In the middle of the pandemic, it’s almost a certainty that people are spending more time on social media. Scrolling through the various feeds, you might see an interesting sight: prop dance. It might have been called flow arts, prop manipulation, spinning, dance, or fire arts. Essentially, it’s just when someone is dancing around with or without music, utilizing an …
As artists, one of the hardest things in the world to do is talk about ourselves. And at the same time, it’s one of the best things we can do– not only as a way to present our art practice to others, but as a method to hone our purpose within it. It can be REALLY challenging to try to …
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about life in the performing arts business post pandemic, imagining the possible trends, and whether or not undercutting would become worse. During the 2018-2019 school year, I took a sabbatical from teaching high school English to be a performer full time. It was an incredible year, and I learned a lot of valuable lessons. …
A Colorful state of Flow By Juros Mufasa Hello from the Southern Side My life as a Flow Artist has taken me through some incredible and not so incredible moments. Over the course of learning how to manipulate objects proficiently I’ve met and lost friends along the way and I’ve reached the point where I’ve made peace with this. …
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For the Flow Arts Institute By Eric “Propfessor” Shibuya, PhD A discussion arose recently in the fire spinning community over some videos of people burning in non-fire safe clothing. The arguments have taken two main positions: (1) This is really dangerous and you shouldn’t do it. It hurts the rest of the community if people see stuff like this. (2) …
This article is adapted from Laura Riva’s article “The Dark Side of Dance Addiction” Thanks to April Choi for the adaptation. You can find the original Facebook note here. We love to call ourselves “Flow Artists” and performers that are one with our art. We’re even proud of it. We glorify flying to other continents to pursue our hobby. We see …
It was both a pleasure and a sad moment for me to read your article proclaiming yourself as a Flow Artist. The sadness is not for the proclamation – I’m very happy you have found something that defines you, for all I think you have done it for the wrong reasons – but for your misguided view of one of the …
Well, it’s time to admit something that I once would have scoffed at: I am a flow artist. For many years, I’ve made my skepticism of our appropriation of the word “flow” very vocal for a variety of reasons, but I’ve come to the conclusion at this point that it’s the term that most accurately describes my inspirations, motivations, and …
As a fire spinning community, we each hold a responsibility to sustain and maintain that community. I ask each one of you to think about what you’re doing when you’re performing, and how it can impact others. Do not take this to mean that you should or should not be afraid of fire. You should most definitely respect the fire. …