2015 Class Archive - IgNight Flow Arts

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Friday

Dojos ⇛	Poi	Juggling	Circus	Warrior	Fan/Wand	Staff	Hoop	Movement	Yoga	Aerial
1:00pm - 2:10pm	Cercone Poi Inversions Poi Inversions Skill: Mixed	Cameron Popping with Static Props Popping with Static Props Skill: Beginner	Jesselynn Desmond Intro to Clowning Intro to Clowning Skill: Beginner	Andres Trevino/ Flowmamba Releasing your inner Ninja: Beginner Rope Dart Releasing your inner Ninja: Beginner Rope Dart Skill: Beginner Click for video	More Coming Soon More Coming Soon Skill: Mixed More Coming Soon More Coming Soon Skill: Mind-bending	Steven Holmes Beginner Double staff Beginner Double staff Skill: Beginner	Claire Bush Applying Dance Theory to Hoop Performance Applying Dance Theory to Hoop Performance Skill: Beginner	Siobhan Core Control - Strength and Isolations Core Control - Strength and Isolations Movement comes from the core. This workshops teaches an invigorating core workout which incorporates conscious movement and tips and tricks for function stacking everyday activities to build abdominal strength and muscle isolation control. Skill: Mixed	Jennie In muse flow In muse flow Yoga w/Jennie (CHAKRA FLOW to clear the chatter of life and ground for the festival) Skill: Beginner	Kevin Scott Cannon Straps Fundamentals Straps Fundamentals Skill: Beginner
2:20pm - 3:30pm	Willow No Beat Toss with Poi No Beat Toss with Poi Let's dig deep into the technique, breadth, and possibility of no-beats. We'll cover everything from the ground up, to set the foundation solid and build as glorious a no-beat cathedral as we can. We'll cover the new no-beat notation as well...similar to site swap for no-beat tosses! Skill: Beginner Click for details	James Bailey Face Balance with Props Face Balance with Props Learning the face balance. Check out my YouTube channel! Skill: Beginner Click for details	Jesselynn Desmond Intro to Clowning cont. Intro to Clowning cont. Skill: Mixed	Anna Maltese Kung Fu Saber Kung Fu Saber Skill: Beginner Click for photo	Colin Peterson Buugeng basic Buugeng basic A fundamentals class that comprises the first 4 segments on my Buugeng basics series. Skill: Beginner Click for details	Glen Ackerman Beginner Staff Beginner Staff Learn the basic staff spinning theories and be on your way to spinning a stick around your head with the rest of us crazyies! It's fun and easy to pick up, so if you haven't learned it yet now is the time. www.firegroove.com Skill: Beginner Click for video	Jennifer Beginning Hoops! Beginning Hoops! Skill: Beginner	Jenna Lamb Spinning Shoulders Spinning Shoulders Whats your most important tool? Though many of us will point to our favorite or most used prop- our most important tool is likely the body! Spinning, spinning, spinning...ouch!!! An all too common complaint amongst flow artists is shoulder pain and soreness. This can be occasional or acute, but one thing is for sure…it interferes with your fun!!! In this interactive workshop learn about shoulder anatomy, mechanics and injury prevention with spinning. Workshop participants are invited to bring their props for questions and demonstrations. Skill: Mixed Click for details	Acro Yoga Christopher Filkins Christopher Filkins Skill: Beginner Click for photo	Jen Alvarado Beginning Aerial Beginning Aerial Have you been dreaming about flying and need to know where to start, this is the workshop for you. I will safely guide you with proper alignment, building an aerial vocabulary, and step by step skills to get you of the ground. And into the air. This workshop will cover foundations of lift-off, grip strengthening, holding your body weight, French/basic climb, Russian climb, foot locks/wraps, side lean, arabesque, and invert in a knot leading to getting inverted/upside down. All kinds of fun flying will be going on in this workshop. Great for first timers and limited experience with aerials. Skill: Beginner Click for details
3:40pm - 4:50pm	Momin Flowers Flowers Learn to spin flowers. Inspin, Antispin, & Hybrids! Skill: Beginner Click for video	Elvin Contact Juggling Contact Juggling Skill: Beginner	Stephanie Federoff & Jesselynn Desmond Intro to Stand Up Comedy Intro to Stand Up Comedy Skill: Mixed	Michael Ravenwood SkyFire Sword Dance SkyFire Sword Dance This workshop is designed share the practice of fire sword dancing as a path to creative realization & fulfillment, and take students of the first class to the next level. The principles of meditation, martial and performance arts are combined with a passion for dance to introduce students to their bodies as living works of art. As practitioners gain more familiarity with blending handwork {techniques of object manipulation} & footwork {stances, steps, and leaps}, we continue to practice moving our bodies and the swords to music. We develop the yoga {union} between the practitioner, their sword and the beat of the music, continuing our journey into freedom & improvisation. Philosophical hints at the Tao {way of life} are sprinkled in for good measure. Specifically, we will go over spinning two swords at once, using & transitioning between forward & reverse grip, using momentum for thrusts & leaps, and some of the specific ways of spinning & throwing swords. Finally, we'll practice how to safely create and perform fire sword combat on stage. If you have them, please bring anything that could be used like a sword {no edges please ;-}. If you do not have any, come anyway, as I have some to share... Skill: Mixed Click for details	Kamala Sexy Tech with Fans Sexy Tech with Fans Skill: Intermediate Click for photo	Randy Lee Schless Intermediate Flow and Variations Intermediate Flow and Variations Skill: Intermediate	Austin Intro to Double Hoop Iso Hybrids Intro to Double Hoop Iso Hybrids Skill: Beginner	Surka Noelle IgNight Troupe: Choreo + Sequencing 1 IgNight Troupe: Choreo + Sequencing 1 (Part 1 of 2) To be performed Saturday night in celebration for the festival! Come create and learn how to be a part of a group performance piece with your fellow prop artists. Bring your favorite prop and get ready to dance simple choreography with a big bang! We will discuss creative and helpful ways to sequence routines. Transcend the life of a solo performer and enjoy the spectrum and power of a group offering. Skill: Mixed Click for details	Siobhan Shier Establishing Boundaries Establishing Boundaries When flowing with groups and partners, it is essential to both speak and listen to spoken and unspoken communications, especially when activities become hands on. This workshop focuses on how to establish clear boundaries using words and movement. Skill: Mixed	Jen Alvarado Next Level Aerials Next Level Aerials Jen is a magic maker and movement creator with an emphasis on aerial silk. Her aim is to share aerial artistry worldwide. