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another Spinagogue update

jordan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:28:18 GMT

hey Spinagoguers,
we have made a few changes based on which classes got the most signups.

1) We are canceling the 1:30 class on saturday (Double Staff II with
Noel) and replacing it with another section of Poi II which was
scheduled for the same time so there is still room for more signups.
2) We are also changing the 4:30 class on Sunday (Partner Poi II) to
another Partner Poi I with Greg and Margaret.
3) The Poi Dance class with Ian on Sunday at 2:30 is FULL as is the
Partner Poi I with Noel and Jordan at noon on Sunday.
4) There are still spots in all of the other workshops so you can
still sign up for more!

ALSO:
On Saturday night there will be a night of performance, music, and
spinning at the Prop Box Studio.

Performances come from groups and individuals that use the Prop Box to
refine their art:
Vulcan Crew(http://vulcancrew.com) performing their latest creation.
Laura Stokes of ricochet circus on aerials(http://www.ricochet.name/).
Bliss Butterfly(http://blissbutterfly.com)
Performances by Prop Box residents Ian
Smith(http://ianmichaelsmith.com), Brian
Thompson(http://www.circusconspiracy.com/), and Bri Crabtree.

This is the Saturday night of Spinagogue, a weekend spinning intensive
held at the Vulcan, so there will be a ton of people people here
already, if you aren't attending the Spinagogue be sure to come to
this event to join the fun.

This is a free event and a fundraiser, donations accepted at the door
and a raffle will be held.

more info at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=162212469875&ref=ts

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November Spinagogue Intensive

jordan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:12:04 GMT

Hi there,
We are thinking about holding a Staff and Poi Spinagogue November 13-15th and we just wanted to see how many people are interested.
If you would be interested in joining us for another Spinagogue Intensive please respond to this post and let us know.
We hope to see you there!
Spinagogue

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short film

jordan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:56:40 GMT

a group called "it donned on me" made a short film featuring several members of the vulcan crew and friends. check it out.

http://idom.us/pages/Intrinsic-Self--IDOM-090807-SJ48hr-768x--CoastsideVideo.html

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meditation in motion

xLoKix — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:50:56 GMT

i've been spinning for about a year and a half now....but i've been meditating off and on for years. it only recently occurred to me to deliberately to take the trance state i find in spinning and push into active meditation. it blew me away...the most intense and peaceful sensation i've ever experienced.

i'm going to keep posting the results of this journey in spinning to my youtube....feedback/critique/hugs are always welcome, in no particular order ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqDZdrCCjCw

namaste,
LoKi

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Vulcan Tech Blog #4

gregmaldonado — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:38:04 GMT

now monthly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EweaZ6GDyPU

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Vulcan Tech Blog #3

gregmaldonado — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:28:32 GMT

New Tech from Vulcan Video with MCP and Arashi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0POTaOhX2s

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Surprize! July Spinagogue Weekend!

jordan — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:40:19 GMT

July 11-13th Spinagogue Weekend!

In celebration of the 1 year anniversary of Spinagogue we will be hosting another weekend poi intensive. If you liked poi back then, you probably like poi even more now! Just like the first Spinagogue this one will be totally dedicated to poi.

What is Spinagogue? Check out our past events:
The first Poi Spinagogue: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fYZP_K575rI
The Spinagogue staff weekend: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7s32VKyXfXo

Spinagogue is a weekend intensive designed to radically improve your skills while immersing you in the Bay Area fire scene: 21 workshops, three days of food, and it’s all happening during the Crucible Fire Arts Festival (featuring the Vulcan Crew).

This time around we are trying something new. We have designed the schedule to fit the needs of spinners at all levels. There are 3 tracks you can sign up for: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced, each designed to improve many aspects of your spinning including dance and movement, tricks and techniques appropriate to that level, and even working on choreography with groups and partner moves.

