Competency in the following techniques may be required for enrolment
Staff Level 1: Dancing with the Fire Staff 1
Prerequisites: (What you should already know)
- Vertical: Forwards Figure 8/ Backwards Figure 8/ Half Turns
- Horizontal: Helicopter/ Around the Waist
- Optional but Recommended Prep: Full Turns/ Hand Wrap
Level 1 Curriculum: (What you may learn)
- Vertical: Warrior 1/ Full Turns/ Buzz-saw/ Clock
- Horizontal: Clock/ Slices
- Contact: Hand Wrap & Cont. 1 Hand Wrap (Vertical)/ Neck Wrap
- Body Movement: Posture & Alignment/ Pivoting/ Traveling in Plane
- More: Performance & Movement Concepts, Theatrical Games + more!
Recommended Preparation: Chapters 1,2,3,5,6,8,9, 4*,14* of Srikanta’s Instructional Video Series Dancing with the Fire Staff
Srikanta’s Poi Workshops
Recommended Preparation: Simple Half Turns/ Complex Half Turns (Reels)/ Forwards & Backwards Weave/ Half Turns/ Windmill/ 360 degree quarter turns/ Overhand & Underhand Butterfly/ Horizontal Windmill
See Nick Woolsey’s Beginners Series for help!
Staff Level 3:
Dancing with the Fire Staff 3
- Vertical: Forwards F8/ Backwards F8/ Half Turns/ Full Turns/ Buzz-saw/ Clock/ Behind-the-back Patterns (Clock Transitions)/ Warriors 1,2,3 & 4
- Horizontal: Helicopter/ Around the Waist/ H Clock/ H Clock Turning/ Slices/ Slice Turning/ Cont. Slice Turning
- Contact: Hand Wrap & Cont. 1 Hand Wrap (Vertical & Horizontal)/ Neck Wrap/ Palm Spin/ Finger Wrap
- Tosses: Underhand/ Overhand
- Beat Bending: Reel Navigation Patterns/ Anti-Spin Patterns/ Internal Plane Patterns
- Double Staff Basics: Same/ Split direction ; Same/ Split time
- Vertical:
- Tosses: Underhand/ Overhand/ .5 Turn/ Wind-up/ Extended
- Locks & Dynamic Transitions
- Kicks & under the leg: Front-facing/ Back-facing/ Side Facing/ Combos
- Cartwheels: 4 options
- Acro: Barrel Jumps/ Combos
- Horizontal:
- Tosses
- Locks & Dynamic Transitions
- Kicks & Under the leg/ Slice Assembly Patterns
- Acro: Cartwheels/ Jumps/ Butterfly/ Combos
- Contact:
- Matrix/ Diagonal Slice Wraps/ Dovetail Combos/ Vertical Steve Combos/ Conveyor Belt
- Beat Bending: Isolation Patterns/ Tracing Patterns
- Double Staffs: Interm & Advanced Patterns/ Tosses/ Contact/ Isolation, etc
- Experimentation: Leg Wraps/ Cartwheel Alternatives/ Building Combinations
- More: Performance & Movement Concepts/ Emphasis on Body Movement & Dance/ Theatrical Games/ Act Building/ Practical and Technical knowledge for pros.
Staff Level 2: Dancing with the Fire Staff 2
Prerequisites: (What you should already know)
- Vertical: Forwards F8/ Backwards F8/ Half Turns/ Full Turns/ Buzz-saw/ Clock
- Horizontal: Helicopter/ Around the Waist/ Clock/ Slices
- Contact: Hand Wrap & Cont. 1 Hand Wrap (Vertical)
Level 2 Curriculum: (What you may learn)
- Vertical: Warriors 2, 3 & 4 + Combos/ Behind-the-back Patterns (Clock Transitions)
- Horizontal: Clock Turning/ Slice Turning/ Cont. Slice Turning + Jumping
- Contact: Palm Spin/ Finger Wrap/ Half Wrap/ Hand Wrap & Cont. 1 Hand Wrap (Horizontal)
- Tosses: Underhand/ Overhand/ Combinations
- Beat Bending: Reel Navigation Patterns/ Anti-Spin Patterns/ Internal Plane Patterns
- Body Movement: Turning & Jumping Techniques
- Double Staff Basics: Same/ Split direction ; Same/ Split time
- More: Performance & Movement Concepts/ Emphasis on Body Movement & Dance/ Theatrical Games + more!
Recommended Preparation: Chapters 1-15 (all) of Srikanta’s Instructional Video Series Dancing with the Fire Staff
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