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she inspires and coaches other aerialists in her weekly classes. With a passion for telling stories in the air, she leaves audiences spellbound. Currently, Jen works with the Upswing Dance Company, teaches at Aspen Aerials, and performs solo at many prestigious festivals and venues; most recently, at Envision Festival in Costa Rica. Skill: Intermediate Click for details
5:00pm - 6:10pm	Juan Intro to Puppyhammer Intro to Puppyhammer Skill: Beginner Click for details	Jeremiah Johnston A Tour of 3 Club Manipulation A Tour of 3 Club Manipulation There are enough styles of 3 club manipulation to make your head explode. This class will be a tour of many different styles including legos, traps, scissors, triads and contact. Each style has its own unique look, but flowing between them comes down to how you hold the clubs and transition between grips. You’ll learn the basics of many different styles, and the importance of the various grips that will open the door for further development. Skill: Beginner Click for details	Nick Kane How to make money as a party clown How to make money as a party clown Skill: Mixed	Kamala Fire Eating Fire Eating Fire Eating and Fleshing Class. -Fire safety -Basic skin transfers -How to fire eat -How to utilize Fleshing and Fire Eating to other tools - (Depending on the classes skill level) vapor locks and advanced skin transfers - (Depending on the classes skill level) partner work Skill: Beginner Click for photo Carl Haney Knife Throwing Knife Throwing It's a psychotic-therapeutic exercise session that contributes to the alleviation of stress and built up anger management issues brought on by the fact that bitch slapping various dumb sons of a bitches who desperately need it will cause the potential student to be incarcerated. In this class we will focus these innate energies towards a specific target made of wood in a more FUN-tional manner. Click for photo	Christine Cooper Intro to Levi Wand Intro to Levi Wand Skill: Beginner	Siri and Lester Enter the Dragon (Beg dragon Staff) Enter the Dragon (Beg dragon Staff) Learn the guides and rules that make up the foundation of Dragon staff. Siri and Lester of Fire Groove team up to bring you a unique and extremely fun beginners dragon staff class. www.firegroove.com Skill: Beginner Click for video	Caterina Breathing Breaks Breathing Breaks Skill: Mixed	Christopher Filkins Cyr Wheel Cyr Wheel Skill: Intermediate	Jennie & Chris In muse restore In muse restore Partner Yoga w/Jennie & Chris (Bring a partner or find one here to connect and deeply release - this is partner stretching, not acro) Skill: Beginner	Walter Heth Intro to Aerial Intro to Aerial Focusing on basic climbs, moves that will allow you to rest, and how to get out of tangles and knots. Skill: Beginner
6:20pm - 7:30pm	Jeremiah Johnston Building up to 5 Ball Building up to 5 Ball Class aims to develop one’s technique for attaining 5 ball juggling. It will examine the posture and stance ideal for numbers juggling, explore practice strategies, and teach a series of 3, 4 and 5 ball exercises that build strength, endurance, and accuracy. Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Brian Thompson Club Swinging Basics and Grips Club Swinging Basics and Grips This class is an introduction to club swinging. The first half will cover how to hold your clubs in a variety of different grips and what specific moves are available in each grip. Then students will learn a sequence that ties the grips together and demonstrates grip transitions. Skill: Beginner Click for details	Stephanie Federoff Storytelling through Movement Storytelling through Movement Skill: Mixed	Gary Spiers & Anna Maltese Archery Archery Skill: Mixed	Lux INT Leviwand INT Leviwand Skill: Intermediate	Francois Dragon Staff ~ Chi Roll Explored Dragon Staff ~ Chi Roll Explored A man of style in the flow world and most notably a founding member of LOOOOP (look them up on youtube), Francois travels from France and brings with him critical knowledge for the masses for taming dragons worldwide! Taking you through the different ways and directions of the Chi roll and how to combine all of them. prerequisite: chi move Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Mel Blue Moon Twin Hoops on One Hand Twin Hoops on One Hand No experience necessary. We'll learn how to transition from two-handed weaves into one-handed twin hooping, plus butterflies, isolations vs extensions, and eight-petal antispin flowers. Skill: Beginner Click for video	Nicholas Capobianco Corrective Exercise for Flow Artists Corrective Exercise for Flow Artists A combination of Yoga, Qi Gong, and other mind/body influences paired with corrective exercise to help with knees, shoulders, lower back, etc. for any type of flow artists. Learn safe ways to turn properly, dance, and jump when flowing with various objects from a functional anatomy standpoint. Skill: Mixed Click for details	Khoda/Barbie Burn and basic first aid Burn and basic first aid Skill: Mixed	Walter Heth Duo Silks Duo Silks Skill: Intermediate
8:00pm - 9:00pm	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. ALL FIRE SAFETY CLASSES HELD AT THE FIRE CIRCLE Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos
