- POI DANCING (click to expand)
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This is a six week course which teaches students all the fundamental elements of poi movement. The classes focus on technique and understanding how to manipulate the poi effectively so as to create all the basic poi movements. Each of the classes meets for 60 minutes, one time per week. This course provides instruction for the beginner poi dancer. During each class, new concepts will be introduced in the "new move clinic" which are then reinforced during the remainder of the class. The first two classes focus on the fundamentals of poi movement. The next four classes cover the pinwheel, butterfly and weave moves as well as variations of these moves. Practice poi available in class to borrow or purchase.
BurningSNOW Center for the Experimental Arts
2578 N. Weil Street, Milwaukee WI 53212
SATURDAYS
March 3, 10, 17, 24
April 7, 14
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
$60.00 for the series
$15 for each Drop In class
- POI DANCE FLOW (click to expand)
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After you’ve learned the basics, now it’s time to learn how to master them and put them together. If you don’t feel ready to move up to the Intermediate series, this class will be perfect for you. In this 6 week series, we will cover the opposite direction of the moves you feel comfortable with such as Sweeps, Butterflies, Pinwheels, Corkscrews, and Weaves. We’ll then learn how to transition from move to move using bounces, wraps, kicks and stalls. And finally, we’ll focus on putting the moves together and improving any weak spots the students may still be experiencing. More advanced students will also learn new move variations as time permits.
BurningSNOW Center for the Experimental Arts
2578 N. Weil Street, Milwaukee WI 53212
SATURDAYS
March 3, 10, 17, 24
April 7, 14
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
$60.00
- INTERMEDIATE POI DANCE (click to expand)
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This class is for Poi spinners who know the basic moves and want to learn some new tricks and ways to flow between them. This 4 week course includes the moves listed below, with follow the leader work depending on the skill level of the students. We’ll do 30 minutes learning the new tricks and the next 30 minutes learning how to transition the new tricks into other basic moves you already know.
* Buzzsaws - 4 Directions, all planes
* Thread The Needle
* Sweep Circle
* One-Handed Butterfly
* Chorus Line Kicks
* Horizontal Mexican Wave
* Archer Weave
BurningSNOW Center for the Experimental Arts
2578 N. Weil Street, Milwaukee WI 53212
SATURDAY
February 25, 2012
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
$25.00
- WALL PLANES AND LOCKOUTS (click to expand)
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This six week series of lessons focuses mainly on wall plane moves, a good class for people who are not yet proficient in turning around 360 degrees. You can learn a wide variety of tricks that allow you to face the audience and engage them head on. Wall planes moves are where the poi stay in the same plane with each other. Moves taught include Lockouts of the Weave, Pinwheel, Corkscrew, and Butterfly. Also included are See-Saw Lockouts, Spiral Wraps, Barrel Rolls, CAPS, Advanced Flowers, Stacked Circles, and Back Plane Butterflies.
Write to info@youaresphere.com for class schedule and location
$60.00 - INTRODUCTION TO POLYRHYTHMIC POI (click to expand)
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Polyrhythmics are intermediate moves which focus on asymmetrical movement – where one hand is doing more rotations than the other. This is a 4 week series teaching:
* Glitter home weave
* Snail
* 2x1 Thread the Needle
* 2x1 Hip Reels
* 2x1 Pinwheels
* 5 Beat Weave
Prerequisites:
Students must already know how to do the overhand and underhand weave, and thread the needle, as well as pinwheels and hip reels in multiple directions.
