NORTHWEST FLOW FEST SEATTLE, WA | VOLUNTEER PARK | JUNE 29-30, 2019 Poi Dance/Yoga Staff Any/All Props Juggling/Other Hoop

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NORTHWEST FLOW FEST SEATTLE, WA | VOLUNTEER PARK | JUNE 29-30, 2019 poi dance/yoga staff any/all props juggling/other hoop

SATURDAYAREA 1 , JUNEAREA 29 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 Chasing that Stall Intro to Multiplexes Basic Contact Staff Wrap it Up! 11:30am Nat Dank Zalvador Spades Katie Fish Face 1pm FREE! Instructor Showcase Performance @ Parke Diem! Bounce with Me Intro to Club Juggles Step Onto Stage Fundamental Breaks 2pm Hinde Solenne Alexa Spades Mindy Morgan

Intro to HoopDance 3:30pm 8-Step Stall Chase Beyond Cascade Double Staff Grid Flow Fusion Grant Baker Richard Hartnell Tutting- SolRiso Catherine Bird

Hug Life Classic Club Juggles Intro to Levi Wand Rolling in the Deep 5pm Spades Solenne Alexa Lady Aetheria Mindy Morgan

Business of Performing Club Passing 101 Intro to HoopDance 6:30pm Double Staff Trap Flow Fusion Richard Hartnell Lance & Brian SolRiso Catherine Bird

SUNDAYAREA, 1 JUNE 30AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 Radical Poi Stacks NeuroScience of Flow Partner Acro Staff Pure Invention 11am Grant Baker Richard Hartnell SolRiso Casandra!

12:30pm Two Poi One Hand Intermediate Levi Wand Staff Toss & Double Hoop Patterns Lance Woods Lady Aetheria Juggling- Spades Nat Dank

2pm Poi Tricks Grab Bag Find Your Center Intro to Trick Roping Hooper Floorwork Grant Baker Zalvador Dangerous Duncan Catherine Bird

3:30pm Slight of Poi Contact Juggling Advanced Levi The Bees Knees Hinde Richard Hartnell Wand- Lady Aetheria Mindy Morgan

Spin ALL the Poi Viniyoga for Flow Triple Contact Staff 2+ Hoops 5pm Grant Baker Catherine Bird SolRiso Nat Dank 6:30pm FREE! Flow Jam + Volley Club Championship! Sponsored by: NORTHWEST FLOW FEST SEATTLE, WA | VOLUNTEER PARK | JUNE 29-30, 2019

poi dance/yoga staff any/all props juggling/other hoop SATURDAY, JUNE 29 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 Chasing that Stall Intro to Multiplexes Basic Contact Staff Wrap it Up! 11:30am Natalie Dank Zalvador Spades Katie Fish Face Saturday June 29 @ 11:30am Area 1- Natalie Dank- Chasing that stall: beginner poi class teaching stall chaser and variations

Area 2- Zalvador the Mysterious- Intro to Multiplexes (Juggling ) Practices and fundamentals on how to throw 2,3,4 and even 5 clubs from the same hand at the same time.

Area 3- Spades- Basic Contact Staff Come learn how to spin a staff without gripping it with your hand! Welcome to the MAGICAL WORLD OF CONTACT STAFF!! We will be starting from the basics and working our way up the ladder to cover any contact staff move you want to learn! Class will be divided based on skill level and participants will be encouraged to move between groups to challenge themselves and help each other learn! All skill levels welcome!

Area 4- Katie FishFace- Wrap It Up! Body wraps, body rolls, full sequences of body wrapping manuevers and exploring awkward spaces with hoops! (Intermediate) 1pm FREE! Instructor Showcase Performance @ Parke Diem!

AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 Bounce with Me Intro to Club Juggles Step Onto Stage Fundamental Breaks 2pm Hinde Solenne Alexa Spades Mindy Morgan Saturday June 29 @ 2pm Area 1- Hinde- Bounce with me This is a class on changing direction by bouncing your poi off of different parts of you body.

Area 2- Solenne- Intro to Club Juggling Learn the basics of club juggling and learn how to clean up your club juggling pattern. Learn creative ways to start and stop the pattern.

Area 3- Spades- Step Onto Stage Prop manipulation and dance naturally lends itself to being a spectacle. Let’s work together to build that talent into a routine created to WOW an audience! All Props and skills welcome! We will focus on concepts, not choreography. Great for first timers AND experienced performers. GAMES included! NORTHWEST FLOW FEST SEATTLE, WA | VOLUNTEER PARK | JUNE 29-30, 2019

poi dance/yoga staff any/all props juggling/other hoop SATURDAY, JUNE 29 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 Bounce with Me Intro to Club Juggles Step Onto Stage Fundamental Breaks 2pm Hinde Solenne Alexa Spades Mindy Morgan

Saturday June 29 @ 2pm Area 4- Mindy Morgan- Building a Foundation for Breaks In this workshop, we will build a foundation for smooth and clean breaks and paddles and explore variations including single hand breaks, elbow breaks, outside hoop breaks and knee breaks.

AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 Intro to HoopDance 3:30pm 8-Step Stall Chase Beyond Cascade Double Staff Grid Flow Fusion Grant Baker Richard Hartnell Tutting- SolRiso Catherine Bird

Saturday June 29 @ 3:30pm Area 1- Grant Baker- Secrets of the 8 Step Stall Chase. Ready to take your stall chasers to the next level? This class will focus on unlocking the 8 step stall chase, a framework that adds an incredible level of connectivity to and boosts the innovative potential of the humble stall chaser, in addition to being a technically dazzling trick in its own right. This trick is both wide and deep...This is an intermediate to advanced class and it is recommended to be comfortable with vertical and horizontal poi stalls to get the most out of this class.

Area 2- Richard Hartnell-Juggling: Beyond the Cascade Got three things? Want to know what to do besides “just juggle them?” This class is for you: a heap of tricks and patterns to introduce greater flexibility and flow to your juggling.

Area 3- Solriso- Double Staff Grid Tutting vs. Antibrids Are you looking for ways to integrate Dance into your object manipulation? Do you like to Tutt? Do you want to learn how to Tutt? Do you want to combine Tutting with your Double Staff Grid Manipulations? Well then this class is for you!

Area 4- Catherine Bird- Flow Fusion Let’s drop our props for a minute! This all levels fusion belly dance choreography will help you feel the flow in your own body. We’ll discover undulating patterns in our hands, arms, feet, hips, and yes even our bellies that can help us dance with our props. Class will begin with a drill based warm up and end in a short yoga cool down. All genders and body types welcome. NORTHWEST FLOW FEST SEATTLE, WA | VOLUNTEER PARK | JUNE 29-30, 2019

poi dance/yoga staff any/all props juggling/other hoop SATURDAY, JUNE 29 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 Hug Life Classic Club Juggles Intro to Levi Wand Rolling in the Deep 5pm Spades Solenne Alexa Lady Aetheria Mindy Morgan

Saturday June 29 @ 5pm

Spades- Hug Life - The Science and sociology of hugs, including a hug buffet! Come experience dozens of fun and creative hugs while exploring the science and sociology beneath the practice of hugging in our culture and around the world. Guaranteed to entertain and build friendships!

Solenne- Classic Club Juggling Tricks Learn classic club juggling tricks such as doubles, chops, flourishes, under the arm or leg throws, and 432. Learn strategy for learning tricks faster. Tailored to the desires of the participants.

Lady Aetheria- Beginner: Intro to Levi Wand. this class is for brand new wanders, we will cover the basics, of movement, history of Levi, clothing, different finger loops etc. love this to be a free class

Monday Morgan- Rolling in the Deep: This workshop is all about chest rolls and variations. We will explore different techniques for a precise chest roll, transitions in and out of rolls and experiment with group chest rolls.

Business of Performing Club Passing 101 Intro to HoopDance 6:30pm Double Staff Trap Flow Fusion Richard Hartnell Lance & Brian SolRiso Catherine Bird

Saturday June 29 @ 6:30pm Area 1- Richard Hartnell- The Business of Performance How do I make money performing with props? How does street performance work? What are the logistics necessary to throwing a public fire show? How do I start getting gigs? Do I ever get to quit my day job? What happens when I do?

Area 2- Lance & Brian- Beginning Club Passing. We will go over the basics of 4 count and some starting tricks. We will also go over two count.

Area 3- Solriso- Double Staff Trap Workshop his class is for students who are comfortable with Double Contact Staff and are ready to learn Staff on Staff Contact (SOSC). After an introduction of the various Trap positions, students will learn drills to help them solidify their SOSC technique and explore the limitless transitions this style encourages. NORTHWEST FLOW FEST SEATTLE, WA | VOLUNTEER PARK | JUNE 29-30, 2019

poi dance/yoga staff any/all props juggling/other hoop SATURDAY, JUNE 29 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 Business of Performing Club Passing 101 Intro to HoopDance 6:30pm Double Staff Trap Flow Fusion Richard Hartnell Lance & Brian SolRiso Catherine Bird

Area 4- Catherine Bird- Title: Introduction to Hoop Dance Description: Build a strong foundation for your hoop journey! Catherine will cover basic moves and some of their exciting variations as well as how they can flow seamlessly together. Class will have a focus on posture, condition- ing, and coordination. Students will explore fundamental practices which they can come back to again and again even as they advance their skills. Hoop hoop! BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! NORTHWEST FLOW FEST SEATTLE, WA | VOLUNTEER PARK | JUNE 29-30, 2019

poi dance/yoga staff any/all props juggling/other hoop SUNDAY, JUNE 30 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 Radical Poi Stacks NeuroScience of Flow Partner Acro Staff Pure Invention 11am Grant Baker Richard Hartnell SolRiso Casandra!