9:00pm - 10:00pm	INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE You do not want to miss this! Skill: Mind-bending	INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE You do not want to miss this! Skill: Mind-bending	INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE You do not want to miss this! Skill: Mind-bending	INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE You do not want to miss this! Skill: Mind-bending	INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE You do not want to miss this! Skill: Mind-bending	INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE You do not want to miss this! Skill: Mind-bending	INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE You do not want to miss this! Skill: Mind-bending	INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE You do not want to miss this! Skill: Mind-bending	INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE You do not want to miss this! Skill: Mind-bending	INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE You do not want to miss this! Skill: Mind-bending

Saturday

Dojos ⇛	Poi	Juggling	Circus	Warrior	Fan/Wand	Staff	Hoop	Movement	Yoga	Aerial
9:00am - 10:10am	Thomas Meteor Meteor Skill: Beginner	James Bailey Beginning Juggling Beginning Juggling Skill: Beginner Click for details	Jill Evyn Breathing Life Into your Performace Breathing Life Into your Performace Breath is the thing that sustains us. It is the very life force of our being. In this class we will work on ways to utilize our breath in performance, focusing on a centering warm up, linking breath to movement, finding our character, and using breath to connect with an audience. All tools and levels welcome. Skill: Mixed	JT Kashuba Ninja Clown Conspiracy Ninja Clown Conspiracy We could tell you what this is about... ...but then we'd have to kill you with laughter!!! Skill: Beginner Click for photo	Mel Blue Moon Fan Crossers Fan Crossers Learn various ways of hugging yourself with fan tech, including entry/exit transitions and poi crossers. Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Glen Ackerman Double Staff Pattern Blender Double Staff Pattern Blender This class will explore what we can do now that we have learned a few common anti-spin and isolation patterns with double staves. It's easy to get stuck doing repetitious moves for half of your burn, but using the common ground between moves we will learn to change between patterns and create new movements! Come and make some new shapes with me! Those who know some of the basic double staff anti-spin and isolation patterns before this class will get more out of it. www.firegroove.com Skill: Beginner Click for video	Melissa Daly Intro to Off-Body Double Hoops Intro to Off-Body Double Hoops Skill: Mixed	Jilly Bee Finding your Flow Finding your Flow All skills, all tools welcome. We will be playing creative flow games designed to get us out of our "default spin settings". We will identify our comfort zones and push past them. This is the perfect class for anyone who wants to add more style and personality to their practice. Akil Hooper will be co-facilitating this workshop with me. Skill: Beginner	Siobhan Shier Beginning Acro Beginning Acro Know how to fly in bird? Ready to move past therapeutics? This workshop is the next step for those ready to move up into beginning transitions and elementary washing machines. Skill: Beginner	Shawna Michelle Hipkey spin combos Hipkey spin combos I am teaching hipkey spin combos, which could either go intermediate or advanced. Skill: Intermediate Click for video
10:20am - 11:30am	Jamie Beginner Poi Beginner Poi Timing/Direction/Plane Control Skill: Beginner	Marvin Club Manipulation Club Manipulation Skill: Intermediate	Stephanie Burlesque Techniques Burlesque Techniques Skill: Beginner	Nicholas Capobianco The Martial Dart with Flow The Martial Dart with Flow Go over the major traditional martial arts tech moves (kicks, elbows, empty knots) and how to incorporate them into flow such as dance or gymnastics moves. Skill: Intermediate Click for details Anna Maltese & Gary Spiers Archery Archery Skill: Beginner	Lux Contact Wand Contact Wand Skill: Mixed	Siri Warrior Staff Warrior Staff Skill: Beginner Click for video	Caterina Wobbles Wobbles Skill: Intermediate	Kristina Sutcliffe Latin Dance & Hoop Fusion Latin Dance & Hoop Fusion What could be more fun? This will be a wildly energetic class full of delicious moves and music. A great fit for the Beginner to Advanced Hooper as well as all levels of dancers. One third of the class will be learning to hoop on and off body, the second third will be learning Latin Dance Rhythms and Footwork to a sizzling playlist. The last third of class will be fusing the two together culminating in a richly rhythmic experience for the entire body causing a healthy glow of perspiration and some heavy breathing. A seriously fun class and a great workout is promised! Skill: Mixed	Acro Yoga Christopher Filkins Christopher Filkins Skill: Beginner Click for photo	Shawna Michelle Hipkey spin combos Hipkey spin combos I am teaching hipkey spin combos, which could either go intermediate or advanced. Skill: Intermediate Click for video
11:40am - 12:50pm	Dingoni Poi Fishtails Poi Fishtails Come learn how to expand upon your fishtails with poi! We will first cover an explanation of fish tail theory, then the class will dive into fishtail weaves, wall plane and wheel plane fishtail spinning and other more advanced fishtail concepts with poi! Come take it to the next level with your poi! Skill: Advanced Click for details	Johnston Brothers Club Passing: Tricks and Technique Club Passing: Tricks and Technique Ready to level up in 3 club juggling? Explore a series of club patterns that are guaranteed to quicken your hands and your mind. Learn the fundamentals of chops, doubles and triples, 423, reverse throws, and more if time and skills allow. Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Kenn Serrano Magic Class Magic Class Skill: Mixed	Carl Haney Knife Throwing Knife Throwing It's a psychotic-therapeutic exercise session that contributes to the alleviation of stress and built up anger management issues brought on by the fact that bitch slapping various dumb sons of a bitches who desperately need it will cause the potential student to be incarcerated. In this class we will focus these innate energies towards a specific target made of wood in a more FUN-tional manner. Skill: Mixed Click for photo	Grimm Fans for the Brave (ADV) Fans for the Brave (ADV) Skill: Advanced	Kevin Arleri Advanced Contact Staff Advanced Contact Staff Kevin Arleri is traveling all the way from Paris France to share his expertise in staff spinning. He is a pioneer in contact staff, using all parts of his body, all parts of his staff, and all parts of the world to create performances, videos, instruction, and inspiration. Skill: Advanced Click for details	Jennifer 2+2=4 Quad Hooping 2+2=4 Quad Hooping Skill: Intermediate	Christopher Filkins Cyr Wheel Cyr Wheel The Cyr wheel (also known as the roue Cyr, mono wheel, or simple wheel) is an acrobatic device popularized in the early 21st century. It consists of a single large, metal hoop[1] and is similar in some ways to a German wheel, with the acrobat spinning inside the wheel while maneuvering around the stage. Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Surka Noelle Vinyasa Carnivale Vinyasa Carnivale Invite yourself to experience the gift of a four-part yoga class, designed to strengthen, stretch, and fully express your personal practice of asana and circus arts. Some sequencing will allow for the option of incorporating your favorite prop(s). Lift, open, and connect your body-mind-spirit in preparation to ultimately enjoy all the rich workshop offerings at IgNight! Surka is a yogini blissball certified 500hr yoga instructor under the Yoga Alliance through PDX non-profit, The Lotus Seed. Skill: Mixed Click for details	Lei Lei de Kirby Intro to Aerial Intro to Aerial Always wanted to try your hand at aerial techniques? Here's your chance! You'll learn how to climb, flip yourself upside-down, and hold yourself in challenging positions in the air! We will be focusing on gaining the strength and technique needed to perform the key movements in order to progress your vocabulary and skills in the art of aerial fabric. Breaking down everything from various climbs, inversions (straddles), and basic wraps to the concepts necessary in understanding the complexity of aerial silks. Come experience the aerial high! Skill: Beginner Click for details
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2:00pm - 3:10pm	Momin Body Tracers Body Tracers Linear tracers, snakes, variations. Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Drex & Morgan Partner Poi Partner Poi Intimidated by tech? This class is centered around the idea that if we work up to a trick by starting with small, simple movements and gradually building up their complexity, anyone can learn difficult tech and apply these lessons to learning a variety of tricks they encounter. Part 1 of this class covers linear extensions, creating tricks by chaining together straight lines into ever more complicated and beautiful patterns. Skill: Beginner Click for details	Jesselynn, Jill, Stephanie Stage Ready Makeup Stage Ready Makeup Skill: Mixed	Ryan “Rif” Parks Kung Flow Kung Flow Kung Flow is a Lightsaber training program that uses a new kind of computer technology to accelerate the performance of your mind and body. Skill: Beginner Click for video	Grimm Levi-Lusions (wand) Levi-Lusions (wand) Hand illusory focus. Skill: Advanced	Kevin Arleri Acro Staff Acro Staff Kevin Arleri is traveling all the way from Paris France to share his expertise in staff spinning. He is a pioneer in contact staff, using all parts of his body, all parts of his staff, and all parts of the world to create performances, videos, instruction, and inspiration. Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Brian Thompson Creative Hoop Manipulation Creative Hoop Manipulation Skill: Mixed	Surka Noelle Proplesque Theatrix Proplesque Theatrix Step into the theatre creatrix and show me how you proplesque! Journey through a series of challenging and fun character development exercises, choreographed sequences and creative visualization meditation. Find your personal expression of cultivating desire in your audience! We are bound to discover more than one way to show off your prop+burlesque skills. This workshop is taught by a seasoned performer, yogini and theatre conservatory graduate blissball. You will laugh. You will cry. You will never be the same. Skill: Mixed Click for details	Styn / Halcyon The Flow of Life - The Practice of Living in Integrity The Flow of Life - The Practice of Living in Integrity We must learn who we are and what matters to us. Sometimes this contradicts what we have been taught. Our actual truth may be at odds with the picture of "happiness" we have in our heads. Discovering this truth - and then making each choice in alignment with it - is the way to a practice of Flow as a spiritual path. Halcyon will share lessons from his grandpa in this flow-focussed live session of Hug Nation (www.hugnation.com) Skill: Mixed Click for details	Celeste Wigant Beginning Aerial SIlks Beginning Aerial SIlks Soar to new heights in this mixed level aerial silk class. Anyone is welcome to this all levels aerial class focusing on the silks or fabric. We will start with a dynamic warm up. Then move to the silk for further conditioning and proceed to climbs, skill sets, and sequences. We will end our class with a cool down focusing on flexibility in the legs, hips, and shoulders. Skill: Beginner
