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. …
Being Creative and Feeling Creative at the Same Time. Is the act of creation spontaneous, methodical, or is it sometimes a mixture of both? Flow tries to make meaningful transitions between seemingly unconnected parts just as water passing over coarse stone eventually smooths its surface. As a creator, the flow artist is the agent of choice between drilled and …
Greetings Flow Artists! Welcome to another exciting edition of Tutsdays, the tutorial series brought to you by the Flow Arts Institute! This week’s Tutsday features Mufasa Lee, a multi-prop artist hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, and was shot at FLAME 2017 by Moxie Watts aka Emily Bradley. You can find Mufasa in the fire circle and teaching classes at flow …
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. 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 …
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 …
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 …
Congratulations to Anni Küpper, and Derk Asaurus Archer for being chosen as FAI’s Instructors of the month! Anni Küpper: Anni is a young performer from Bonn who started juggling at the age of 14. After receiving her diploma from German secondary school she engaged herself in a social project in South America, where she worked as a volunteer – also teaching …
Congratulations to JewelZ, and Mike Hayataka for being chosen as FAI’s Instructors of the month! JewelZ: Tell Us A Little About Yourself. I am originally from a small town here in Kansas called Stafford. At a place where sports were the main focus, I always felt out of place. After getting out into the world and realizing there are other weirdos …
For many of us in the Flow Arts, we are aware there is a connection between spinning and our personal wellness. Now, we are reaching a place where the effects of these arts can be studied to obtain scientific evidence supporting these longtime held beliefs. One of the people leading the way in this area is Kate Riegle …