Ft Lauderdale, Fl January 20-21, 2018

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FT LAUDERDALE, FL JANUARY 20-21, 2018 Workshops- $60/weekend • $40/day flowfests.com • @flowfests Sponsored by: Aloha! My name is Ahlee (Allie) and I am an east-coast based balance instructor, performer and fire dancer! I share my passion for balance through Indo Board balance trainers, conveying balance as a platform for a healthy life through focus on posture, body awareness and motion. I have been a multi-prop performer for 5 years, beginning my career street performing in Ocean City MD with a hoop and an Indo Board. I am almost entirely self taught but also have had the pleasure of exchanging lessons with flow instructors from around the country at various events. Indo Boarding has evolved into my own performance-art and fitness vector and have officially been a sponsored athlete for a year now though total I have been using them for about a decade. Balance touches our lives in every aspect. It often takes a step back to realize that part of our life may be unaligned (off balance) and causing distress. I am also passionate about ethnobotany and self-sustainability. I was fortunate enough to travel to Trinidad in June 2015 and work with world-renowned herbalist Francis Morean. Together we wrote an ethnobotany guide for the attendees of Asa Wright nature centre to effectively navigate them through the local foliage and their uses. “All acts of healing are ultimately our selves healing our self.” Ram Dass

Facebook.com/AhleeDee, https://www.gigsalad.com/ahlee_dee_ baltimore, IG: @ahleedee347 (current) @ahlee_indo (old)

Saturday 12:30pm- Intro to Indo: Intro to indo is a complete, hands-on instructional hour of Indo Boarding. I begin by showing attendees how to properly stand on the board and balance with- out stepping off or orienting themselves in a potentially dangerous fashion. Each individual is given specific critiques based on their ability and progression, to prepare for learning basic tricks. We run through 3-5 basic tricks all with a full description and proper form, again assessing attendees and helping them evolve through pin- pointing areas of struggle and poor form.

Sunday 12:30pm- “Balance is Key” This workshop consists of relaying the importance of balance as a constant theme in life to event attendees (and having fun on Indo Boards). The workshop begins by introducing balance as an abstract idea and identifying how valuable it is to be aware of, in any and all circumstance(s). We discuss how balance is applicable to multiple dimensions of wellness and I provide examples of how to maximize wellness and therefore a healthy life through focus on balance. We’ll end with a fun tutorial on the Indo Boards. Ali Padiak is a renowned professional hula hoop artist notorious for her incredible multi-hoop skills while balancing a single hoop on her head! The Chicago-native moved to south Florida in Octo- ber of 2015, and was welcomed with open arms to a prestige performance troupe, Rainbow Circus Miami! Ali is their main hula hoop artist working alongside some of the best aerialists & con- tortionists! Ali has been hooping for over 7 years and performing for over 5. She is also a certified hula hoop instructor and teaches hula hoop class to kids 7+ 3 days a week at Kids Choice Facility in Boca Raton.

Saturday 3:30pm, Single Hoop Act Have you ever dreamed of showing your talent on stage? Still having trouble with multiple hoops but want to showcase your style? In the Single Hoop Act workshop, we will learn how to properly execute an act, become the character, engage with our audience, and learn some of the toughest tricks to wow your viewers! All with a single hoop!

Saturday 3:30pm Multi-Hoop (On & Off-Body) Having trouble figuring out how to properly split on-body hoops? Trying to fig- ure out what more you could do with multiple hoops? Then this workshop is totally for you! Not only will we be learning multiple hoop tricks on-body we will also be learning multiple hoop tricks off-body such as native American weaving & sacred geometric pat- terns!

I’ve taught hundreds (possibly thousands) of people to juggle at the Coconut Grove juggling Exchange and elsewhere over a period of time spanning more than a decade.