Sunday June 30 @ 11am Area 1- Grant Baker- Radically Poipendicular: Right angle stacking and manipulation with poi. Tut, with poi! Learn a delightfully modular framework for shifting corners around that will leave your head thinking inside the box. This intermediate level class will teach you to square the circle and set you up to explore further on your own. Knowing how to perform an isolated pendulum will help with this class, but is not necessary.

Area 2- Richard Hartnell- Neuroscience of Practice and Flow What is the flow state, really? How does learning work? What is muscle memory? How do mystical experiences happen? Is consciousness real? What’s the best way to practice? What is the cosmic significance of the circle... and the circus?

Area 3- Solriso- Partner Acro + Contact Staff *Previous Acro Experience Preferred, Acro-Yoga w/ Props (Advanced) Confident with Partner Acro? Ready to combine Acro and Object Manipulation?! This curriculum will overview the fundamentals of object manipulation and introduce how it’s theories relate and combine with Partner Acro. Heightened attention will be placed on prop positioning, transitions and sequencing so students discover routines ultimately with the intention of lighting their props on fire!

Area 4- Casandra! - Pure Invention Step into the laboratory, open the toolbox, crank up the machine: this workshop is all about pushing past the boundaries of the mundane. We will play with transitions, drills and techniques to open up your hoopdance flow, stitching together techniques from all across the map to bust you right out of any rut or plateau. My absolute favorite thing about flow arts is breaking ground on entirely new moves, so I’ll also be sharing my favorite techniques for invention. NORTHWEST FLOW FEST SEATTLE, WA | VOLUNTEER PARK | JUNE 29-30, 2019

poi dance/yoga staff any/all props juggling/other hoop SUNDAY, JUNE 30 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 12:30pm Two Poi One Hand Intermediate Levi Wand Staff Toss & Double Hoop Patterns Lance Woods Lady Aetheria Juggling- Spades Nat Dank

Sunday June 30 @ 12:30pm Area 1- Lance Woods- Two poi one hand. In this workshop we will go over some of the basics and break them down to the simplest and slowest terms and motions possible.

Area 2- Lady Aetheria-Intermediate: Intro to Contact Levi We will go over the basics for Contact Levi, perches, tic-tocs, wrist wraps, stalls, conveyor belts and if there is time some more advanced moves.

Area 3- Spades- Staff Tosses and Juggling Learn how to throw sticks in the air with style! We will start with basic concepts and staff tosses for you to incor- porate into your single or double staff spinning flow. The class will progress into fancy toss variations and conclude with several staff juggling patterns. All skill levels welcome! Several sets of staffs will be provided, but please bring your own if possible.

Area 4- Natalie Dank- Double Hoop Patterns

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2pm Poi Tricks Grab Bag Find Your Center Intro to Trick Roping Hooper Floorwork Grant Baker Zalvador Dangerous Duncan Catherine Bird

Sunday June 30 @ 2pm Area 1- Grant Baker- Grant’s Grab Bag: Creative Poi Tricks & Tosses In this intermediate poi class Grant will pull out a favorite assortment of aesthetic, creative, and just plain neat poi tosses and patterns from his brain of holding and break them down in painstaking detail for you to learn. This will mostly be a two poi class but will include tricks for 1, 2, 3, and 4 poi, so come prepared if you can!

Area 2- Zalvador the Mysterious- Find Your Center (Juggling) Exploring fun concepts and ideas for balance focused juggling tricks

Area 3- Dangerous Duncan- Intro to Trick Roping Learn the anatomy of a trick rope in addition to learning your first couple flat loop tricks. NORTHWEST FLOW FEST SEATTLE, WA | VOLUNTEER PARK | JUNE 29-30, 2019

poi dance/yoga staff any/all props juggling/other hoop SUNDAY, JUNE 30 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4

2pm Poi Tricks Grab Bag Find Your Center Intro to Trick Roping Hooper Floorwork Grant Baker Zalvador Dangerous Duncan Catherine Bird

Area 4- Catherine Bird- Floor Work for Hoopers Description: Floor work is a surprising element to add to your next hoop routine. This workshop will discuss all aspects of how to get to and from the ground with grace as well as some simple and not so simple ideas for movement when you are down there. We’ll drill tricks and discuss technique, safety, as well as ideas for training (no need to do this all in one day). Knee pads are recommended.