3:20pm - 4:30pm	Chris Kelly Intro To 3-Poi Intro To 3-Poi Skill: Beginner Click for details	Brian Thompson Spin 3 Clubs Spin 3 Clubs This class is all about how to spin 3 clubs (or torches) without using any continuous juggling patterns. Mostly this means learning different ways to spin (or just to hold) 2 clubs in 1 hand. And how to switch between different 2 club grips using various styles of manipulation. Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Jill Evyn Taking your Fire from Flow to Show Taking your Fire from Flow to Show Ready to perform but feeling a little stuck in your head? This class will boost your confidence and get you moving and grooving with some fun techniques that will allow you to present your art, build up to a climax, and keep your audience wanting more! Come on out and work on the "dancer" part of fire dancing! All tools and levels welcome. Skill: Beginner	Michael Ravenwood SkyFire Double Sword Dance SkyFire Double Sword Dance Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Christine Cooper String Manips and more String Manips and more Skill: Intermediate	Jameson Contact 101 Contact 101 Welcome to Contact Staff! Contact Staff is the rarest and most astonishing form of staff manipulation. It’s roots are in contact ball juggling, but has since grown into a unique skill with a style all it’s own. Defying logic and common sense, and it’s sexy and smooth, but likely the most challenging form of object manipulation. In this class you will learn the critical fundamentals and terms of contact manipulation, the differences between it and basic staff manipulation, and ultimately why contact is better! Topics covered will include: Rolls, Wraps, Pinch Points, Control Points, lifts and how to ‘just let go’. We will cover essential moves like contact weaves, neck, wrist, arm and shoulder wraps, static rolls, “the conveyor belt” and ‘the halo’, while exploring continuous variations of each. Skill: Beginner Click for video	Caterina Metaphorphasis Metaphorphasis This workshop is a meditative journey through the stages of a butterfly's metamorphosis. We will be doing fun group exorcises as well have solo time to dive into each phase and practice several moves that embody that phase. Including the Contact wobble, folding, sustained spinning, continuous vortex, body hooping, floor work, anti spins, mandala flowers and more! This is a fun and silly workshop, but at its core embodies deep meaning about life, growth, self love and connection. Holding a space for radical acceptance of yourself in whatever stage of metamorphosis you are in. While at the same time holding that space and love for your community. Skill: Mixed Click for video	Surka Noelle IgNight Troupe: Choreo + Sequencing 2 IgNight Troupe: Choreo + Sequencing 2 To be performed Saturday night in celebration for the festival! Come create and learn how to be a part of a group performance piece with your fellow prop artists. Bring your favorite prop and get ready to dance simple choreography with a big bang! We will discuss creative and helpful ways to sequence routines. Transcend the life of a solo performer and enjoy the spectrum and power of a group offering. Skill: Mixed Click for details	Mandy Leonardo Hack your Mind: Visualization for Optimal Flow Hack your Mind: Visualization for Optimal Flow Visualization is a mental technique used for creating the experience of a future event within. It is a process that has been used by many including athletes, entertainers and entrepreneurs to move them closer to their life goals. By harnessing the power of your mind, you can learn how to use visualization to improve your technique, increase confidence and overcome limiting beliefs as a performer. In this workshop you will learn: * What visualization is and how it works * How the subconscious mind works and why it prevents you from achieving your goals not just as a flow artist but in all areas of your life * How to use the power of visualization to improve your skills as a flow artist & performer * We will end with a short group visualization designed to improve technique and confidence Skill: Mixed	Ariane Labyrinth Ariane Labyrinth Skill: Mixed
4:40pm - 5:50pm	Drex One Handed Hybrids One Handed Hybrids Description: You have two poi in your one hand, but that doesn’t mean they have to do the same thing! Here we’ll cover some basic one-handed hybrids including the one-handed mercedes, cateye vs extension, and the triquetra vs pendulum weave. Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Marvin Club Multiplexes Club Multiplexes Skill: Advanced	Jesselynn Desmond Building Character Building Character Skill: Intermediate	Nicholas Capobianco Rope Dart Tech Rope Dart Tech Focusing on all the things you can do with certain technical rope starting positions. Major ones gone over will be: "The cat's cradle knot" "half puppy hammer wrap" and "fake poi mode." Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Grimm Levi-Lunatic! Levi-Lunatic! Body work/contact focus. Skill: Advanced	Lester Mooney Double Staff Translations Double Staff Translations Explore the beautiful world of translations in same time same direction and opposite time same direction. This will include a brief lesson on isolations and finger work to prepare you for the illusive slides of the translation. www.firegroove.com Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Austin Mini Hoop Iso Hybrids (cont.) Mini Hoop Iso Hybrids (cont.) Skill: Mixed	Maiki Intro to Shibari Intro to Shibari An introduction to basic techniques and safety used in Japanese rope bondage. Shibari is the Japanese-inspired art of tying a subject to not only immobilize them, but to do so elegantly and beautifully - creating an intimate and erotic experience for both the subject and the person tying. Skill: Beginner	Dingo Yin Yang Yoga Yin Yang Yoga Yang being the strong, heat, and power aspect of yoga used to develop strength, focus, and courage. Yin being the deep and long held asanas(postures) used to help with blood flow, circulation, and flexibility. Together Yin and Yang make a complete full balanced practice. Join together as we elevate ourselves to new heights in this dynamic meditation of movement and breathe! Skill: Beginner Click for details	Ariane Labyrinth Ariane Labyrinth Skill: Mixed