Youtube: 305juggler

Saturday 11am- Transending Self-Imposed Limitation in Flow Arts- A group disscussion reguarding various self imposed psy- chological limitations we often place on ourselfs and potential solutions for overcoming them so as to lead to an increase in epic flow

Saturday 2pm- Juggling and Creativity- Exploring the relationship between juggling and creativity. With a lifetime of dance and movement arts, Alice Nimmo brings a diverse palette of skills and techniques to Florida Flow Fest! Her background ranges from classical ballet and modern dance to gymnastics, parkour and national level martial arts. She has taught workshops and performed at numerous festivals in Florida with great success, including eFLOWlution, Earthdance, and Mind- spring. Her particular brand of performance art blends artistic styling with fierce technical proficiency and her background in sci- ence allows her to analytically break down the processes that she teaches. A fast-rising star in the flow community, Alice will be a instructor you don’t want to miss!

Saturday 3:30pm- CatEyes! Just as fun and beautiful as they sound! An introduction to the illusion known as a cateye isolation. From the basic principles for beginners to ghosting cateyes in different planes and even a behind the back cateye toss! All levels welcome and beginners are encouraged to come explore.

Sunday 11am- Finding Your Feet: An Introduction to Acrobatic Hooping. Do you ever find yourself in a rut, unable to brach out to other planes or on to other limbs? This workshop will focus on im- proving your proprioceptive awareness and control (basically your bodily awareness of how you move through space) Learn how to find your feet where ever your dance takes you!

Ari Appel earned her 200-hour yoga certification at School Yoga In- stitute in January 2016 in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. She is Yoga Al- liance Certified. From February 2016 to February 2017 she taught yoga at substance abuse facilities. There she taught Vinyasa, Hatha Flow yoga, Dancing yoga (buddhi yoga), Laughing yoga as well as meditation classes to her clients. She has been teaching public Part- ner Yoga classes since March 2016 and is still currently teaching public Partner Yoga classes. In 2017 she conducted Partner Yoga workshops at Body4Yoga. She has also choreographed Acro Yoga sequences for a gymnastics performance at Nova Gymnastics. Ari gained a sparked interest in aerial silks and started practicing the art of silks. She currently still is attending classes at Nova Gymnas- tics. There she crafted her skill and harnessed enough talent to begin teaching aerial silks. She currently teaches yoga at the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale and at Dancers Gallery in Cooper City, teaching partner yoga and aerial silks. Instagram: @ariappel Facebook: Ari Appel Magner

Saturday 2pm Ari’s Partner Yoga Class Partner Yoga is a playful acrobatic yoga practice that puts you in touch with the physical and introspective sides of acrobatic asana. Ari’s Partner Yoga class is a sequence of single stretching, partner stretching and then Partner Yoga. Come join Ari and learn basics of progression, teamwork, and trust. Corbin Stacy yoga hOMe & Namastacy Yoga Corporation “A native of Fredericksburg, VA, Corbin Stacy fell in love with yoga over 15 years ago. Looking for a way to balance his rigorous schedule as a full time flight attendant, he stepped into his first Vinyasa class in Fort Lauderdale and fell in love. Yoga quickly became an inte- gral tool for Corbin to stay healthy in mind, body and Spirit. He received his 200 hour Yoga Teacher Certification through at The Barkan Method of Fort Lauderdale in 2011 and strengthened his knowledge with their Level II/III teacher training and is currently a registered and insured 200 hour ERYT | 500 hour RYT through Yoga Alliance. The NamaStacy Yoga Corporation® (www.namasta- cyyoga.org), a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit, was created to sup- port yoga teachers and students with continual learning and devel- opment in the yoga of their choice.

Corbin has made Fort Lauderdale | Pompano Beach, Florida his home opening yoga hOMe®, LLC this past October 7th (www. hotyogahome.com)!

Named a lululemon athletica of Boca Raton Town Center Store, Manduka, Liquido and DanaLou Fit Ambassador, Corbin uses his strong presence in the local South Florida Yoga Community to continue to expand the reach and contribution of the NamaSta- cy Yoga Corporation®. To date, forty-eight scholarships have been awarded since December 2013 to local South Florida applicants as well as New York and Colorado recipients with other states to follow later in the year. As of 2017, NamaStacy became an Inter- national NonProfit awarding a grant to someone from the UK to attend a Thailand Teacher Training.

