on her character, but the work ranged from intense, to emotional, to straight-up fun.
With J.Lo, whose character is “dominant” in the film, Sapakie started pole training two and a half months before the actress started filming. They trained roughly two to three times per week with hour-long sessions, depending on J.Lo’s hectic schedule. "That was the point of making sure she had a pole in any city she was in. And I would go to her wherever she was at, so that within for a crazy busy schedule, we would lock out a pole training," says Sapakie, who was recruited for theThey’d train at Lopez’s homes in New York, L.A., and Miami with portable poles set up at her houses. J.Lo trained one-on-one with Sapakie; the privacy helped her get into character.
Sapakie’s teaching style is energetic and supportive, as she exhibited during an intro class at New York’sstudio on Wednesday night. Amidst leading spine and hip stretches, core workouts, and across-the-floor warm-ups, she reminds her students that learning to pole dance isn’t about being perfect, it’s about feeling good about yourself, free, and sexy. . But given the rapper’s history as a former stripper, she already knew what she was doing.
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