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Movement Play Summer Camp Out is Next Week!

Jun 30th, 2009
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The Movement Play “micro-festival”, as Rosie likes to call it, is next week and tickets sales end July 4th! Only 30 tickets remain for this incredible 4 day music and dance event happening July 9th-12th! Ecstatic Dance, all types of movement workshops, organic food, and a stunning setting make this event one of the most nourishing festivals of the summer.

Visit Movement Play Website: Here
Purchase Tickets: Here

Music:
Beats Antique
Tropo
Dragonfly
Neptune
BombGoddess

Performances and classes by:
Jill Parker
Deb Rubin
Anah “Hoopalicious” – Hoop Revolution
Christabel Zamor – HoopGirl
Miss Rosie – Hero Hoops
Rich Porter – Isopop
Isa “GlitterGirl” – Temple Of Poi
Aaron Jessup
Tyler Blank
Donna Carroll
The Shamanic Cheerleaders
Brian O’Connell
Jamie Luv
Diane Waye
Susan Lee
Philippe & Paget
and more!

Vending by Melodia Designs and Miss Rosie’s Hoop Couture… Join Us! Tickets are $299 for 4 days with all food included! No day passes available. 18 and over, no pets allowed. www.MovementPlay.com

Visit Movement Play Website: Here
Purchase Tickets: Here

KRON 4 Morning News – Fire Dancing Demo

May 6th, 2009
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Saturday morning before the Fire Expo, bright and very very early, a few of us did a demo for KRON 4 Morning News. Here’s the clip.

Thank you Isa for inviting me to be a part of this demo. It was fun, easy, and totally worth getting up early even though it was Saturday morning :)

Playing with Fire

Apr 27th, 2009
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There are two short clips of our piece in this video montage of the Temple of Poi Union Square Fire Expo. You can see Josh at 3:25 and then I’m at 4:55.

Bay Area National Dance Week – Union Square Firedancing Expo

Apr 24th, 2009
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Tonight is the Flow Show & tomorrow the Bay Area National Dance Week Fire Dancing Expo in Union Square. I’m busily preparing for both of these events.

The Flow Show
Date: April 24, 2009
Time: doors 7:30 p.m. / 8 p.m. show
Venue: CounterPULSE / 1310 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Cost: Free!

Temple of Poi Firedancing Expo
Where: Union Square (Geary and Post)
Date: April 25, 2009 at
Time: 7:50 pm
Location: Free!!

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You can find the song that Josh and I will be firedancing to here:
Cockney Violin – Caspa
Download: iTunes

Temple of Poi Fire Expo & The Flow Show

Apr 21st, 2009
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Last night Khan, Shadjua and I had our final rehearsal for the Flow Show. The Flow Show will be taking place this Friday 7:00 PM at CounterPulse in San Francisco:

What happens when object manipulation is taken out of the circus, out of the dance club? This showcase will take the flow arts out of their typical settings and nobody really knows what will happen. Featuring flow artists on hoop, poi, staff, fans, balls and maybe some other stuff too.

I think we have our piece pretty well polished. All three of us are happy with the outcome. I snapped this shot of us at Margaret Jenkins Dance Lab on Saturday. I think I might be even more excited for this show if I could just sit back and watch all the amazing artists from around the world that will be performing. The list of performers is very impressive. Khan has done an amazing job creating this event.

double_mini_detailIn other news, I just received my second set of mini fire hoops from Cosmic Fire. The first pair were a prototype using HDPE plastic. The new design is a significant improvement and I can’t discern anything that I would change. The new mini firehoops are sweet! I love these little guys. The size allows them to be manipulated in ways very different from full size hoops. You can do staff like linear isolations, firefan moves translate well, they spin a lot like poi and move similar to knujmchucks. I’ve been having a lot of fun working them out for the Temple of Poi Fire Expo.

The Temple of Poi Fire Expo is almost here! The Fire Expo is the largest gathering of internationally renown fire dancing artists assembled in the western hemisphere for a free, legal public show! The show takes place in Union Square on Saturday night from 7:50 PM- 10:00 PM.
More info: here

Saturday morning Chris, Audree, Isa and I will be doing a fire demo on the KRON morning news. We’ll be doing this as promotion for the Saturday night Temple of Poi Fire Expo. I’m not looking forward to driving to the East Bay at 7 am on a Saturday but it should be fun and I’ll be doing it with close friends.

Temple of Poi Fire Dancing Expo – Josh Parker

Apr 8th, 2009
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Josh’s profile went up for the Temple of Poi Fire Expo show that we’re doing in just two short weeks!

As we continue with our artist profiles Josh Parker, artist performing in Temple of Poi 2009 Fire Dancing Expo for the Temple of Poi 2009 Fire Dancing Expo & 7 Year Anniversary, we spotlight Josh Parker, who will be performing with Isopop.

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Wow. Just found this video. Shredder set the bar damn high at the 2007 show. Now I have a few butterfly’s just thinking about our performance. We’ll kill it. No worries : )

Temple of Poi 2009 Fire Dancing Expo

Feb 27th, 2009
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So more on this later but I’m slowly shifting into more of a performance role with my hooping. I’ve been hooping intensely for two years and I have yet to do a performance. My first will be the Spinagogue Variety Show. My second performance will be the Temple of Poi 2009 Fire Dance Expo.

I know I have the technical skills and the performer in me is growing. Josh and I are practicing a lot right now (two or three 2 hr practices per week). Essentially I need to polish what I’m already doing into a stage worthy fire piece. That is more than just a little bit intimidating given the company we will be sharing the stage with. Some of my favorite spinners are performing and it is an honor to be able to participate in this event.

What: Temple of Poi 2009 Fire Dancing Expo & 7 Year Anniversary of Temple of Poi
Where: Union Square (Geary and Post)
When: April 25, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Cost: Free!!

Bring a chair and a blanket and join us April 25, 2007 at 7:50 pm for our free fire dancing show in San Francisco’s legendary Union Square (Geary and Post) for the fourth annual Temple of Poi Fire Dancing Expo.

This year’s show is a veritable who’s who of internationally renowned fire dancing performers hailing from 3 continents including:

* Banyan (Chicago)
* Cyrille (France)
* Dai (Japan)
* Fluid Luminescence [Plenty & 10 Feathers] (San Francisco)
* GlitterGirl (San Francisco)
* Grimm and His Babies (Cincinnati)
* Cirq d’ Optiq [ICoN & Jen] (Philadelphia)
* Isopop [Rich & Josh] (San Luis Obispo)
* Lena & Pi (California)
* Manda Lights [Forka, Ima, Maelle & Meast] (France)
* MCP (Scotland)
* Mireneye (Sweeden)
* Poki (Oakland)
* Nevisoul (Sweeden) & Alien Jon (Los Angeles)
* Sparkaluscious (San Francisco)
* Vatra (San Francisco)
* Vulcan Crew [Krissy & Jordan] (Oakland)
* Yuta (Japan)

For addtional information please visit the Temple of Poi blog.