6:00pm - 7:10pm	Drex Intro to Sticky Hybrids Intro to Sticky Hybrids It’s easy to get stuck with hybrids by focusing on juxtaposing patterns, but more interesting things happen when we start to think of them as consisting of relationships between hands and poi. This course will introduce a few of my favorite sticky hybrids and is tailored to people who may not be familiar with them. We’ll cover pendulum vs CAP, pendulum vs triquetra, and cateye vs isolation. Skill: Intermediate	Kevin Axtell Scissor Theory with 3 Clubs Scissor Theory with 3 Clubs 3 club juggling / manipulation. Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Jesselynn Desmond Building Character cont. Building Character cont. Skill: Intermediate	Curtis Husted Tumbling with Fire Tumbling with Fire Gymnastics and Fire spinning mixed, learn what tools can be used with tumbling and practice doing moves such as Cartwheels, Backflips, Handstands with Fire. Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Mel Blue Moon Fan Isolations Fan Isolations We will learn unique hybrid patterns combining point isolations with extensions and pendulums to create "traveling" isolations, as well as different ways to fold our isolations to create "hingeing" effects. Skill: Advanced Click for video	Nick Heyming Contact Tosses Contact Tosses An intermediate to advanced staff class focusing on leg, wrist, elbow, arm, neck, prayer and chest contact tosses and catches on both horizontal and vertical planes. Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Melissa Daly Hoop Toss Frenzy Hoop Toss Frenzy Skill: Beginner	Maiki Advanced Shibari Advanced Shibari Advanced techniques and safety used in Japanese rope bondage. Shibari is the Japanese-inspired art of tying a subject to not only immobilize them, but to do so elegantly and beautifully - creating an intimate and erotic experience for both the subject and the person tying. Skill: Intermediate	Truly Fire, Personal transformation and spirituality Fire, Personal transformation and spirituality How to get the most out of the flames… Truly has been involved in esoteric work for most of his life. Along the way he noticed how helpful one's personal relationship with fire is in that regard, so he has some tips and tricks to offer. Skill: Beginner	Lei Lei de Kirby Intro to Aerial Intro to Aerial Always wanted to try your hand at aerial techniques? Here's your chance! You'll learn how to climb, flip yourself upside-down, and hold yourself in challenging positions in the air! We will be focusing on gaining the strength and technique needed to perform the key movements in order to progress your vocabulary and skills in the art of aerial fabric. Breaking down everything from various climbs, inversions (straddles), and basic wraps to the concepts necessary in understanding the complexity of aerial silks. Come experience the aerial high! Skill: Beginner Click for details
7:30pm - 9:00pm	More Coming Soon	More Coming Soon	More Coming Soon	David Warren GoodKnife Native American Sweat Lodge Native American Sweat Lodge The sweat lodge (also called purification ceremony or simply sweat) is a hut, typically dome-shaped and made with natural materials, used by Indigenous peoples of the Americas for ceremonial steam baths and prayer. Native Americans in many regions employ the sweat lodge. For example, Chumash peoples of the central coast of California build sweat lodges in coastal areas[1] in association with habitation sites. Skill: Mixed Fire Walking Fire Walking Firewalking is the act of walking barefoot over a bed of hot embers or stones. Firewalking has been practiced by many people and cultures in all parts of the world, with the earliest known reference dating back to Iron Age India – c. 1200 BCE.[1] It is often used as a rite of passage, as a test of an individual's strength and courage, or in religion as a test of one's faith. Skill: Beginner Click for photo	More Coming Soon	More Coming Soon	More Coming Soon	More Coming Soon	More Coming Soon	More Coming Soon
7:45pm - 8:45pm	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos	FIRE SAFETY CLASS FIRE SAFETY CLASS If you want to spin fire, this class is mandatory. No safety class, no fire. Mandatory Click for prerequisite instructional videos
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Sunday

Dojos ⇛	Poi	Juggling	Circus	Warrior	Fan/Wand	Staff	Hoop	Movement	Yoga	Aerial
10:00am - 11:10am	Willow Tangles With Poi Tangles With Poi Let go of those things! In new and compelling ways. Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Johnston Brothers - 3 Club Trap Torrent 3 Club Trap Torrent Skill: Intermediate	Kevin Axtell Developing Character for Performance Developing Character for Performance Character/Style/Narrative Skill: Mixed Click for details	Gary Spiers & Anna Maltese Archery Archery Skill: Mixed	Felix Freedom of fan movement Freedom of fan movement If you were a dancer 1st and a fire spinner 2nd, this class is for you!!! In this class we will dive into the art of the fan wave & dance! This class is geared to get people moving and grooving with tech fire fans as a stagnant object a.k.a. waiving. A fan waive is everything that is not a fan spin, which makes up for 70% of fan movement. This class's main focus will be about dancing and waving with fans to awesome music. I will focus this class on footwork & I will go through a series of traditional dance steps in combination with fan waving techniques in order to create freedom of fan movement by the end of the class. Skill: Mixed Click for video	Paul Gualano Contact staff Contact staff Skill: Mixed	Faeryn Who is Manipulating Who? Who is Manipulating Who? Are you manipulating the hoop or is the hoop moving you? In this workshop we will discover a whole new way to approach the hoop. We will use miming techniques, and micro pops to play with giving the hoop it’s own life. In doing so we create the illusion that it is moving us; we are it’s puppet. After introducing this idea we will extrapolate it out to apply to all manners of movement in the hoop and we will explore and play freely to find our individual expression of this concept. This workshop will also cover some of my favorite hoop illusion techniques such as ghosting, plane pushing, barrel roll isolations, and the double hoop globe spin. Skill: Beginner Click for details	Christopher Filkins Cyr Wheel Cyr Wheel The Cyr wheel (also known as the roue Cyr, mono wheel, or simple wheel) is an acrobatic device popularized in the early 21st century. It consists of a single large, metal hoop[1] and is similar in some ways to a German wheel, with the acrobat spinning inside the wheel while maneuvering around the stage. Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Barbie and Khoda Morning Meditation Morning Meditation Skill: Beginner	Lisa Caraway Aerial Flow Aerial Flow This class is designed primarily for beginner to intermediate students who would like to transition their skills to the next level by incorporating some aerial flow into the mix. We will begin with a yoga influenced, vinyasa based, warm up, and progress into learning poses, wraps, climbs, and techniques based on your skills and abilities, which will be combined at the end of class as a sequence for you to flow to. The class will close with a light cool down series of stretches to integrate the practice. Hope to see you there, in the air! Skill: Mixed
