Illustrations by Jese Brenner, Storyline by Mike Hayataka & Jeremiah Jacobs
March Instructors of the Month | Tara McManus & Ben Drexler
Tara McManus & Ben Drexler Tara McManus and Ben Drexler are our featured instructors for March 2016. They both represent what it means to be great instructors in the flow community. This article will give you a closer look at their journey thus while helping you figure out where you can connect with them in person later this year. But …
Instructor of the Year Nominees | Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit is a three-day camping event where fire performers and flow artists of all types and skill levels come from near and far to share and celebrate their passion for this captivating art form. Our focus is on learning. Each day is packed with dozens of intensive workshops that cover a wide range of subjects taught by teachers at the …
Instructor of the Year Nominees | CampFire
Camp Fire is an annual retreat located in Minnesota. It serves as a focal point for the performing arts community to gather and transmit the experience of collective and individual transformation through active participation in expressive forms of communication with the ultimate goal of promoting conscious living and a culture of sustainability. Camp Fire’s goal is to bring the community …
Vendor Feature | DrexFactor
DrexFactor is an educational resource and supply store for poi, double staff, and fan performers around the world. The business is run by Ben Drexler, a “world-renowned movement artist, circus performer, and dancer who has spent the past six years teaching and performing the art of poi spinning”. He’s taught at numerous festivals and events around the world, providing …
Vendor Feature | Harmonic Threads
Harmonic Threads is a well-known clothing company created and managed by Olive Marie. Based out of Detroit, MI, Olive provides stylish custom clothing for hoopers, fire spinners, and festival goers. These days, it’s easy to recognize her unique designs among the crowd at a festival. We wanted to know more about where it all started and how Olive has brought Harmonic …
Path to Flow
This article will approach the following feeling we all have in flow arts at one point in time along our time here in this temporal playing field of flow arts. “I have all these skills and met all these people but still feel an emptiness inside” Manipulating objects, the training and drilling portion, usually occurs alone. We find that …
Top 10 Secret Ninja Poi Artists
Hey Readers, I have been spinning things for over a decade and have seen spinners come and go. Some have moved on to do amazing things outside of flow. Some have gone to build real physical bridges, become managers of fortune 500 companies or even become parents. Their contributions to the community with their skills and knowledge often become lost …
Video Sharing Culture | Pros & Cons
The digital age is upon us… Whether we accept it or not, we will be recorded. There is much debate over whether or not to engage in the video sharing culture of YouTube, Facebook and others. This list is an attempt to outline the benefits of posting and following of videos online and also the benefits to be gained when …