Sunday 10am, hOMe School U with Corbin Stacy — An all-levels Vinyasa flow to invigorate the body, mind and soul. Breath-work and Vinyasa with inspirational music and messages … Find your tribe and love them hard! All are welcOMe. Bill Nichols is a Florida native who practices a wide variety of circus arts. He performs all over South Florida and volunteers with Palm Beach Children’s Hospital throughout the year. IG: billthejuggler Website is http://billthejuggler.com/

Saturday 5pm- Stalls with Balls will teach you how to transition out of a juggling pattern into a stall. You will learn how to stall on the back of your hand, forearm, neck, chest and elbow.

Sunday 3:30pm- Conquering Columns will teach you the next foundation move after you learn the basic cascade pattern. This workshop will teach you how to juggle 2 balls in 1 hand. We will explore tricks like the yo-yo, oy-oy, fakes and the factory.

Outward Spiral was created by Bonnie Brown. Bonnie found her flow in the cycle of life through Yoga and Hoop Dance. She first discovered hoop dance in her hometown of North Carolina, Spring of 2007. Inspired by pioneers such as Julia Hartsell Crews of Hoop- Drum and Jonathan Baxter of HoopPath in Carrboro, NC she became deeply imbedded in the hoop community. In 2009 Bonnie followed her heart and moved to sunny Sarasota, FL where she began to nurture her own local hoop community.

Bonnie continues to offer many weekly classes, workshops, free community jams, and demos to share what she has learned with the community. She can also be found at many festivals and fairs vending her beautiful hand-crafted dance hoops. Bonnie believes that dance can be a tool to self discovery, personal evolution and connecting to a larger supportive community of people. Outward Spiral has also connected with many other talented individuals in the area to offer unique artistic entertainment for events and festivals. Their performances include mesmerizing LED hoops to create captivating light shows or spellbinding fire dances to captivate their audience.

OutwardSpiral.net

Sunday 3:30pm Hoop Dance Footwork: Getting Unstuck Cirque Bishop is on year 5 of his flow arts journey. Primarily a fire dancer & juggler, he tends to juggle several other passions like Aerial Silks, photography & running a business! Teaching flowarts is his way of giving back to the community that molded his life & career. https://www.facebook.com/CirqueBishop/ https://www.instagram.com/cirquebishop/ https://twitter.com/cirquebishop https://www.cirquebishop.com/

Sunday 11am- Double Staff 101- Introduction workshop to Dou- ble Staff manipulation.

Sunday 3:30pm- Double Staff Flower Power- Intermediate level workshop. Learn basic, advanced, hybrid flowers & how to main- tain visually stimulating Double Staff movements through correct posture.

My name is Colby Henderson, also known as The Red Mage. I am a contact poi spinner, contact juggler, fire performer, and freelance photographer. I currently reside in central Florida. I began my journey into the world of flow arts 4 years ago. My passion for poi and flow arts has brought me immense joy. I plan to continue trav- eling, teaching, performing, and taking photos for festivals, chari- ties, and other events in the years to come.

https://www.instagram.com/the.red.mage/ https://www.instagram.com/words_photography/ https://www.facebook.com/wordsphotographypage/

Saturday 2pm- Tether Tracers/Manipulations. This workshop defines what tether tracers or tether manipulations for poi are, and I will teach knee/neck tether tracers including a double knee tracer which uses both poi. A tether tracer is when you pull the tether by head or handle around your knees, neck, el- bows, and even feet. I feel this workshop provides not only a framework but a way to help people define these types of manipulations. These are super fun and a great way for beginner and intermediate spinners to step up their tech! Daneille Durante & Lance Holmes Saturday 5pm- Whips, Pops & Whops

Crystal Smith of Crystal Flow Arts is a multiprop flow artist that has been practicing for the last 6 years. Crystal’s passion is bringing the flow arts into the realm of mental health treatment in a thera- peutic approach she calls “Flow Therapy”.

Instagram @crystal_flow_arts facebook.com/crystalflowarts

Sunday 2pm- Intro to Yoga Wheel- Yoga wheel basics. Learn how to use this fun versatile prop!

