{"id":107356,"date":"2024-09-27T02:44:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107356"},"modified":"2024-09-27T02:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:44:16","slug":"an-interview-with-the-pole-dancer-from-the-bridgerton-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107356","title":{"rendered":"An Interview With the Pole Dancer From the Bridgerton Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\">\n<div class=\"lede-image-wrapper inset vertical\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n            <picture><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 1180px), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 1180px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/1a0\/d1a\/f9ddd970fceb664f50f6076b1ec103720d-bridgerton-ball-2.2x.rvertical.w330.jpg 2x\" width=\"330\" height=\"412\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1180px) \" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/1a0\/d1a\/f9ddd970fceb664f50f6076b1ec103720d-bridgerton-ball-2.rvertical.w330.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"412\"\/><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 768px), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/1a0\/d1a\/f9ddd970fceb664f50f6076b1ec103720d-bridgerton-ball-2.2x.rvertical.w330.jpg 2x\" width=\"330\" height=\"412\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/1a0\/d1a\/f9ddd970fceb664f50f6076b1ec103720d-bridgerton-ball-2.rvertical.w330.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"412\"\/><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/1a0\/d1a\/f9ddd970fceb664f50f6076b1ec103720d-bridgerton-ball-2.2x.rvertical.w330.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"412\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/1a0\/d1a\/f9ddd970fceb664f50f6076b1ec103720d-bridgerton-ball-2.rvertical.w330.jpg\" class=\"lede-image\" data-content-img=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"412\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <\/picture>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jikq2u000i0iguemyza9r8@published\" data-word-count=\"65\">Last Sunday, an events company called Uncle &amp; Me LLC threw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/what-happened-detroit-bridgerton-ball-scam.html\"><em>Bridgerton-<\/em>themed ball<\/a> at a historic Beaux-Arts building in downtown Detroit. Photos on a website promoting the event showed the venue \u2014 a pristine brick mansion with a garden framed by twinkling lights \u2014 at dusk, and organizers promised an \u201cevening of sophistication, grace, and historical charm\u201d filled with \u201cmusic, dance, and exquisite costumes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw7ql001o3b83xl6xg8hu@published\" data-word-count=\"145\">Those anticipating a night of elegant quadrilles and clinking Champagne flutes, however, were sorely disappointed. According to attendees, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@moreofnita\/video\/7417667318387330334?_r=1&amp;_t=8q0ooS2FBQ0\">accounts<\/a> of the event went <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rayleearts\/status\/1838588221006967112\">viral<\/a>, the <em>Bridgerton<\/em> ball largely consisted of bored-looking women in sumptuous Regency-era costume sitting on the floor and charging their phones. Partygoers were allegedly charged anywhere from $150 to $1,000,\u00a0only to be served raw chicken and meander around a space that appeared to be unstaffed and decorated with floral arrangements from Party City. Instead of live music, only one lone violinist was on hand, and though people came to dance, the only dancer was a woman in a thong bikini pole dancing to a prerecorded strings ensemble. Patrons of the <em>Bridgerton<\/em> ball are taking to social media to clamor for refunds, while the event organizers themselves have largely stayed silent (Uncle &amp; Me did not respond to a request for comment).<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw7s1001p3b83xyc6popp@published\" data-word-count=\"125\">Of all the questions people have about the <em>Bridgerton<\/em> ball, one is the most pressing: Why exactly was a pole dancer there? Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tinkliketinkerbell\/\">Tink<\/a>, a dancer, professional circus performer, and aerialist who specializes in aerial sling, lyra hoop, and hair suspension (otherwise known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R8R6ESFMero\">hair hanging<\/a>). According to Tink, who typically goes by \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@tinkliketinkerbell\">Tink the Fairy<\/a>,\u201d the <em>Bridgerton-<\/em>ball event organizers weren\u2019t interested in her doing any of those things; when they booked her three hours prior to the event, they \u201cspecifically asked for pole dancing,\u201d she told me when I called her up on Wednesday. We spoke about the event, what it was like to pole dance to \u201cMoves Like Jagger\u201d while surrounded by women in gowns, and how it felt to go viral afterward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw7xd001q3b83qjcvbh39@published\" data-word-count=\"107\"><strong>How were you hired for the <em>Bridgerton<\/em> ball? What were you told this event was going to be?