11:20am - 12:30pm	Chris Kelly Contact Poi Contact Poi Skill: Intermediate	Juan Under the leg explorations - Poi Under the leg explorations - Poi In this class we will be covering all of the dodging daggers from split/same, split/opp , ect. We will also go over the box step footwork to accomplish most of these moves. We will explore with under the leg crosser's and and other techniques that relate. Most of all I will be going over how to do all of these new moves with style and grace with a few pointer that I have learned down the road. Objectives of the class: 1. Learn how to do the box step 2. Learn how to sneak the right hand poi under the leg going in both directions 3. Learn how to sneak the left hand poi under the leg going in both directions . 4. Learn how to do the dodging daggers in split opposites, with both hands in front and both hands in back 5. Learn how to do the dodging daggers in split same in both directions, with both hands in the front and in the back. 6. Learn how to do the dodging daggers in split same with one hand in the front and in the back, in both directions. 7. Learn how to go into the dodging daggers from a waist wrap in both directions. 8. Learn how to do a under the leg crosser and explore. 9.Learn basic foot positioning and body movement to make everything look graceful and fluid. Procedures for accomplishing these objectives : 1. staying focused 2. practice the box step foot fork 3. paying attention to the timing when the poi travel from underneath your legs and out again. 4.feeling out for the poi when the travel underneath your legs and out agian so that you can explore further. Additional instruction and assistance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DLKOOZxFik Additional requirements for completing the class: 1. poi 2. knowing waist wraps ( but not really needed) 3. coming on time 4. Bringing your A game and great attitude! after all we are doing this all for fun! At the end of the class I would love to get your feed back on what you have learned and what you feel that I need to covered further. Also if you have and questions or concerns PLEASE ask. Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Stephanie Choreography Development Choreography Development Skill: Mixed	Nick Heyming Plateau Busting Plateau Busting An intermediate to advanced staff and sword class around incorporating different grips, holds, tools, and martial & flow forms to break through whatever blockages you may have reached in your practice. Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Felix Fan Tosses Fan Tosses Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Francois Advanced Dragon Advanced Dragon A man of style in the flow world and most notably a founding member of LOOOOP (its worth looking them up on youtube), Francois travels from France and brings with him critical knowledge for the masses for taming dragons worldwide! A series of sophisticated moves based on the basic forearm roll. prerequisite: forearm roll (fei cha) Skill: Advanced Click for video	Maiki Flowers for hoopers Flowers for hoopers Flowers for hoopers who can't flower good and want to learn to do other stuff good too: an overview of timing/direction and 3:3 driving styles. then an in depth look at some theory and grip switches that will allow you to turn with, slow down, transition, and generally beautify your flowers with hoops. Skill: Beginner	Audrey LaBenz Tribal Fusion Bellydance Tribal Fusion Bellydance The first 10 minutes will be a stretch and warm-up, including the basics of bellydance posture. Movement will be taught in sections. Part 1: Hips Circles and Rib Rotations Part 2: Snake Arms and Body Rolls Part 3: Combinations across the Floor This workshop offers dancers of any experience level a new perspective on their body through challenging isolations and sizzling combinations! Students should bring a water bottle, a sash or coin belt to wear around their waist, and pen and paper for notes if desired. Skill: Mixed	Jennie In muse flow circle: staff In muse flow circle: staff Yoga w/Jennie & Chris (Participants should bring a sized-for-them single staff that won’t get them covered in soot) (Flow Arts + Yoga….using object manipulation within yoga to deepen awareness and ground) Skill: Beginner	Lisa Caraway Aerial Flow Aerial Flow This class is designed primarily for beginner to intermediate students who would like to transition their skills to the next level by incorporating some aerial flow into the mix. We will begin with a yoga influenced, vinyasa based, warm up, and progress into learning poses, wraps, climbs, and techniques based on your skills and abilities, which will be combined at the end of class as a sequence for you to flow to. The class will close with a light cool down series of stretches to integrate the practice. Hope to see you there, in the air! Skill: Mixed