The Vulcan is a hotbed of fire arts located in the hear of “lovely” industrial East Oakland. In addition to hosting the east bay’s beast and brightest spin jam, the Vulcan is home to over 100 local performers and artisans of all types. Three workshop spaces and living are inside the Vulcan will host our festivities. Free lodging (sorry, couches only) will be available Friday though Sunday for participants from outside the Bay Area. Additionally, hotels are available locally starting at about $50 a night.

A typical day at the Vulcan:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HpjnvqKeoHs

Schedule of Events

Friday, July 11: Meet, greet, and eat

We begin the weekend with a welcome dinner at the Vulcan. Dinner will begin promptly at 7. Feel free to stay after and spin with us. The Spinagogue instructors will be on hand to asses your spinning progress and help you set goals for the weekend.

Saturday, July 12: Workshop, workshop, workshop, Fire Arts Festival!!

3 workshops, an hour and a half long, begin at 10AM and run until 4:30PM. Breakfast and stretching start at 9AM. Lunch is at 11:30 and dinner at 5. After dinner, many Spinagogue instructors are performing in the Crucible Fire Arts Festival (www.thecrucible.org/fireartsfestival). You are all encouraged to come and enjoy the festivities.

Sunday, July 12: Workshops, dinner, collapse!

4 workshops begin at 11AM and run until 8PM including a viewing of some of the best object manipulation videos the internet has to offer. Breakfast and stretching start at 10. Lunch is at 12:30. Stay for dinner at 7 and relax. You’ve had a long, hard weekend.

Class Schedule

Beginner Track:

10-11:30 Timing and Direction w/ Greg
1-2:30 Poi Basics w/ Noel
3-4:30 Dance Dance Information w/ KT

11-12:30 Antispin and Isolation w/ Noel
2-3:30 Poi Fundamentals w/ Krissy
4- 6:30 Beginning Strange Planes w/ Ian
7-9 Video

Intermediate Track

10-11:30 Intermediate antispin and isolation w/ Noel
1-2:30 Intermediate timing and direction w/ Greg
3-4:30 Intermediate partner poi w/ Silence

11-12:30 Intermediate Dance Dance Information w/ KT
2-3:30 Intermediate Strange Planes w/ Ian
4- 6:30 Intermediate tricks and transitions w/ Krissy
7-9 Video

Advanced Track

10-11:30 Poi dance technique and improvisation w/ Ian
1-2:30 Advanced strange planes w/ Ian
3-4:30 Advanced timing and direction w/ Greg

11-12:30 Advanced partner poi w/ Silence
2-3:30 Advanced antispin and isolation w/ Noel
4- 6:30 Insides Polyrhythm and Atomics w/ Greg
7-9 Video

Class Descriptions

Poi Dance Technique and Improvisation w/ Ian
This class will explore how the body and poi can interact and learn some drills to help improvisation skills.

Strange Planes (beg/int) w/ Ian
This class will present some basic plane bends along with an introduction to atomics and the answer the question, why does a butterfly work?

Strange Planes (adv) w/ Ian
This workshop will be an examination of the limitations 2-D thinking and then a more advanced introduction of 3-D/atomic/plane bending theory.

Dance Dance information (beg) w/ KT
KT will take you through a series of exercises exploring different elements of dance and choreographic tools to help close the gap between movement and spinning. This class is mostly guided improvisation with some dance/spin tricks to learn.

Dance Dance Information (int) w/ KT
Using choreographic dance tools like space, speed, quality, and time explore and expand your artistic process. Through guided problem solving assignments you will develop your own movement phrases and get to discuss and readdress your solutions.

Poi fundamentals w/ Krissy
In this beginning class we will learn all the basic fundamental poi tricks including 3beat weave, butterfly, and chase the sun. We will cover moves in all 4 timings and directions.

Intermediate tricks and transitions w/ Krissy
In this class we will learn flowers, anti-spin flowers, stalls, and many more exciting moves. We will also learn how tricks are connected and how to create flow and connection in your spinning.

