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Beginning Group Poi Fire Dancing Performance Boot Camp

Course Overview

Summer/Fall 2007 Beginning Group Performance Boot Camp is 34+ hour class series for intermediate students and beginning performers. This program helps artists develop a varity of skills by focusing on several areas of development.

The early summer sessions focus on fundamental drills, postures, and skills to help the artists diversify their repertoire and expanding their poi vocabulary. These sessions will be held in July 2007. Students will then have 6 weeks to work with these drills and moves. In mid-September, sessions resume and meet weekly in preparation for the December show in Union Square as part of the San Francisco Food Bank's canned food drive. Students are encouraged to keep their calendar clear for the week of December 10 from 3:30 pm until 6 PM until the final date and time of the show is confirmed by the Food Bank.

The program meets 15 times over 6 months for 2 hours each session.

Moves, Drills and Poilates classes are focused on augmenting ones skills technically with poi. This will include the skills most relevant for each student at their current level of development as well as specific work on wall plane work. The Poilates portions of the sessions are focused on the meditative qualities of poi and generating movement from the core of ones body.
Performance sessions are focused on developing performance presence and character while choreography sessions are dedicated to creating and practicing the group performance piece for the Temple of Poi 2007 Fire Dancing Expo.
Combos and Choreography sessions are focused on flowing with the moves and performing them to a particular count. These are the sessions where the specifics of the performance will be taught.
Assessment and individual study sessions, along with 2 half hour private sessions with GlitterGirl (to be scheduled on one of the tuesday evenings not scheduled for a late class) are designed to analyze individual needs of the students and work on the areas of development most relevant for that student.

The class schedule is as follows with all sessions at 8 PM unless otherwise noted:

Sessions	Material	Date	Month
1	Moves, drills and poilates; assessment	7.10	July
2	Moves, drills and poilates; assessment	7.17
3	Moves, drills and poilates	7.24
4	Individual Performance (video taped)	7.31
5	Moves, drills and poilates; assessment	9.18	September
6	Combos; assessment	9.25	September
7	Combos	10.2	October
8	Moves; Combos; Individual Study	10.9
9	Combos; Choreography	10.16
10	Choreography	10.23
11	Choreography	10.30
12	Individual Performance (video taped)	11.6	November
13	Choreography	11.13
14	Fire Rehearsal	11.27
15	Dress Rehearsal - in costume and with fire gear	12.4	December
Union Square	San Francisco Food Bank Canned Food Drive -- Call Time 4 PM.	12.10 (To be Confirmed)	December
Union Square	Temple of Poi 2008 Fire Dancing Expo (date to be confirmed)	TBA	April 2008

Students must also sign up for two private sessions, one from each of the following groups. Please specify your preference when signing up. These will be assigned on a first come first served basis.

Group 1

Time	Tuesday date
6:00 pm	10.9
6:30 pm	10.9
7:00 pm	10.9
7:30 pm	10.9
6:00 pm	10.16
6:30 pm	10.16
7:00 pm	10.16
7:30 pm	10.16

Group 2

Time	Tuesday date
6:00 pm	11.27
6:30 pm	11.27
7:00 pm	11.27
7:30 pm	11.27
6:00 pm	12.4
6:30 pm	12.4
7:00 pm	12.4
7:30 pm	12.4

Tuition

This intensive includes: 15 2 hour sessions: list price at $50 per session is $750; plus 2 30 minute private sessions: list price $125.

Total list price is $875 but we'll give you this entire package for $95 off ($780 total) for making the 6 month commitment payable in 6 installments of $130*. Tuition does not include gear, costumes, fuel, insurance and other expenses performers may incur.

* all payments are due even if students miss classes or drops the series; 1st payment due via paypal and 2nd-6th payments are due on the 10th of August, September, October, November and December, 2007; may not be combined with any other discounts; payments are non refundable and non transferable; makeup sessions are available for an additional discounted fee of $90/hour for a private session and $125/hour total for 2 -4 people;students must sign a contract agreeing to these terms.

Registration

To register, you must download, print, fill in, sign this boot camp contract and either fax it to or deliver it to Temple of Poi. You must also pay the first month's tuition. Registration is not considered complete until both the contract has been signed and the first month's tuition has been received and your spot and deposit can be forfeit in the event that a contract has not been executed. A confirmation email will be sent when your payment and contract have been received and your registration is complete.

Please note all payments are non refundable and nontransferable.

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"Thanks Isa for all your hard work in our performance boot camp class choreographing and designing our Union Square performance piece. It was such an amazing experience to work with you throughout this year. From Burning Man to Burning Man. I've grown so much as a poi performer throughout all the various classes I've taken with you. My skills have improved immensely and in a very short amount of time, thanks to your instruction, time and dedication to your art form and school. I really loved taking the boot camp classes because it was an amazing way for me to build a solid connection and community with the other people in my class. I will miss our classes!"
~M. Weinberg; December, 2007

"The Spring 2007 Beginner Group Performance Boot Camp was a remarkable poi experience - advanced moves, choreography, timing, counting, the extended continuity of a group class and performing for the class. Not to mention the preparation for a performance and the performance itself! I learned SO MUCH. My confidence has greatly improved - both in performing and doing fire and my repertoire of poi moves has vastly increased. Boot camp is a fantastic way to take your poi practice to the the next level."
~ G. Lee; May, 2007

"The boot camp was a great way to enter the performance world. I got to see the group performance process from start to finish and more importantly, I learned the reasoning behind much of the decision making. My goals were aimed toward going from a solo performer to working within a group setting. During the boot camp, I learned time-based choreography and performed at very close proximity to other fire dancers."
~ A. Santos; May, 2007

I found the beginner's performance boot camp a good investment in my future as a performer, of poi and beyond. Isa, as well as my fellow bootcamp students, facilitated the learning of new moves, refining troubled moves, giving a glimpse into choreography, developing camaraderie between troupe mates, providing fodder for both personal and performance growth, and lending an air of support like I've not experienced so far in my life. By embracing more fully the tennants of flowology, we were able to evolve into "flowsters" where being in the moment and feeling the freedom to express ourselves came together in a beautiful expression of spinning poi and dancing. Thank you fellow students and Isa for making this an unforgettable journey and helping me to begin defining the path of my performance self.
~ M. Sanders; June, 2007

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