Pole dancing isn't ergonomic. It's bad for joints. It doesn't train good movement habits.
It does not differ too much from standard gymnastics, rings, bars, horse, vault etc. And while I am not sure what makes movement habits good or bad, to me gymnasts look like the kind of people who have perfected the mastery over the body.
From your list of goals I don't think "Feeling proud" is a worthwhile goal. It's better than feeling angry but I don't consider it to a clearly positive emotion.
Healthy level of self-confidence then. "Nerdy" people tend to have far lower than what is healthy. Social anxiety etc.
It does not differ too much from standard gymnastics, rings, bars, horse, vault etc.
Rings are not the same thing as a static pole. Rings move. A pole doesn't.
Having perfect mastery over your body when you are 25 isn't worth having joint issues when you are 50.
But let's look at Svetlana Khorkina who's the top female medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The first interview I find is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaJ92uuKjpo . She has little body movement while talking. I think she's simply trained to lock body movement instead of...
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