Poi Basics w/ Noel
Get down with the basic moves in all timings and directions. This poi class will cover the fundamentals of weaves, extensions, turning, buzzsaws, butterflies, lock-outs and separations.

Beg Antispin and Isolation w/ Noel
This class will cover the fundamentals of isolation and antispin. By using the horizontal plane as a starting point for drills, we will uncover how to integrate antispin and isolation into all of your preexisting and future technique.

Int Antispin and Isolation w/ Noel
Take your understanding of isolation and antispin to the next level. Learn the basics and beyond of antispin flowers, isolated buzzsaws, antispin/isolated weaves and more!

Adv Antispin and Isolation w/ Noel
In this class you will learn basic unit circle theory and its relation to antispin and isolation. All the while learning impressive tricks such as linear isolations, extensions and cateyes.

Beginning T&D: The Essentials /w Greg
Timing and Direction are the two most important elements in the modern system of poi instruction. Learn the two basic timings and combine them with the two directions to create the four combinations of timing and direction that are used to understand almost all contemporary spinning technique. Then get started on transitioning fluidly from one to the next.

Intermediate T&D: Stalls and Transitions /w Greg
Strengthening your fundamentals is the easiest way to improve your spinning. This class is designed to find the "holes" in your technique by comprehensively reviewing the essentials of timing and direction, then exploring the nearly infinite number of connections between them. Learn a variety of stalls

Advanced T&D: Atomics, Insides and Super Stalling /w Greg
Take your understanding of spinning fundamentals to the next level in this class designed to broaden your understanding of spinning. We will explore the relationships between combinations of timing and direction with a variety of stalls and stall combinations. Next we challenge our mastery of T&D by taking it to the inside planes. Last, we explore the frontier where T&D breaks down as we leave behind the two dimensional conception of spinning.

Insides Polyrhythm and Atomics /w Greg
Explore three topics in advanced poi. Insides open up a world of tricks that mirrors the one you know
but exists inside the space that you create. Polyrhythm gives a whole new look to old technique by switching up the speed of your circles. Atomics opens up the world of clashing planes and breaks down the system of timing and direction that informs most modern spinning.

Intermediate and Advanced Partner Poi w/ Silence
This class covers technique and choreography in relation to poi duets. Technical emphasis will be on two-person interactive moves, rather than simultaneous moves. How to choreograph a routine from scratch will also be discussed. Bring a partner or find one in class.

Dance Dance Information w/ KT
A set of poi can make a great dance partner. Explore poi manipulation from a dance based perspective with an emphasis on integrating body and prop.

Video
We’ll show you all the best object manipulation videos the internet has to offer.

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yay more spinagogue photos!!

lilybuhfly — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:38:19 GMT

http://people.tribe.net/ae419063-a3a8-4d98-b41b-fddde35ce0fe/photos?page=1

adam, whose camera i was using, posted up some of the pictures i took at spinagogue on his tribe, check it out!

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PDX Fire Jam, featuring members of the Vulcan Crew! - x-post

suibom — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:19:55 GMT

Hey all. We were lucky enough to get Noel, Ian, Jordan, and Greg of the Vulcan Crew in Oregon to teach some workshops earlier this month. After the workshops, we all hit the Portland fire jam for fire fun and here's the result :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD_nHqWAUvc

Hope you like it.

poi, staff, meteor and whips!

Peace,
- Sui

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Thanks from Oregon!

suibom — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:02:08 GMT

I'm glad I got to hang out with you guys and watch you do your thing! Sorry the turnout was so dismal, I was surprised that even the firejam was very sparsely populated. Must be the freak weather and time of year.

I had a blast though, and will hopefully have a vid of the firejam out soon (or at some point).