Sunday 3:30pm- Flowosophy- Dive deeper into the flow state and learn how you can apply it to all facets of your life and personal growth. Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Exuro brings juggling and flow arts workshops to audiences around the world. He is committed to bringing quality experiences to those that seek them by using his strengths as an entertainer and educator. Working both as a performer, educator, event producer, and empowerment leader, he has delivered performances and presentations to thousands of students and spectators. www.insphyreperformance.com www.facebook.com/insphyreperformance www.facebook.com/therealexuro www.instagram.com/therealexuro www.youtube.com/exuro89

Saturday 2pm Staff Throws 1 Saturday 5pm Staff Throws 2 A guide to a framework for building strength among the core components of staff juggling. Learn the 16 fundamental throws and how to explore variations within them. In addition to the core throws, we will cover Window Theory, Rotation Control, Height Control, and Pattern Construction in order to build a complete framework to play with after the class is completed.

Sunday 2pm- Partner Staff(with KC Allen)- Partner Contact Staff 2 people, 1 staff. From introductory movements like contact rotor passing to more intermediate work like “the Steve” and other arm spiral transfers. How far the level of partner contact in this class advances is solely dependent on the respective proficiency of participants. Currently residing in the Midwest ~ Don Carter ( FancyPants ) has amassed over a decade of on-stage fire and LED performances; with varied skill sets from Juggling to AcroYoga and nearly every prop in between, his persistence and determination constantly pushing the limitations. Immersed in ContactStaff and Buugeng disciplines with a consistent AcroYoga practice, he’s had the pleasure to teach at various Flow Immersions throughout the United States (Kinetic, MOPs, Flame) as well as nominal on-stage performances at various large scale events (Envision, Electric Forest, Lucidity, Imagine). Although his natural element is stage performance, there is an in- satiable appetite to spread the knowledge of flow to improve the health and well-being of everyone. IG: FancyPantsWaldo

Sunday 12:30pm-Intro to Buugeng A) Understanding the Illu- sion B) Basics to Fundamentals and Orientation of Grip C) Spped & Control D) Planes, Planes, Planes

Sunday 3:30pm- Buugenging is *NOT* Boomeranging A) Dis- covering Shapes B) Folds & Rolls C) Isolations D) Time for Tech. E) Seamless Integration Performance Saturday 5pm- Intro to dragonstaff - Come learn the basics of dragonstaff. We’ll be going over the fundamentals of dragonstaff including forward and reverse chi rolls and cheating death. All levels welcome!

Sunday 11am- Partner dragon- Roxy and Gaby This class explore the world of partner dragon. Learn how to do partner chi rolls and chi roll variations, passing, cheating death and more . All levels welcome !

Heather Phoi @liquidhipz Dancer, Performer, Flow Artist, Instructor. Belly dance, Fire Dance, Stilt walking, Aerial, Costume Design, Model Heather@groovolutiondancestudio.com www.GroovolutionDanceStudio.com

Sunday 11am- Belly Dance Basics and Beyond Sunday 3:30pm- Fan Veil Choreography Board of Directors for IJA, Founder of South Florida Flow Jams, Lead Circus Freak at Dangerfun Sideshow, Active member of Co- conut Grove Juggling Exchange, Fire Performer Lead for Love burn (2014-2017), I love to teach, I love to travel, & I love to learn! instagram.com/dangerfun facebook.com/dangerfunsideshow

Saturday 2pm- Intro to Juggling - Learn the benefits of juggling and how to do the 3 ball (or club) cascade!

Saturday 3:30pm- Intro to Multiplex & Numbers Juggling - Learn to catch & throw more than one object at once! Then learn how to juggle more than 3. We will cover the basics of multiplexes and 4 ball juggling.

Hinde- Based in Salt Lake City, Hinde brings a combination of skills and techniques from juggling, glow stringing and poi. Check him out on EVOLKIDMEDIA.