Write to info@youaresphere.com for class schedule and location
$40.00 - BEHIND THE BACK + MULTIBEATS (click to expand)
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Behind the Back + MultiBeats are intermediate moves which focus on behind the back and multiple beat moves. This is a 4 week series teaching:
* 5 Beat Weave
* 4 Beat Corkscrew
* 4 Beat Pinwheel
* Behind The Back Weave
* Grands, Cascades
* Pendulums, Drags
Write to info@youaresphere.com for class schedule and location
$40.00 - TURNS (click to expand)
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One of the best things you can do when dancing with poi is to learn to turn around. It’s boring to stand in the same spot, facing the audience all the time, doing trick after trick. It’s EXCITING to watch a spinner move all around the space, turning back and forth. That’s when a spinner turns into a dancer. The material for the class will be customized depending on the skill level of the students attending. This means each class series will be unique and students will benefit from attending the series more than once because as their skill expands, the complexity of the turn combinations will also expand. This is a 4 week series teaching turn combinations with these moves:
* Hip Reels
* Flowers
* Tuck Turns
* Under The Legs
* 3 And 5 Beat Weaves
* Behind The Back Weaves
* Buzzsaws
* Pinwheels
* Swivels
* Hugs
* Butterflies
* Thread The Needle
Write to info@youaresphere.com for class schedule and location
$40.00 - FIRE SAFETY CLASS (click to expand)
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Learn all you need to know about how to spin fire poi safely and legally, including what to wear, what fuels to use, what your safety person needs to do and why you need one, insurance and permitting so you don't get in trouble with the law.
BurningSNOW Center for the Experimental Arts
2578 N. Weil Street, Milwaukee WI 53212
SATURDAY
February 25, 2012
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
$25.00
- FIRE POI BUILDING WORKSHOP (click to expand)
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Learn how to build an ultra-safe and long-lasting set of fire poi. Limit is 6 people for the Poi Workshop and the cost is for materials only. We will spin fire immediately afterward, weather permitting.
Location: TBA
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Cost for Full Set: $70.50
**Ages: 18 years and up
Instructor's Creed
Flow emerges when I relax and open my body, being with things as they are, not as I might want them to be. Generating flow is especially important when I experience discomfort, fear, tightness and closure.
As I teach and am taught, the knowledge flows from me without judgment.
I offer compassion -- to myself and each student.
From this place of supportiveness, I gently guide people towards their objectives as they are ready to move forward.
Why take classes?
Students might want to consider taking classes to:
• share the learning experience with others
• accelerate your learning process
• avoid developing "bad" (ineffective) habits
• get assistance with challenging moves
• find a study group of people at the same level
You Are spHERE classes offer students:
• training in the mindset that will encourage flow, growth, learning and self expression
• access to a teacher who can pinpoint areas of improvement and reduce learning time
• small sized classes so each student gets personalized attention
• techniques, drills, practices and sequential learning which reduces frustration and makes the learning curve enjoyable
• a fun, friendly, supportive community where people are encouraged to find their own unique expression of Self
• poi dancing, rather than poi spinning. We focus on getting you to have fun dancing with poi instead of just standing there learning trick after trick.
Benefits of Poi
• Increases self esteem
• Elevates self awareness
• Develops muscle tone
• Strengthens cardiovascular health
• Enhances body awareness
• Boosts endurance
• Encourages creativity
• Sharpens analytical skills
• Promotes positive attitude
• Cultivates patience and persistence
• Reduces stress
• Decreases the risk of heart disease
• Improves coordination
• Balances bi-lateral motor skills
Flowology Mindset™ Our Invitation At You Are spHERE, we invite you to adopt the Temple of Poi Flowology Mindset™. If you're uncertain it is right for you, we encourage you to try it for a limited period and then, if you don't like it, don't use it. A 6 week trial commitment provides the data necessary to draw conclusions regarding this mindset. During this trial, embrace the mindset rigorously in your practice. Our mindset asks you the practitioners, to the best of your ability (which by the nature of learning will improve over time), to incorporate the three principles outlined below in your flow practice. Should you realize the invaluable gifts created in your flow practice through this mindset, we encourage your enthusiastic inclusion of these principles throughout your life and invite you to share the mindset with other's who are willing to try it.
3 Principles of the Temple of Poi Flowology™ Mindset
Principle I: Leave your judgment outside the door.
Principle II: Choose your language consciously, reflecting a positive attitude.
Principle III: Utilize Self-to-Self comparisons instead of comparing yourself to others.
For a full explanation of the Flowology Mindset and more information about ToP, please click here:Temple of Poi Blog