12:40pm - 1:50pm	Cameron Emoting & Expression Emoting & Expression Skill: Beginner	Curtis Basic SiteSwap Basic SiteSwap Learn the basics of Site Swap then use simple Site swaps to create elaborate trick sequences. Skill: Beginner Click for details	Stephanie Choreography Development (cont.) Choreography Development (cont.) Skill: Mixed	Andres Trevino/ Flowmamba Tech & Contact Dart Tech & Contact Dart My workshop will cover tech dart principles translated from tech poi/ Vulcan tech gospel manipulations, with emphasis on flowers and stalls/extensions. We also will be covering diamond and box theory for dartists, while exploring multiple planes/ plane bending. Basic dart and poi concepts will be revisited and modified to this tech style, so a foundation is encouraged. Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Colin Peterson Buugeng Ideas Buugeng Ideas An advanced class that comprises more buugeng ideas Skill: Intermediate Click for details	Jameson Duckouts and Groundword Duckouts and Groundword How could contact staff get any more sexy and tricky you ask? Well we can start by getting down and dirty with our sticks! ;) The class will begin with a comprehensive breakdown of ‘the duckout’, a way to add extra beats to the front and backside of the neck, making placement corrections, flair and more advanced movements possible. We will then take the duckout and ‘the Steve’ down onto the ground and work to refine and isolate our movements towards the ultimate form. From here, a range of possibilities open up for applying several horizontal moves closer and closer to the ground. Then learn how to roll symmetrically across any stage, in a circle or, even into a body antispin. Finally we will wrap up by starting from a standing position, slowly working a single move all the way to our noses on the ground. Your planes will improve, your flow will increase, and yes, yes your pants will get dirty! Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Jamie Poi Translations to Mini Hoops Poi Translations to Mini Hoops Skill: Mixed	Kevin Daniels Beginner Whip (Crack is Good) Beginner Whip (Crack is Good) I will be bringing 12 high quality whips for students to use as we explore the technique needed to master the basic cracks. Skill: Beginner Click for video	Acro Yoga Christopher Filkins Christopher Filkins Skill: Beginner Click for photo	Celeste Wigant All levels aerial class All levels aerial class Soar to new heights in this mixed level aerial silk class. Anyone is welcome to this all levels aerial class focusing on the silks or fabric. We will start with a dynamic warm up. Then move to the silk for further conditioning and proceed to climbs, skill sets, and sequences. We will end our class with a cool down focusing on flexibility in the legs, hips, and shoulders. Skill: Beginner
2:00pm - 3:10pm	Momin 1/4 Time & 3D Breaks 1/4 Time & 3D Breaks Skill: Intermediate Grouhooping! Grouhooping! No it’s not some contagious disease, it’s contagious play! In this workshop we will explore a myriad of ways to hoop with a partner, in groups of four, six and as a unified group. This workshop will open with an improvisation hoop game called Co-Hooperation, where two people play with one hoop. This game has no rules and the only aim is to get goofy, trust your partner and be open to play. Our instruction begins in pairs where we will learn partner weaves, basic stacking, and partner globe ticks. Next we will play with four hooper formations and then six hooper formations, including some really pretty tunnel and cascade effects. Lastly we will all group together to form a huge hoop fabric of interlocking hoops and we will undulate this fabric to create a standing wave. Click for details	Chris Kelly Tossing Your Poi and Catching It Too! Tossing Your Poi and Catching It Too! Skill: Beginner	Kenn Serrano Magic Class Magic Class Skill: Mixed	Tupá Starting fires with sticks and stones... Starting fires with sticks and stones... Everything in our life exists because of fire. From the heat of the sun to our own human physiology. Our brain is the most demanding organ in our body, requiring 25% of all the energy we consume. Our species is only possible, because thousands of years ago we started cooking our food and making nutrients available for our ever demanding brain. This is a course about how Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens learned to light fires at will and maintain them indefinitely. Skill: Beginner	More Coming Soon More Coming Soon Jennie Luvbug Spin Me Spin Me Introduction to Fans w/Luvbug (INTRO to FANS - Basics + Perpetual Motion”) Skill: Beginner	Randy Lee Schless Intermediate Double Staff Hybrids Intermediate Double Staff Hybrids Skill: Intermediate	Faeryn Grouhooping! Grouhooping! No it’s not some contagious disease, it’s contagious play! In this workshop we will explore a myriad of ways to hoop with a partner, in groups of four, six and as a unified group. This workshop will open with an improvisation hoop game called Co-Hooperation, where two people play with one hoop. This game has no rules and the only aim is to get goofy, trust your partner and be open to play. Our instruction begins in pairs where we will learn partner weaves, basic stacking, and partner globe ticks. Next we will play with four hooper formations and then six hooper formations, including some really pretty tunnel and cascade effects. Lastly we will all group together to form a huge hoop fabric of interlocking hoops and we will undulate this fabric to create a standing wave. Skill: Beginner Click for details	Kevin Daniels Intermediate Whip (Crack Rocking) Intermediate Whip (Crack Rocking) We will take the basic cracks and link them in combination to transition from one crack to another. We will also work on more advanced cracks and touch on some double whip technique. Skill: Intermediate Click for video	Alex Sage Yin/Yang Yoga Yin/Yang Yoga The perfect yoga flow to balance out the weekend's activities… a little bit of vinyasa body-heating "yang" flow to prep the muscles for the relaxing body-opening "yin" postures that will encourage a deeper physical (and perhaps mental) opening. We'll be giving some TLC to those body parts that are working extra hard this weekend perfecting your flow. Essential oils will compliment your experience. Skill: Beginner	Kevin Scott Cannon Straps Duo Straps Duo Skill: Mixed

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