For Cami Árboles, Mackenzie Palmer and Devon Cherry, the pole is a portal for anyone curious enough to step into it. DSH: Pole dancing on the beach, dealing with all the extra factors that come with it — like being outside of a studio, the sand, people coming up to you — did it feel more like an open stage where you were performing? MP: We do see pole as an evolution, but we also talk all the time about honoring where it comes from.