<\/strong><br \/>They reached out to me the day of the event and confirmed my booking about three hours before I was supposed to be there. I don\u2019t typically work local; I mostly take travel gigs. But they were very professional with me on the phone. There was no drama with the hiring process. It was very straight, to the point. Through email, I sent them my full menu of acts and dimensions and my quotes, as I normally would do for an inquiry, and they decided to go with dancing pole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw831001s3b83sn66j6gf@published\" data-word-count=\"65\"><strong>How did they describe the event to you?<\/strong><br \/>They just told me it was a <em>Bridgerton<\/em> ball. I\u2019m not too big of a fan of <em>Bridgerton<\/em>. I didn\u2019t really know what it was, but I did look it up before I went. It was, like, horses and carriages. I packed a bunch of different costumes, and they approved the one I wore when I got there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw84q001u3b837bgd7q6k@published\" data-word-count=\"36\"><strong>What kind of stuff did you pack?<\/strong><br \/>I packed some floral stuff, some baby-pink stuff. And then I had a few costumes that I wore for a Chicago <em>Great Gatsby<\/em>\u2013themed event, and that\u2019s what they went with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw87d001w3b83bun2i7d1@published\" data-word-count=\"72\"><strong>Was there any part of you that was like, <em>Why would they have a pole dancer at a <\/em>Bridgerton<em>-themed event?<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>I didn\u2019t really think about it too much because of the <em>Great Gatsby<\/em> event I did; they had pole dancing there. But now, thinking about it,<em> Great Gatsby<\/em> is in the \u201920s. <em>Bridgerton<\/em> is the 1800s. But I just had a role to play, and they were paying me, so I did it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw89t001y3b83sn3f8m2x@published\" data-word-count=\"31\"><strong>How much were you paid?<\/strong><br \/>I was paid my normal rate for pole sets: $800 for three sets of five minutes in an hour. I was there and gone within an hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw8cz00203b83zq4qz3mi@published\" data-word-count=\"110\"><strong>What happened when you actually showed up? Did it look like what you expected?<\/strong><br \/>I wasn\u2019t really expecting much, honestly. So I was impressed, because of the past jobs I\u2019ve done locally, they don\u2019t really go to that extent. I don\u2019t do many local jobs because they\u2019re usually in an old warehouse or an old car garage that they try to upscale to be an event place. And it\u2019s really just not the vibe if you are trying to take your career seriously. Even though this was a big learning lesson and fail for the event company, for Detroit it was still something that I think had some kind of effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw8gs00223b83zs8o1trk@published\" data-word-count=\"66\"><strong>Did you see any of the details that have been reported \u2014 like, that there was chicken that was served raw or that plates were being reused?<\/strong><br \/>No, but when I was doing character work for them, I did try going downstairs to see what was going on. The first floor was a mob of people, where you couldn\u2019t really walk, so I just went back upstairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw8jr00243b83o3d4y4kc@published\" data-word-count=\"33\"><strong>What is character work?<\/strong><br \/>They basically just had me walk around and say, \u201cHello, I\u2019m your <em>Bridgerton<\/em> fairy,\u201d and just add to the ambience of the night. I don\u2019t know. [<em>Laughs.<\/em>] It was weird.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw8ql00263b83cjb79569@published\" data-word-count=\"58\"><strong>Did they tell you to say that? What did they tell you to do?<\/strong><br \/>No, I was going off-book because I didn\u2019t know what they wanted me to do. They just said, \u201cDo character work.\u201d That was it. Usually when I work, I\u2019m going to events as Tink the Fairy, so I just switched it to the <em>Bridgerton <\/em>Fairy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw8tb00283b83t21sf78y@published\" data-word-count=\"35\"><strong>Were you dressed as a fairy?<\/strong><br \/>No, I was wearing what you saw in the video. But I did have a short lace robe on over it. I was trying to make the best of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw8yq002a3b83kalmrq6v@published\" data-word-count=\"72\"><strong>Were the guests dressed in full costume?