Fire Dance (Part 1 of 3)

Fire Dance
by Amy C. Mills
(27 minutes)


Fire Dance presents an emerging urban art form called fire dancing or poi, as practiced in the northwestern United States. The dancers explain their attraction to "playing with fire", how they learn and create new forms of fire dance, and why making their own equipment gives them a sense of pride. The film explores how fire dance plays a role in community rituals, story-telling performances, and creative dance pieces. Featuring: The Cabiri, Circus Symbiotic, Peles Element and Pyrosphere, fire carousel by Innis Phillips.

This documentary was produced as the terminal project for a Masters of Arts degree in Folklore at the University of Oregon.

Amy C. Mills
Copyright © 2002
All Rights Reserved

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• fire dance
• fire dancing
• firedance
• firedancing
• fire
• spinning
• firespinning
• poi
• fire chains
• folklore
• Amy Mills
• The Cabiri
• Circus Symbiotic
• Pele's Element
• Pyrosphere
• Anunnaki Project
• Flamebuoyant Productions
• Dan Cantrell
• Seattle
• Portland
• Eugene
• Oregon
• Washington
• documentary

[VideoDanceTV]

Video Dance TV is featuring this video as the DANCE VIDEO OF THE DAY. Cheers!

[wenzealand]

Wow Amy! This is amazing!  I really want to meet you some day!

This is cool, man.