As the 13 year anniversary of Temple of Poi approaches, I've been reflecting on the lessons learned over the years and how excited I am to be sharing them in the upcoming teacher and business training courses. While pondering things to share throughout the training, I got so excited I decided to share these 11 Things to Help Artistpreneurs Make More Money... Continue Reading →
8 Approaches to Choreography
As with any practice, choreographing a work consists of degrees of granularity, in this case where the movements are matched to the music with increasing degree of precision as the choreography becomes more refined. This encompasses a wide range of experiences and approaches to the creation process. This article endeavors to present some commonly utilized concepts... Continue Reading →
Teacher and Business Training
Temple of Poi is pleased to announce our re-designed, attend-from-home, poi and flow arts teacher and business training programs. These courses take place over a 7 month period via Goggle Hangouts (Bay Area students may be able to attend in person) so students need not be in San Francisco to get trained. However, all students will need to have a working Internet connection... Continue Reading →
I was the last kid picked in gym class. Now I can catch things.
As a kid, I stumbled around a lot. For whatever reason, I was really just two left uncoordinated feet. That meant tripping on things all the time, lots of bruises on my legs, bumping into the things, not being great at tossing or catching a ball and often, being picked last in gym class. I... Continue Reading →
Poi Video Lessons for Intermediates Just Released: Transition Flair
If you haven't been able to attend our Transition Flair class in person or if you're one of those many people who practice poi who reside outside the Bay Area, we're pleased to share with you the 85 minute digital download video training. The series is focused on adding more style to your transitions by introducing... Continue Reading →
Beginner Poi Moves, Tuesdays, 6:30, starts 2/3/15 (1 spot left!)
Learn to poi fire dance and get started with this offering, the first in our Beginner Poi series. Beginner Poi Moves 6-week series teaches over 40 different moves and combinations plus 25 different drills to support your practice. This class is appropriate for those with absolutely no experience through early beginners with a few moves... Continue Reading →
2015 Business Ignition for Flowpreneurs (Email Class)
Welcome to 2015! With a new year, it's time to try some new strategies designed to help you garner greater success. GlitterGirl took some time to develop a 5 day, self-study action-oriented mini-course -- a small taste of the content from the upcoming 2015 Spring Flow Instructor Training and Building Your Business Courses -- and is making it available to... Continue Reading →
Beginner Poi Dance, Wednesdays, (1/14/15) 8 PM
Develop transitions and beginner performance theory in this 4 week dance series. This class is the perfect follow up to the Beginner Moves class (or equivalent material: pinwheels, windmills, chasing the sun, butterflies and weaves). If you have some experience and aren't sure if this class is for you, contact GlitterGirl (glittergirl <that crazy little at symbol>... Continue Reading →
Choreography & Performance Boot Camp (live or Internet)
Fire and Flow Performers: Want to take your performance to the next level? Looking for any of the following? new choreography to choreograph your first piece a new process for choreographing peer review to assist in the creation process to understand what makes your performance more powerful a deeper understanding of your performance persona new tools... Continue Reading →
Beginner Moves For the Novice Wednesdays, starts 1/14/15 8 PM (sold out!)
Learn to poi fire dance and get started with this offering, the first in our Beginner Poi series. Beginner Poi Moves 6-week series teaches over 40 different moves and combinations plus 25 different drills to support your practice. This class is appropriate for those with absolutely no experience through early beginners with a few moves but... Continue Reading →