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3:30pm Slight of Poi Contact Juggling Advanced Levi The Bees Knees Hinde Richard Hartnell Wand- Lady Aetheria Mindy Morgan

Sunday June 30 @ 3:30pm Area 1- Hinde- Slight of poi This class is all about playing within the grid without really spinning

Area 2- Richard Hartnell- Contact Juggling (All Levels) A survey of most/all the basic and intermediate techniques in contact juggling. How to shave six months off the beginning of your journey by identifying the bad habits that make everybody plateau and suck forever.

Area 3- Lady Aetheria-Advanced: Dance and Partner Work with Levi Wand We will explore movement, as well as some partner dancing connections that you can do with levi.

Area 4- Mindy Morgan- The Bee’s Knees Take this workshop if you want to become an expert at knee hooping! We will work on knee hooping with both legs and single legs in the horizontal plane, vertical single knee hooping, knee breaks and transitions in and out of knee hooping. NORTHWEST FLOW FEST SEATTLE, WA | VOLUNTEER PARK | JUNE 29-30, 2019

poi dance/yoga staff any/all props juggling/other hoop SUNDAY, JUNE 30 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 Spin ALL the Poi Viniyoga for Flow Triple Contact Staff 2+ Hoops 5pm Grant Baker Catherine Bird SolRiso Nat Dank

Sunday June 30 @ 5pm Area 1- Grant Baker- Spin ALL the poi. Numbers spinning! This workshop will build off the humble poi wedgie to get your brain buzzing with how to spin 11+ (!!!) poi AT THE SAME TIME, in addition to other interesting poi wedgie tricks and combinations. This is an all levels class. Requisites: knowing a few 2 poi in one hand tricks and basic poi juggling will help you get the most from this class, but are not strictly necessary. Also, BRING ALL THE POI.

Area 2- Catherine Bird- Viniyoga for Flow Artists This all levels yoga class will bring us back to our breath and compliment as well as compensate for our flow practice. Viniyoga focuses on the function of each pose over the form and balancing stability with flexibility in the body. This feel good sequence will relax and renew your physical and mental self for the rest of your Flow Fest weekend.

Area 3- Solriso- Intro to Contact Triple Staff This class is designed for students whom are already comfortable with the fundamentals of Contact Double Staff. If you understand ’Traps’, ‘Steve’ and ‘Angel Roll’ techniques, this class with teach you how to combine these types of movements into 3 stick patterns. After learning a couple fundamental transitions, you’ll be creating your own fluid sequences in no time! While there are many avenues of Triple Staff, including but not limited to ‘Toss Jug- gling’, ‘Balance’ and ‘Devil Stick’, this class focuses specifically on ‘Contact’.

Area 4- Natalie Dank- More than 2 Quadruple the fun: all off body hoop tech working up to quad!

6:30pm FREE! Flow Jam + Volley Club Championship! FLOW FESTS FEATURED INSTRUCTOR 2019 Lady Aetheria- Aetheria has been in the flow arts community since 2012 and before she picked up a prop she was photographer for a local fire troupe. Aetheria is a performer and instructor, that loves to share knowledge and tell sto- ries with her stage shows. She is one of the Organizers for Pacific Fire Gathering, and NWFF, as well as an FAI safety instructor. Aetheria has performed across the country and hopes that her acts inspire people to find their passion.

Casandra! - Casandra Tanenbaum is an artist, educator and entrepreneur. Creator of Flow Fests- festivals of play in major cities nationwide; co-creator of Hoola-Fit with Hoola Mon- sters founder Abby Albaum, Casandra has been teaching hoop dance for over 10 years. She holds a Masters of Art in Contemplative Education from Naropa University, but she wields a microphone like a slam poet (‘cause, she’s also a slam poet! surprise!).