Facebook.com/Justin Hinde youtube.com/Justin Hinde instagram.com/theHind3

Saturday 12:30pm- Poi Manipulations Part 1 - Too much mad- ness to fit into one block! Two sessions filled full of funky fresh poi trickery from Hind3 will melt your mind in the most magical way. This class is intended for those who already have a basic understanding of poi but no one will walk away empty handed.

Saturday 3:30pm- Poi Manipulations Part 2 - Too much mad- ness to fit into one block! Two sessions filled full of funky fresh poi trickery from Hind3 will melt your mind in the most magical way. This class is intended for those who already have a basic understanding of poi but no one will walk away empty handed.

Sunday 2pm- Bounces and Wrap Transitions for Poi - Hind3 brings you that “glowstringer style” with this course on bounces and wrap transitions. Learn the places you can bounce your poi off of you and how to link them together into some fun combinations! Jacquie Tar-foot of 24, hails from Las Vegas, Nevada. Dedicating over 7 years to object manipulation, she has spent the past year fo- cussed on full time performance and teaching all over the country. Proficient in a variety of props and skills, a variance of hoops and staves are her go-to choice with some hand balancing thrown in for flavor. www.ekmtalent.com

Sautrday 12:30pm- Musicality in Motion - Concept Discus- sion/ Movement/Hoop All skill levels This class is to introduce and define musicality to engage our movements. We will dissect and discuss the components, layers, and overall vibe of music that allows us to perceive music into movement. After a warm- up, we will explore our discussed concepts with exercises that will help to create a flow of well-timed motion. Once finally in the groove we add hoops into the equation, creating a symphony of expression.

Saturday 5pm- Better Butter Body Rolls - Hoop Beginner-Ad- vanced A class that breaks down the fundamentals of a chest body roll, hand to hand, full contact from point A to point B. Break- ing down the process into basic steps to perfect your contact rolls. Once comfortable we go on to utilize all planes and surfaces of the body to execute body rolls so delicious, you swear your Grandma baked them fresh. From behind the back, to neck tosses, to balances, we will cover a multitude of entrances and exits into full contact body rolls.

Sunday 5pm- How To Balance Things On Your Body - All Prop Beginner - Tips and tricks of the trade to improve your balance ability. Starting with the basic balances and how to clean those up, progressing to using multiple parts of your body for balance points, and then getting to moving in different ways while maintaining a balance. A class for someone seeking a new challenge. Jess Neptune is primarily a fire dancer and stilt walker. She believes that flow arts have helped her become a better person. Because of this, Jess enjoys helping others find the magic that is flow arts. Her current favorite flow props are fans and double staves. Her main focus right now is working hard and building her entertainment business ‘Cirque Bishop’, with her partner in life, Brad Bishop.

Sunday 11am- Letters and (S)hapes with Fans - in this class I will be teaching the alphabet of fans and we will play around with the ‘S’ shape that is unique to fans.

Sunday 2pm- Stack-n-Fold - in this class I will be teaching different variations of stacking and folding with fans.

Juanz Moises Arellano (aka Typhlo) aspire to become my very best self and reach my up most potential as a full time professional performer to help give a great life to my loved one and family. I love to be a part of things that is why i perform or volunteer at events. I shall going back to my home country next year to teach kids in a poor environment flow arts, this will help me give back to the world. hosting gatherings of flow otherwise known as Flow Jams has been a great way to get the community in south Florida together and I do that very well at the one I host one in the area i live in, people love spending time at them to wind down. sometimes kids come by and get so interested when they watch anyone flow, my instinct is to teach them almost at an instant because they are an open universe, ready to sponge everything in. every single human being is like a flower, blossoming in different environments, sea- sons, and climates.

