Have you ever wondered how your favorite FAI event comes together and who exactly makes it all happen? This series aims to answer that and more, 10 questions at a time. We were recently lucky enough to hang out with Timbo Slice, a Director for FLAME Festival & Flashepoint, and the General Manager for Fahrenheit! Obviously, he’s a very busy …
Have you ever wondered how your favorite FAI event comes together and who exactly makes it all happen? This series aims to answer that and more, 10 questions at a time. We sat down with Caitlin Matanle, one of the Directors of FLAME, and asked her our burning questions. 1 – What brought you into the flow arts? Over a …
Have you ever wondered how your favorite FAI event comes together and who exactly makes it all happen? This series aims to answer that and more, 10 questions at a time. This time around, we talk with Nick Garcia, General Manager for FLAME Festival. 1 – What brought you into the flow arts? When I first saw fire spinning at an …
Hello again, Flow Arts Family! We are back with another exciting edition of the Flow Arts Institute’s tutorial series called Tutsday! We were lucky enough to run into Kennedy Jenkins at FLAME 2017, where he had enough time to pass along some of his triad knowledge for us to share with you. Check out this awesome tutorial on Folding with Triads. Video …
Happy Tutsday everyone! In this quick tutorial, we highlight the amazing Jozette Gordon. She shows us a mesmerizing and unique type of hoop called Maghoops. Maghoops are a new and a magical way to play. There are two magnets in each hoop. Line up all three magnets in the hoops. Begin by holding your hands onto the magnets, while gripping …
I’ve been juggling seriously for over 25 years, and during that time, I have been on a continual quest for the impossible. That “more rare than rare,” the unicorn and griffin combined, the Holy Grail being held by an honest politician. I speak, of course, of the perfect prop bag. The “perfect” bag used to be something that could hold …
In this article, we took to crowdsourcing to gather information on what is common in fire performer’s first aid kits when they are out performing. We asked members of the Fire Performance Safety Discussion Facebook Group what are some things they always carry in their kit and the results are below. Although there is not one solid answer and everyone …
Happy Tutsday! Ready to learn a swifty poi trick? Greg is here to show us a slick combo called a snake air wrap. The prerequisites to this trick are split time, same direction and snakes. As you snake, one will be going over your shoulder, while one will be going underneath your armpit. As this movement flows, the one over your shoulder …
Lost in Translation For the Flow Arts Institute By Eric “Propfessor” Shibuya In my own “Humans of Flow Arts” profile, I remarked on how much I enjoyed the translation of one set of moves to another with different props, how a poi move is done with double staves or hoops, and how if you “straighten a hoop” you can do …
Say hello to Boum and Twa! Today, they will be showing us the Buttery Biscuit for this week’s Tutsday! Want to learn this sweet hat sequence? Of course, you do. As I always say, anything to do with butter and biscuits is worth getting involved with. Aaaand now I’m hungry. But let’s get started. This sequence is pretty simple. Just …