Peace,
- Sui

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Spinagogue is online!!

krissyhumphreys — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:52:48 GMT

Ckeck out our new website!
http://www.spinagogue.net/index.html

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Vulcan Video

gregmaldonado — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:48:43 GMT

new video starring Jordan Campbell...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_r6KTUAwCU

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Whose camera was I using?

lilybuhfly — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:02:33 GMT

Hi there:)
Just wondering whose camera i was using Saturday while taking pictures of all you lovelies on Saturday of Spinagogue. Can you post them online somewhere?

ROCK!
or depending on the situation... MINERAL!

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New Spinagogue LA video

krissyhumphreys — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:15:02 GMT

Check out the Spinagogue's newest video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsqQF19yUZ8

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Thanks!!

Scottie — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:10:48 GMT

Great workshops! Next time I hope I can take the whole series.

Just got my contact juggling ball today and I am having quite a fight with gravity ...rrrrgh!

Thanks also for the inspiration.

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Spinagogue Beginning Poi Class in April

jordan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:37:01 GMT

Learn the Art of Poi with Spinagogue

What:
Poi is a newly emerging art form that helps develop your coordination, spatial awareness, and rhythm while dancing with the primal element of fire. These classes will teach all the basics of poi spinning and prepare you for advanced technique.

When:
Tuesdays 7:30 - 9:00 April 1 - April 22
Sunday 1:00 - 2:30 April 6 - April 27

Where:
Sophia Healing Center
776 Haight St.
San Francisco , Ca

How Much:
Four 1 1/2 hour sessions for $100

For More Info and to Register Contact: Spinagogue@gmail.com

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Ride-sharing from SF?

adam — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:01:57 GMT

Hey ... if anyone is driving from SF to the Vulcan tonight and over the course of the weekend, I'd love to ride-share. Happy to pitch in for fuel!

Thx :)

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Santa Cruz Spinagogue February 17th @ Vets Hall

noel-ski — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:31:49 GMT

Fire University Santa Cruz is offering a six part fire dancing workshop led by the Spinagogue.

Sunday, February 17 at the Veterans Memorial Building (www.vetshall.org/).

Classes being offered include single staff, double staff, contact staff, and poi.

Each workshop is $25 or $60 for a set of three.

* 11:30 - 1:00 ~ Poi (Beginning) or Poi (Intermediate/Advanced)
* 1:00 - 2:30 ~ Single Staff (Beginning) or Double Staff
* 2:30 - 4:00 ~ Single Staff (Advanced) or Contact Staff

Space is limited, to pre-register please contact Dyami Kaplan at dyamitk@gmail.com or Ayala Kalisher at danceswithfires@gmail.com . You can also call Dyami at 831.227.5396 or Ayala at 530.220.4047.

Workshop Descriptions:

1. Beginning/Intermediate Poi - Greg Maldonado
Learn to spin poi the easy way: by understanding how poi works. This class is built around a series of simple exercises designed to teach you more than just tricks. By exploring how a few simple tricks relate to one another, an understanding of poi emerges that will make future learning easier.

2. Intermediate/Advanced Poi Spinning- Jordan Campbell

The goal of this class is to teach you how to develop all the skills necessary to transition from an intermediate to an advanced poi spinner and how to recognize what gaps remain in your spinning repertoire. We will explore concepts including concepts like spin and antispin flowers, isolations, linear isolations, 1.5 beat weaves, hyerloops, polyrhythms pendulums, inversions, insides, introversions and hybrids. After the class you will likely not be able to do all the moves we went over but you should know what you need to learn and how to go about learning them.

3. Beginning Staff – Krissy Humphreys
Explore various types of staff movement, develop technique to control the staff and learn to move your body in graceful unison with the staff. After this class you will be able to spin confidently in a variety of ways and will have a clear understanding of how a staff moves and how you must move with the staff.

4. Beginning/Intermediate Double Staff - Krissy Humphreys
This class is designed for beginners and will cover basic double staff technique while introducing planes, beats, timing and direction. No previous double staff experience is required.