Saturday 11am- Shaolin Ropedart an intro to the entanglement and unraveling of ropedart. KC Allen is a fire arts performer and instructor, best known for workshops on lower body contact staff techniques and contact staff routines inspired by ballet, contemporary dance, and clowning. Introduced to flow arts in 2010, she walked away from a career in archaeology to pursue flow arts full-time. Her greatest passion is teaching, and she can be found instructing or performing at a multitude of events up and down the east coast. With an eye for the mechanical workings of the body, her unique perspective on staff manipulation brings greater understanding of the influence of body movement to all those who work with her.

instagram: @kc.fyre

Saturday 11am- C-Staff with your Lower Half- This course in- troduces the fundamentals of lower body contact staff work. It in- cludes conditioning and tips to take home about how to work up to more advanced moves. It focuses on classes of movement (rolls, wraps, traps) that participants are already familiar with in upper body work, in order to provide them with a toolset to create their own combinations. Sample course content: Leg and hip stretches, static rolling, leg and waist wraps, foot lifts and tosses, knee wraps.Recommend wearing pants that you have a lot of mobility in (they don’t have to be yoga pants, I just don’t recommend jeans) and lightweight or flexible shoes.

Sunday 2pm- Partner Contact Staff (with Exuro)- 2 people, 1 staff. From introductory movements like contact rotor passing to more intermediate work like “the Steve” and other arm spiral transfers. How far the level of partner contact in this class advances is solely dependent on the respective proficiency of participants.

Sunday 5pm- Contact Staff Dance- The aim of this class is to help participants connect to their contact staff and staff spinning rep- ertoire through dance. It emphasizes whole body movement and an exploration of space. The exercises encourage creativity and are designed to expand participants’ movement vocabulary. It address- es issues such as, “what do I do with that hand that isn’t balancing the staff? They also provide a foundation for dancing meditation. Dance artist, choreographer, director, teacher and aerialist. Orig- inally from Miami, FL. Kassi trained at Southern Dance Theatre, Palm Beach Ballet Center, Magda’s School of Dance and Miami City Ballet. She graduated from Dreyfoos School of The Arts, in West Palm Beach.

Recipient of a YoungArts Award and Art of the Solo Choreography Award 2012. Kassi has appeared on the Netflix series, “The Get Down”. She also has appeared as finalist on “So you think you can Dance” on FOX. And has danced with various professional companies, including Florida Dance Theatre, Central Florida Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Miami City Ballet, CineDance Jazz Company, Drip Orlando, Central Florida Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Com- panhia Ruda From Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Kassi also danced with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines where she was able to be certified as a scuba diver and learned how to fly with FOY as an aerialist. Now she currently one of the rehearsal Direc- tors at Royal Caribbean Productions where she runs and teaches choreography to the cast that will perform RCCL ships sailing out of China and Europe. She is a coach and teacher in styles such as contemporary ballet and Balanchine style ballet to Jazz Funk. At dance studios and companies from West Palm Beach to Miami. This past May 2017 she was a guest teacher and judge at “Turn it Around Tour” a competition and workshop. Kassi is a freelance dancer currently performing with Agatha Wright Dance Co. along with New Century Dance Company who have been in South Flor- ida since 1996. www.kassiabreu.com

Sunday, 2pm- Intro to Dance Movement: This class would explore movement from the simplest stretch when you wake up by awakening the limbs, muscles, body and soul to movement learning combinations that glide together with music�

Sunday 5pm- Intro to Lyra/Aerial Hoop: This class will teach basics of conditioning exercises to strengthen the arms/core/lower body. Students will learn poses and holds on the Lyra. Kelly will rarely be found at the front of the room while teaching her class. Instead she’ll be walking around reminding you to breathe and feel your practice. She encourages her students to find their own expressions of the flow within the group practice. Kelly was certified as a 200 hour yoga teacher in December 2014 by Kim Manifredi in Baltimore, MD. She enrolled in teacher training to grow more in her own practice. Her fulltime job relocated her to Delray Beach, FL where she picked up a few classes on the side. Six months later when the company downsized, she became a full-time yoga teacher, realizing that was her calling all along. Kelly’s specialty is all-levels vinyasa in both heated and non-heated spaces. Vinyasa requires finding a balance of strength and flexibility while linking the breath with movement. She loves breaking down arm balances and inversions to their building blocks so that even beginners can gain flight. In her two years of teaching she’s taught over 1,500 hours including privates, workshops and guest-speaking at teacher trainings. Facebook and Instagram: @SoFloYogaPunk

Saturday 3:30pm- Invigorating Flow - Join Kelly Green E-RYT 200 for an all-levels vinyasa flow. Vinyasa requires the balance of strength and flexibility while linking the movement with the breath. This invigorating flow will give you space to breath, move and play.