<\/strong><br \/>The guests were dressed beautifully. When I was going around doing my character work, I was complimenting everyone, calling girls Disney Princess names, which made them smile. Everyone looked like they put a lot of time and thought toward their outfits. But the actual event, with the actual venue, they could have decorated it a lot more. I definitely understand why the guests are very upset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw92v002c3b83bwad8eke@published\" data-word-count=\"42\"><strong>How did people react to you? Did they seem pissed off?<\/strong><br \/>No, people were smiling. It was cute. I did see people who looked at me funny when I walked past, and those are the ones I decided not to go up to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw98w002e3b83cgswnr3r@published\" data-word-count=\"62\"><strong>Tell me about your actual performance. What song did you dance to?<\/strong>They played two <em>Bridgerton<\/em> classical songs for the first two stage performances, which was really fun. For the very last stage performance, they put on \u201cMoves Like Jagger,\u201d which was very uncomfortable.<strong> <\/strong>They said they were trying to switch up the vibe of the event, trying to make it more upbeat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw9bd002g3b835wmitbhg@published\" data-word-count=\"32\"><strong>What was going through your head through all this?<\/strong><br \/>I was just thinking, <em>When is this going to be over? I\u2019m getting paid, so just do your job and get it over with.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw9k0002i3b83j8omogc5@published\" data-word-count=\"71\"><strong>Was there anything else unusual or unexpected that you saw at this event?<\/strong><br \/>The coordinator was very anxious that night and backstage. Usually producers are a little stressed during show days, but I\u2019ve never seen a producer that stressed out during a show. I had a lot of empathy for her that night. I gave her a lot of hugs, and I was praying over her, just making sure she was okay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw9oo002k3b83jknk9f9p@published\" data-word-count=\"58\"><strong>What were you thinking when you left?<\/strong><br \/>I didn\u2019t know anything went wrong until the next day. I was only there for an hour, so I thought it was just a normal show. I was proud of myself for the performance, and I had a good experience with the whole staff and their team. They treated me very good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw9r3002m3b83cedvbs4p@published\" data-word-count=\"10\">Then people started sending me the video on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw9sl002n3b83brrc6ibk@published\" data-word-count=\"38\"><strong>What was the funniest reaction you saw?<\/strong><br \/>The funniest would have to be the meme that the Shade Room <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAU2soAJo0a\/?img_index=1\">posted<\/a>, where the lady in the video said, \u201cI don\u2019t remember this being in <em>Bridgerton<\/em>.\u201d I thought that was hilarious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm1jiw9vi002p3b839kykvwtb@published\" data-word-count=\"9\"><em>This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/newsletter-flex-text\/instances\/cm1jikq2u000j0igus4eacz93@published\" class=\"newsletter-flex-text initially-hidden opacity-zero\" data-track-id=\"thecut\" data-track-type=\"newsletter-signup\">\n<div class=\"wrapper-style\">\n<div data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"text-form-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<h3 class=\"title\">Stay in touch.<\/h3>\n<p>Get the Cut newsletter delivered daily<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"terms-and-policy-wrapper initially-hidden\">\n<p>        <button class=\"terms-button\" role=\"button\">Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"expanded-terms \" aria-hidden=\"true\">By submitting your email, you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/newyork\/terms\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Terms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/newyork\/privacy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Notice<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"related related-count-1\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/related\/instances\/cm1jilc2o000p3b839h9tjrw6@published\" data-track-type=\"article-list\">\n<h3 class=\"related-title\" data-editable=\"title\">Related<\/h3>\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/pole-dancer-bridgerton-event-interview.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday, an events company called Uncle &amp; Me LLC threw a Bridgerton-themed ball at a historic Beaux-Arts building in downtown Detroit. 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