5. Intermediate/Advanced Staff Spinning– Jordan Campbell
In this class is designed to fill out technique: we will take a quick tour through different ways to pass the staff from hand to hand, work on some pendulums and non-linear planes and then learn technique that uses the body like learning to use your body as a lever to move the staff and how to use the momentum of the staff to initiate body movement.

6. Beginning/ Intermediate Contact Staff - Noel Yee
This class is an introduction to contact staff manipulation with an emphasis on drills, planes and delivery. This class will take you through the basics of wrapping, rolling and spiraling with a staff. We will cover some of the following beginner tricks: hand, elbow, shoulder and neck wraps, halos and backside spirals. No experience required!

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Spinagogue March 21st-23rd @ The Vulcan

gregmaldonado — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:45:14 GMT

Spinagogue!

The first Spinagogue taught us to master the art of poi, during the second Spinagogue we were shown the way of staff. Now it’s time to broaden our horizons. Join us at The Vulcan Spinagogue for a weekend of intense object manipulation of ALL KINDS including poi, staff, double staffs, hoop, whips, juggling, contact, and more.

What is Spinagogue? Check out our past events:

July 2007 Poi intensive: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fYZP_K575rI

Nov 2007 Staff intensive: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7s32VKyXfXo

Spinagogue is a weekend intensive designed to radically improve your skills while immersing you in Bay Area fire scenery: 28 workshops, three days of food, dinners are prepared by our master vegan chef Joshua the Traveling Chef (http://joshuaploeg.blogspot.com/), a fire jam and a special sneak preview performance by the Vulcan Crew.

The Vulcan is a hotbed of fire arts located in the heart of "lovely" industrial East Oakland. In addition to hosting the east bay's best and brightest spin jam, the Vulcan is home to over 100 local performers and artisans of all types. Five workshop spaces and living areas inside the Vulcan will host our festivities. Free lodging (sorry, just couches) will be available Friday through Sunday for participants from outside the bay area. Additionally, hotels are available locally starting at about $45 a night.

A typical day at the Vulcan? http://youtube.com/watch?v=HpjnvqKeoHs

There are two choices for participation:

1.) Immerse yourself for the full weekend intensive and choose from ANY of the available classes.

The full weekend cost $180 including food, 7 workshops of your choice and that warm, cuddly feeling in your tummy. An $80 non-refundable deposit will be required to register.

2.) Drop in for a few classes of your choice from our list of prescheduled classes.

The drop-in classes will be $30 for a single class, however if you take more than one all classes are $25 each. Meals not provided. Payment must be received before your spot is secured.

Please Note: In order to limit class size, registration will be capped at 25 full weekend participants and about 10 drop in students per class, first come first serve so register EARLY!

To register for the full weekend, send an email to Spinagogue@gmail.com with a list of your top 11 class preferences and well as your name, phone number, and whether or not you require accommodation.

To register for a drop in class, send an email to Spinagogue@gmail.com with your class choice(s), your name, phone number.
spinagogue@gmail.com

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

**Friday March 21st Meet, Greet and Eat.

We begin the weekend with a welcome dinner at the Vulcan. There will be three amazing vegan meals prepared for us by TheTravelingChef over the weekend which are all included in the full weekend ticket price. Dinner will begin promptly at 7pm.

Afterwards, stay and spin. Spinagogue instructors will be on hand to assess your spinning progress, help you set goals for the weekend and finalize class selection.

**Saturday the 10th: Workshops, workshops, workshops, PARTY!

Workshops begin at 11am and run till 7pm. Breakfast and stretching at 10am, lunch at 2:30pm, dinner at 7:30pm. Saturday night the Vulcan Crew – composed of several of the Spinagogue Instructors – will preview their works in progress that they will perform at events including the European Juggling Convention in Germany, the Play Festival in England and the Burning Man Conclave while we get fed and then get funky with a full flock of fiery friends. Other events that night to be announced.