Sunday 11AM- All Levels Inversion Workshop - Join Kelly Green E-RYT 200 for an all-levels inversion workshop. Learn to turn your world upside down. Students will learn how to safely move in and out of inversions. Beginners will learn how to prep their shoulders and core to safely achieve inverted postures.

Liza Pitsirilos is a Mindful Movement Enthusiast and President of Movement of Life Consulting which coaches and trains leaders in the private and public sector on how to use mindful movement as a gateway for enhanced wellbeing, interpersonal relationship-building, problem solving and leadership. With over 15 years of expe- rience in somatic and psychotherapeutic use of movement her programs have reached over 40,000 people to promote the integration of their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing. Additionally, Liza organizes pop up dance events such as “Dance Now, Think Later” which transform public and private spaces in major cities into impromptu dance activation centers for community connection, fundraising and enhanced brand engagement for companies. She also facilitates movement-based energy breaks at national conferences and teaches conscious dance classes aroma- therapy wellness workshops and trainings. www.LizaPitsirilos.com FB: Liza Pitsirilos Instagram: AwakenwithLiza

Saturday 6:30pm- Sacred Embodiment: JOURNEY DANCE Lee is a southeastern performance artist who demonstrates a fu- sion of styles that incorporate hip hop and dance, as well as the utilization of props to create a beautiful visual display.

Lee has had the wonderful opportunity to work with such companies as Kansas City Vibe Tribe, Purple Hat Productions, and Pass the Good in varying capacities from performer to performance co- ordinator. He has also performed as an independent contractor for festivals and events such as SCI’S Hulaween, Wakarusa Music and Arts Festival.. He began learning multiple props under the direc- tion of the team at Arkansas Circus Arts in Little Rock Arkansas. Since his training, Lee has continued to find ways to push the joy of hoopDANCE into the world, which soon lead him to several 2017 international hoop awards for his work with Hooptown Hot- tie choreographer Morgan Jenkins in “Despondence”. Lee hopes to bring hoops into the DANCE community and has been teaching hoopDANCE intensives across the country!

Sunday 2pm- Bellyache Choreo: In this workshop we will be learning a choreographed piece to the song shown at the beginning of class. Choreography can be super challenging, especially for those of us who have chosen to go with the FLOW of things. That being said, in this workshop, we will focus on what our body does FIRST, then add the hoop LATER. Once we feel comfortable enough as a collective, we will then discuss ways to personalize the piece and add an individual FLOUR- ISH, and then divide into groups to showcase with the rest of class!

Sunday, 5pm- Ribs: A Hoopers BBQ Ever hooped indoors and felt restricted by space? if so, then this is the workshop for you! This workshop will mainly focus on what our BODY is doing during OFF BODY movement with our prop! In this class, students will get a better understanding of body mechanics that will help add a FLOURISH to their stationary flow! Come join us as we fancy up some beginner sequences for your hoopDANCE! Born and raised in Miami FL. teaching south Florida the latest fire and flow techniques I learned from my travels around the world. 1 of 4 fire guardians for Envision Festival. Shin for Florida Fire Col- lective Fire conclave.

instagram @miamifireflow

Sunday 5pm- Poi Chi with Water Poi- We go over balance and learn Grace with pendulums and a slow flow to reach a state of zen. In the end we play battle poi, a time of total chaos and lots of fun!

Introducing the marvelous Lux Luminous currently based in Bos- ton, MA. She was introduced to the flow community through the hoop in 2010 and went on to explore other props until she found the levitation wand also known as flow wand. 6 months after practicing, she added fire to her levi-wand. As co-creator of the contact wand, her style is incredibly unique. She explores deep into the abilities of her prop’s movement pairing that with a deep knowledge of the history as well. In addition to her dedication to instruc- tion, she actively cultivates conversation within the conclave of levi-wand spinners through the Levitation Stick facebook group.

