Dance students practise during a training session at a pole dancing school in Hefei, Anhui province, June 25, 2008. The dance school, which opened 2 months ago, is the first in Hefei to introduce pole dancing. The dance school, which opened 2 months ago, is the first in Hefei to introduce pole dancing. Increasing in popularity, students, mostly women, sign up for the daily training for a variety of reasons such as to get fit, receive training to be a pole dancing coach and to work in night clubs. Pole dancing is billed as a serious workout, closely aligned with gymnastics. Picture taken June 24, 2008.[Agencies]