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VANCOUVER — Most parents want to keep their daughters off the pole.

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But a dance and fitness studio in Duncan, B.C., is planning to train girls in aerobic pole-dancing basics before they hit puberty.

The Twisted Grip Dance and Fitness Studio is offering weekend pole aerobics classes this fall aimed at children called “Little Spinners.” The sessions will run Saturdays for an hour at $70.

Studio owner and instructor Kristy Craig says she is simply catering to her adult clients’ demands.

“My existing students were asking about it for their children. They were saying, ‘My daughter plays on my pole at home all the time, I’d love her to actually learn how to do things property and not hurt herself,’ ” said Ms. Craig, who is a certified fitness and aerobics instructor.

They have no association with it or think there is anything wrong or bad about it. That’s an adult putting that on them

Children as young as five, mostly girls but there is one boy, are enrolled in the class.

Ms. Craig, who first took a pole dance class four years ago and never worked on the pole as an adult entertainer, said she will keep the focus strictly on athletics. “I treat it just like gymnastic classes…. I don’t teach any of the adult moves,” she said.