**Sunday the 11th: Workshops, dinner, fire.

Workshops begin at 11am and run till 5pm. Breakfast and stretching at 10am, lunch at 2:30pm, dinner at 7:00pm and…
8:30pm-11pm FIRE JAM. After dinner we'll be headed out to NIMBY for a goodbye spin at one of the bay area's premier fire arts warehouses.
www.nimbyspace.org/

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS AND SCHEDULE

The following scheduled workshops are available for drop-in students, $30 for a single class, if you take more than one all the classes are $25. Class sizes are limited so register as soon as possible.

Full weekend students can select from any of the classes whether they are currently scheduled or not. As people register the schedule will be created according to the early registrants’ preferences… SO REGISTER EARLY!!!

**Sat March 22

11am – 12:30 Beginning Whips –Elias

1pm – 2:30 Beginning/Intermediate Staff - Krissy

3:30 – 5pm Beginning/Intermediate Poi - Greg

5:30 – 7pm Beginning/Intermediate Doubles - Krissy

**Sunday March 23:

11am – 12:30 Intermediate/Advanced staff - Ian

1pm – 2:30 Intermediate/Advanced poi I - Noel

3:30 – 5pm Intermediate/Advanced doubles - Greg

Fire jam at NIMBY

Poi

Beginning/Intermediate Poi - Greg Maldonado
Learn to spin poi the easy way: by understanding how poi works. This class is built around a series of simple exercises designed to teach you more than just tricks. By exploring how a few simple tricks relate to one another, an understanding of poi emerges that will make future learning easier.

Intermediate/Advanced Poi I - Noel Yee

Want to learn how do isolations and antispins? Know how to do them but not sure where to go next? This class will focus on practicing the basic isolations and antispins and then utilizing them to execute new and exciting techniques. These techniques include but are limited to: linear isolations, linear extensions, cat eyes and antispin triangles.

Beginning Poi – Jordan Campbell

This class will cover several of the fundamental types of motion used in poi spinning. After taking it you will have a deeper understanding of timing and direction as well as an arsenal of tricks that you can combine and modify to transform you from a novice spinner to a poi master.

Beginning Partner Poi - Silence and Ayala, of FLUX
An introductory level class covering technical moves and choreography in relation to poi duets. Technical emphasis will be on two-person interactive moves, rather than simultaneous moves. How to choreograph a routine from scratch will also be discussed. Bring a partner or find one in class.

Intermediate/Advanced Poi II - Ian Smith

This class will concentrate on the simpler things in poi: 2 beat weaves, stalls, pendulums, spinning in together time, same direction. You will learn that because of their simplicity they have the most variation possibilities and some of the variations can be quite difficult. We will also touch on the relationship between the poi and your body.

Staff

Beginning/Intermediate staff – Krissy Humphreys

Come learn staff fundamentals in this introductory class. We will cover beats, planes, basic passing and transfers while learning exciting moves including the fountain and chopper. No previous staff experience is required.

Intermediate/Advanced Staff Spinning– Ian Smith

In this class is designed to fill out technique: we will take a quick tour through different ways to pass the staff from hand to hand, work on some pendulums and non-linear planes and then learn technique that uses the body like learning to use your body as a lever to move the staff and how to use the momentum of the staff to initiate body movement.

Beginning Staff – Jordan Campbell

Explore various types of staff movement, develop technique to control the staff and learn to move your body in graceful unison with the staff. After this class you will be able to spin confidently in a variety of ways and will have a clear understanding of how a staff moves and how you must move with the staff.

Dance Dance Information - Katherine Tesch
A staff can make a great dance partner. Explore staff manipulation from a dance based perspective with an emphasis on integrating body and prop.

Beginning Contact Staff – Krissy Humphreys

An introduction to contact staff manipulation with an emphasis on further learning. This class will take you through the basics of wrapping, rolling and spiraling with a staff. Hand, elbow, shoulder and neck wraps; halos and backside spirals.

