Workshops and Performance at Wildfire

Ah, what a weekend! Both my classes and the performance were received beautifully, and I had an excellent time! It was wonderful to work with Brad, fNi, of New York to create a performance piece. I especially enjoyed teaching the poi flow class. What a gift it is to me to be able to give people access to what they didn't know they already had. To see people begin dancing in their own way truly warms my heart! Camping with the Vulcan crew was lovely -- Noel, Ian, and Greg are fun dudes! I even took one of Greg's workshops and got some helpful pointers on some of the harder stalls. And Noel got me hooked on contact staff, I've got the bruises to prove it! Thanks to Claire for hosting me in Brooklyn! Check out these photos from the event! Set 1. Set 2.

Bali Poi Training with Nick Woolsey

It .. was .. amazing! I experienced nearly two weeks of intensive poi practice with the world's most incredible poi instructor in one of the world's most beautiful locations! I had been wanting to learn from Nick for years -- there was something about his spinning style (in his videos that I'd seen) that told me he was my kind of poister, and was I ever right! The direction in which he takes poi matches mine exactly, and it was thrilling to work with him and learn from him. As a surprise bonus, I got to appear as a demonstrator in some the instructional videos he was filming while I was there. Whoa! I'm going to try my best to solidify all of the beginnings he offered me, and look forward to going back for more!

Poi Workshops at Firedrums, California

What an expansive experience! Spinners from all over the world congregated in the Santa Cruz mountains to learn and share object manipulation arts. Countries represented include Japan, France, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, and of course people from all over the US.

I learned so much and want to thank all of the people who taught poi workshops. It was amazing to see how many different directions people have taken the art! I look forward to next year -- oh, the places we will go!

Special thanks to Ian George for driving me, and to Kael for putting together the video below -- there's a part two also. It really captures the event!