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. …
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 …
It’s true that humans can force animals to do amazing things in the circus and it’s impressive, yet sad. What’s more interesting are the animals that play with objects and other animals of their own accord. It speaks to the natural need to play for a healthy living style in animals and humans alike. Bear with a stick [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” …
Prop storage – an ongoing battle of hooks, nails, drills, hammers, closets, and corners. Here’s a way to store your props with a relatively small footprint, while displaying them like the works of art they are! Materials Get ready for another hardware store trip, and start learning the employees’ names (not important for your build but it’ll make them smile, …
This one goes out to my stick-swingers. Staff spinners aren’t as prevalent as their poi counterparts, but they are definitely cooler. Rigid props do, however, come with a few quirks and unique bits of maintenance that can help increase the life of your staff dramatically. Let’s go over some of the essentials. Wicks – Barrel – The most common staff …
When we get into a conversation about the Flow Arts with others, things get muddied up quickly with off shooting conversations about exactly what we mean by the word flow. In the English language, like many words, flow has a many different meanings. So, in order to continue the larger discussion concerning flow and the Flow Arts, let’s first …
Let’s talk poi, folks. It seems to be the most popular prop lately, and the flow arts community is starting to grow faster than proper information can spread. In the interest of helping you find your flow and make it last, here is some useful information for picking your first set of poi, and some tips and tricks to get …