Monthly Archives: October 2009
Fire Dancing Postcards on sale at Borders
Wow. What an utterly cool experience walking into Borders (only the one in Bloomingdale’s mall right now) and finding my postcards there. You can see them in this photo.
Teachers and Technicians: They Use Different Skills
I’ve been threatening to write this piece for months and I’m finally taking a moment to sit down and do it. After FireDrums and talking to a lot of my students I got really clear that this article might be … Continue reading
Posted in Flow Tools, Teaching, Technique
Tagged coaching, fans, Flow Tools, Hoop, Lesson, lessons, Poi, Staff, Technique, tiger woods
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GlitterGirl in the Bahamas (June 2009)
Here’s a set from the Bahamas when we were doing an impromptu performance after our real performance got canceled because of weather. I had hurt my knee — you can even see the bandage under my pants on my left … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, GlitterGirl Practice and Performance, Performance, Poi
Tagged bahamas, fire dancing, GlitterGirl, Performance, Poi, pyrotechniq, Video
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New Spin Out Technique for SF Permitted Events
In an effort to be even more environmentally friendly and accommodate all types of tools, here’s the new Temple of Poi spin out technique for permitted events (a version based on what I used with Pyrotechniq when we were in … Continue reading
Posted in Fan, Fire, Flow Tools, Hoop, Poi, Rope Dart, Staff
Tagged fire safety, Permiting in SF, spin out
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Music: Genius Playlist off Darkness by Phutureprimitive
This is a fabulous groovy iMix that included a few more tracks initially including 3 Banco de Gaia tracks off their “10 Years” double disc — Disc 1: Kincajou and off Disc 2: Shanti (Black Mountain Mix) and Desert Wind … Continue reading
Music: Genius playlist off Shakawkaw by Infected Mushroom
I’m always looking for interesting mixes to do flow practice to and this play list created by Genius is awesome. Sadly, the iMix won’t include all 25 tracks — which makes no sense since the Genius feature only works with … Continue reading