She occasionally teaches workshops in Boston, and you may have seen her at: Flow Market, Wombat, Monkey See Monkey Do, FLAME, Fahrenheit, Campfire, Renegade teaching at Kinetic Fire, or being an all around BOSS at New England Flow Fest. She’s been featured at the Flow Show NYC, in a flowtoys exclusive video, and in Momentum. https://www.facebook.com/LizFyreArtist/

Saturday 12:30pm- Intro to LeviWand

Sunday 12:30pm- Leviwand Manips Bursting out of Louisville, KY; Matt O’ fell in love with the flow community ever since he picked up poi and attended his 1st flow festival. Since being introduced to poi he has picked up contact staff, double staff, hoop and is now grasping the concept of juggling and club manipulation. He doesn’t think his hunger to learn will ever be satisfied with so many new ideas and props that keep com- ing out. He now travels the region to instruct and perform with a goal to inspire and spread the beauty of the flow arts to as many people as possible. http://www.artafterdarkentertainment.com https://www.facebook.com/ArtafterDarkEntertainment

Saturday 11am- Intro to Contact Poi – Class focusing on the concept of manipulating the poi on & around the body while keeping in contact of the poi head, tether and/or handle. These fun ideas open you to an entire new world of poi.

Saturday 3:30pm Intro to Contact Staff – A beginner’s guide into the realm on contact staff. Discussing the functionality of the staff to better understand how it works in correlation with your body and movements. Then taking the concept of contact staff and learning how to apply it into your basic beginner staff moves.

Sunday 12:30pm- Performance Techniques 101 – This class is designed to help you become a better performer by combining some street and threatric performance techniques together so you can get your applause when you want them while also keeping your character and story line intact no matter what show you’re putting on. We will be stepping out of our comfort zones and breaking the 4th wall in performance training games.

Megan & Rob Newmans and co-founders of the SlacroDuo have been teaching acroyoga and slackline for 6 years. They are Certified YogaSlacker and AcroYoga teachers based out of Miami and two of many community leaders sharing what they love. “We are on a mission to inspire all to do what you love, do what you enjoy and do what makes you happy in life”. @ Slacroduo

Saturday 11am- AcroYoga Basics+ Acroyoga blends Yoga, Ac- robatics and Thai Massage in a safe and playful environment. In this partner based practice you will be supported and provide sup- port through trust and communication,trust within the body, trust within the community, and trust in the fact that it’s a lot of fun to do these amazing things you never thought you’d be able to do. No partner is necessary, come ready to be challenged and ready to succeed. I started dancing when I exited high school. From clubs, to under- ground raves, to festivals, I always felt a rhythm in my body from music that I was told should be still in school. I found fire dancing first, then flow arts. From the beach to -you tube, I found other spinners adding in the popping and liquid movements I adored as a dancer. That is when I realized that I could evolve with this art. I have grown to incorporate a number of staffs into my routines, focusing on double contact as what enam- ored my senses, sending tingles down my spin every well landed movement and pattern. https://www.facebook.com/RoFireDancer https://www.youtube.com/user/SteadyMonotony

Saturday 12:30pm- Styx on Styx: An Intro to SoSC From balancing lock points with two staffs, to balancing one on the other, to traps. This class will go over the necessity of balancing your staff, on your staff.

Sunday 12:30pm- The Violin, and Their Notes: An Intro to SoSC Violin, the significance of the violin swap in the movement and it’s variations.

Tommy Danger Fire Dancer. Fire Breather. Lover Of The Circus Arts. Adventurer. New Macro Photographer! Check me out at Groovolution Enter- tainment! www.groovolutionentertainment.com @tommydanger5

Sunday 12:30pm Cyr Wheel - getting over the waltz wall --this will be pending depending on my acquisition of multiple wheels from my contact company!

Saturday 3:30pm Contact Staff - Looping your Lucero! This class will cover basics of the lucero, as well as variations of how to loop it into and out of other fun vertical staff trickery! TAG US: #flowfests FOLLOW US: @flowfests LIKE US: fb.com/flowfests

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