Adv Contact Staff - Advanced Explorations in Contact Staff – Noel Yee

Come learn the latest advances in contact staff! Take the contact staff technique you already know and apply them in resourceful new ways. This class will focus on the use of spirals, wraps and rolls to move the staff to the less explored parts of the body, even the legs.

Doubles Staffs

Beginning/Intermediate Double Staff - Krissy Humphreys

This class is designed for beginners and will cover basic double staff technique while introducing planes, beats, timing and direction. No previous double staff experience is required.

Intermediate/Advanced Double Staff - Greg Maldonado
Learn how to create a variety of patterns and effects with two staffs by combining many different types of motion into your tricks. Beginning with an understanding of how we can move one staff, we quickly progress to two staff exercises designed to open the doors to what is called "hybrid" technique.

Beginning Double Staves – Jordan Campbell

Learn double staff from the ground up in this class designed for the beginner. After a thorough examination of the myriad ways to manipulate a staff we begin combining techniques to seamlessly integrate a second staff.

Advanced Double Staff - Krissy Humphreys

Explore further into the world of double staff manipulation. This class will focus on isolations, anti-spins, hybrids, and how to add finger spinning into our flow. Previous double staff experience is required.

Hoop

Beginner Hoop – Khan Wong
This class introduces students to the fundamentals of hooping, from the first moves every hooper should learn to the principles of establishing a solid hoop practice. We'll start with the basics: hooping on the waist, walking and turning with the hoop and lifting the hoop off the body and getting it back on. From there, passes around the body, vertical hooping and basic hand-hooping technique will be introduced. The class will move on to shoulder hooping and duck-outs depending on participant ability and interest.

Hoop Technique & Flow – Khan Wong
The focus of this workshop is to expand each hooper's range of motion and control. As such, it will not teach moves (though some will be covered) but will instead cover theory and concepts of movement applied to hoop technique. Special attention will be given to hand and body rolling techniques, isolations, antispin applications and direction changes. Participants should be able to transition easily between at least three different moves (it doesn't matter which ones) to get the most out of the class.

Juggling

Beginning Juggling - Jordan Campbell or Bree Crabtree

In this class you will learn the 3 ball cascade – the fundamental building block of juggling patterns – as well as several variations. Everyone can learn how to juggle and the class will be taught in a very simple, sequential manner to ensure that you come out of the class having learned to juggle, guaranteed.

Beginning Contact Juggling - Noel Yee

The ball moves. The ball doesn't move. Come join us in this introductory class that will teach how you to move the ball through space gracefully and then keep it still in visually engaging ways. Close attention will be paid to beginning balancing, isolations and body rolls. No experience required.

Beginning Contact Juggling - Greg Maldonado
Learn how to use the fewest number of the simplest type of prop: one ball. Combining balancing, rolling and spinning to fluidly move a ball across your body, contact juggling will broaden your idea of what juggling can be while deepening your understanding of your relationship with objects.

“Other” Props

Rope Manipulation - Ian Smith

Rope Manipulation… what’s that supposed to mean? It’s everything can do with a jump rope other than jump over it! Poi experience is helpful in this class but not required.

Club Swinging - Poki
Break free from the chains that bind you!
Club swinging bridges the gap between poi and staff -- and will increase you skill in both! You will learn: basic club handling, common poi moves with clubs, odd poi moves with clubs, and some strange looking new club moves.
See you at spinagogue! ~Poki

Beginning Rope Dart – Sam Reese
Learn how to manipulate this most mysterious of props. Half dance half martial arts, rope dart combines beautiful motions with sudden eye catching surprises. Take the first step to mastering this ancient prop.

Beginning Whip Cracking - Mushashi or Elias

Learn to use the loudest, and the most dangerous prop of them all. Safety glasses are required, please try to bring your own, we will have a limited number to loan out. This workshop will teach you the basic cracks and the importance of finesse.

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