Fire Shows

Photo by Oleg Mirsoyan

I’ve been spinning fire since 2003, and I’ve done many fire shows, both by myself and with larger groups.

I regularly perform in the Israeli Juggling Convention’s Fire show as one of the top acts, as well as shows for private events.
Poi is my main prop, and I have a history of amazing crowds with it. I also use Contact Staff, Double Staves, and Fire Orb in my performances, all with a great fusion of clean, advanced technique, dance, martial arts, and theater.

Fire shows can be either one continuous show (great for corporate events or birthday parties) , or can be presented as short “breaks”, where separate routines are performed during a longer period of time (great for clubs and bars).
For festivals, juggling conventions and similiar events I perform my fire poi routine, my contact poi routine, and teach some of my workshops.

As I’m currently travelling, I have a lot of workshops and performances planned, so it’s best to contact me as far in advance as possible. Depending on where I currently am, group performances might be available. Prices vary depending on type of event, type of show, location, and amount of performers.

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For those of you who don’t know, FireDrums is one of the best and biggest US Fire Festivals. Unfortunately I’ve missed it this year, but here’s a collection of great videos from the festival:

Ronan Spinning Fire (video by Drex)

Grimm With Fans: (video by MemoryLena)

Yuta and Ronan fire improvisation: (video by Yuta)

Aileen with Contact Staff: (video by Yuta)

Notes from Ronan’s throw workshop: (video by GreyPoiAllStar)

I often get replies to videos asking what gear I’m using, here’s a list of what I currently have and use regularly:

Pendulum Poi from HOP:

I got my first pair of pendulum poi from Ronan, his design is slightly different than HOP’s, they use thicker string, which I found really helps with contact moves and throws, as it’s more visible and spins slower, which means contact will be much easier. The contact ball poi heads are also great due to their weight, which allows a lot of control for stalls and floats for example, but their not too heavy so they don’t wear down your shoulders when doing flowers, for instance.

Home of Poi – 80mm Pendulum Poi

4 inch Mura stitched fire poi from HOP:

Having to quickly and cheaply replace my fire heads, I ordered these. They’re great, they have pretty large flames due to their surface area, and burn for about 3-4 minutes with Lamp Oil. They’re very good and have a very good price, personally I find them a bit too light, but I’ve grown used to home made monstrous Isis poi which were way too heavy, so light is better this time around.

Home of Poi – 4inch Mura Fire Poi

Pro Series Chains with Wooden Ball Handle:

So far these are the best chains I’ve found, and the ball handles makes these perfect for throws. They are one piece with a quicklink at the end to allow switching poi heads, they have 2 swivels, one attached to the handle and one right before the quicklink, coupled with the chain, which is very durable, these allow for orbitals to be performed without any risk for the chain (unlike ball chain). The fact that they’re one piece also means they’re much safer and less painful than their counterparts with many split rings and large quicklinks all over the place.

All in all these are really worth their price and are definitely the best chains I’ve ever used.

Home of Poi – Pair of Pro Series Chain Cords w/ Ball Handles

A few recent and not so recent videos I love.

First off, a video released today by Nick Woolsey, an amazing poi spinner and teacher, who’s been doing a few poi retreats in Bali and Costa Rica in the last few years. This video is from a retreat in Costa Rica –

Next, a pretty old video of my friend Mireneye from Sweden, performing at JFF2008 (Japan Fire Festival). I love this routine for combining a few things I love- Poi, Dance, and Irish Music -

Next, another old video, of a guy from Hungary named Jedy. I like his spinning a lot, he’s very creative -

Last but definitely not least, a great video of Thomas Johansson, also from Sweden, performing at KFF2009 (Kiev Fire Fest). This guy has definitely been one of my biggest inspirations over the last year or so. He’s the one who inspired me to work on my dancing seriously, and I love him for it -

Hello everyone, this post is going to be the first blog post I make for my website. Most of my website is business-oriented, but this blog is mainly made for other spinners.

So, what can you expect to find in this blog? Everything related to Poi, Fire spinning, Dance, and Circus Arts. That includes videos, articles, info about festivals and workshops, and anything else I think spinners around the world should know about.

I’ll end this post with a video of my Fire Poi routine, it’s changed in the past few weeks, but I’m still happy with this one:

Happy Spinning,

Poiboy.