Most people who have ever seen fire performers perform haven't the foggiest clue what the fire sounds like. Performances involve music blasting loud enough to drown the sound out. Once you've heard the fire, most likely in a "well, we have an iPod docking station over there" setting, nothing is ever the same again. The roar of it swirls and ( Read more... )

     Like fellow Frenchman Laurent Garnier, David Guetta started off his career in the gay clubs around Paris's Les Halles district in the mid-80s, going on to make a name for himself in acid-house and hip-hop. His first album heralded the beginning of a new DJ career - this time on a global level. Named after the parties he hosts on Ibiza, the ( Read more... )

     I swear, the longer one spins, the sillier liquid dancers look in comparison to poi spinners, even if the liquid dancers are technically good at it. Which is why Opera should not crack down on poi spinners practising their art, the snotty fucks. Cases in point...


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     In case you haven't read Nick Woolsey's book, you might be surprised to know that he frequently suffers from depression and... *drum roll*... lack of confidence ( Read more... )

Ever seen anybody spin something like 18 glow sticks tied end-to-end? Want to?

From the balcony in the VIP section:

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There's a bit from the above video where he does behind-the-back weaves, and
luckily the overhead light flashed just before he went into it, so you can tell.

From right next to him:

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     A substantial chunk of footage of ( Read more... )

     The movement arts (sometimes called "the flow arts") world has its own celebrities. Canada has Nick Woolsey. Japan has Yuta. Sweden has Nevisoul. The United States has Sage, whose performances are with Sangre del Sol.

Now, Russia has Mel, aka Meelosapiens. Watching him gives me goosebumps, which is difficult to accomplish with ( Read more... )

     Dear poi spinners of the world,

Whatever you do, please do not think you can't hit yourself in the face - and injure yourself on a notable level - while you are attempting to learn this.

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The natural assumption is, well, if you're spinning poi behind your back, you can't hit yourself in the face, right?

WRONG!!!     So if ( Read more... )

Watching this makes me absolutely sick with envy.
Just ignore the corny music selection.
Actually, no, put it on mute.

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How?! How does anyone spin that goddamn fast?!? Sure, he screws up a few times, but not only does he not hit himself once* through the entire demonstration, but he quickly recovers from all mistakes. And he moves ( Read more... )

I cannot stop watching this.

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Taken from last year's Transformus

Good job it's almost ten minutes long. Anything less would feel like a cheat.

     A promising tutorial indeed. The uninitiated say to themselves, "Why can't you just go out and buy them?" Well, yes, you can... and they crack if you whack them against anything hard, including themselves. Which you will do while you're learning how to spin. All I have to do is switch the lights on in my Wal-Mart issued LED sticks to ( Read more... )