The “fitness” sessions involve skills usually associated with strip clubs.
And child psychologist Emma Kenny branded the lessons “horrendous”, saying only perverts would be interested in watching children dancing on a pole.
She said: “I think the only people who are really going to enjoy watching little girls pole dance, apart from their incredibly proud parents, is a particular type of a man.
“Kids shouldn’t be dancing around a pole.”
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ATTACK: Childhood psychologist Emma Kenny finds the lessons 'horrendous'
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STIGMA: The instructor insists pole dancing is not sexual
“Kids shouldn’t be dancing around a pole”
Emma Kenny
Mum-of-two Zoe Hardy, 33, runs the Pole Intentions dance and fitness classes with her twin sister Kelly in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
She said she wanted to “remove the stigma” associated with pole dancing and help the children gain confidence.
Zoe admitted: “Many people still seem to associate pole dancing with seedy strip clubs. We have had one or two bad comments saying: ‘Children pole dancing – that’s disgusting.’
“But if you actually watch the performance it’s a really beautiful piece. I just want people to be openminded rather than being naive about it. Pole fitness is not sexual.”
And she said parents were “100%” supportive of their kids learning the moves.
Six children, one of them male, take the classes at £5 a time.
Three of them became the first under-18s to perform at an official pole dancing competition.
The trio of girls, who were too young to actually compete, did a routine to James Bond theme tunes at the Pole Theatre UK contest.
Zoe added: “If we can make people see that juniors are just as good as the adults, then maybe the girls might be able to compete in the competitions in a couple of years.”
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