Catherine Bird is a hula hooper, belly dancer, and fire performer based out of Tacoma, WA. Her love of movement began when she saw fire poi spinners for the first time in 2003 at a small house party. With electronic music as her soundtrack she began to explore the flow arts, delving into poi, hoops, fans, and fire eating. In 2011 she began performing professionally and since then she has brought her love of fire and flow all over the Puget Sound. She teaches weekly hoop and fusion belly dance classes at Tacoma Dance Studios. A lifelong learner and devotee of the dance, Catherine is currently a student of Nadira of Seattle and Moria Chappell of Belly Dance Super Stars. She is also a 200 RYT in the viniyoga lineage and integrates these studies into all her classes and workshops. For more information check out www.catherine- birddance.com

Lance Woods has been performing for over 5 years: “I started with Portland conclave in 2013 and have since stepped out by myself, helped launch Crispy Clowns with his wife Moi- ra Woods and with help from Brian. We have performed our piece twice now, at Pacific Fire Gathering and Humboldt Juggling Festival.”

Brian Hirschberger has been juggling many different props for over 20 years. He has been a craftsman for 16 years. After starting to make his own props he co-founded Science of O.M. Flofins and the cores used in Crispy Clowns Crystal Poi are two of the contributions he has made in an effort to help bring unique and quality props to the community.

Dangerous Duncan- “I’ve been trick roping and performing trick roping for about 20 years. I got started performing with the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus (as a child), I was the opening act for the Trail Dust Town stunt show (also in Tucson) for 3 years, and I’ve taught classes and performed with SANCA (School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts) on and off for the past 5 years. In addition to this, I’ve performed and taught workshops around the Seattle area for the past 5 years.”

FLOW FESTS FEATURED INSTRUCTOR 2019 Grant Baker became a devotee of poi manipulation after he saw his first split-time opposite antispin flower at a local burn in 2009. From then on he has been an obsessive innovator, instructor, and performer of poi. He has performed professionally with Unifire Theatre in and around the Southeast. In addition to performance he has been teaching poi at festivals up and down the eastern seaboard since 2012, spreading the joy of poi to newcomers and sharing his more advanced techniques with those looking to enhance their art. He has become known throughout the poi community as a smart and fun spinner with a unique, interesting style encompassing a broad range of techniques. Hinde- “I’ve taught throughout the United States for the past 4 years now, including North- West Flow Fest in 2017 as a Featured Instructor for Flow Fests Flourish in 2017-2018.”

Katie FishFace “I have been found spinning in circles since 2013. I am Seattle based and have been a fire performance artist since 2015. I have enjoyed performing with Washington Fire Collective for 3 years. I have had the opportunity to teach hoop workshops at Pacific Fire Gathering and Seattle’s own Flowshops. My main focus are hoops and fans; although I enjoy a variety of prop manipulation. I am also a preschool teacher and afterschool elementary pro- gram teacher where I will teach hooping with the kiddos :)”

Mindy Morgan has been cultivating her passion for hooping since 2013 and is best known for her clean execution of breaks and paddles. In addition to teaching hoop classes, she teaches college math courses and founded a local flow arts club that meets weekly and performs at local events.

Natalie Dank- “I am a part of the seattle flow community and work with multiple prop shops, as well as throw random renegade fire jams.”

FLOW FESTS FEATURED INSTRUCTOR 2019 Richard Hartnell is a multi-disciplinary circus artist from the US west coast. He is best known as one of the world’s eminent practitioners of “contact juggling.” Co-founder of the blossoming Bellingham Circus Guild, Richard dove full-time into the circus arts in 2009 when he relocated to a cluster of live-in circus studios in Oakland, California -- the seat of North American fire dancing at the time. From there, he worked both solo and with several troupes while embarking on tours across twelve coun- tries. He has joyously shared stages and green rooms with artists such as Bassnectar, Michael Moschen, Viktor Kee, Beats Antique, Static-X, Tom Noddy, the Flying Karamazov Brothers, MarchFourth Marching Band, and more.

Enrico SolRiso is an internationally acclaimed performance artist who specializes in fire per- formances, dance, partner acrobatics and object manipulation. Solenne Alexa- “I have been practicing various flow arts for over a dozen years now. When I first tried to juggle I threw balls every which way except my hands. My own struggle helped me better understand how to overcome common problems while learning juggling. In addition to juggling balls, clubs, and torches, I also spin poi, do some hula hooping, contact juggling, clowning, crow-style meteor, and have recently started learning contact staff. I find that practicing multiple props has helped me see how patterns relate to one another and how to transfer concepts between props. My favorite skills usually involve group interaction, such as shared juggling, club passing, and poi passing.”

FLOW FESTS FEATURED INSTRUCTOR 2019 Spades is a graceful ninja capable of as- tounding feats of balance. He specializes in contact staff and juggling, but explores all props combined with theatrics and movement. Spades is based out of Portland, Oregon, but has taught workshops and performed around the world since 2007.

Zalvador the mysterious comes from a land filled with juggles and circus mystery! Special- izing in Poi, Juggling, Clown, Fire Dancing, Music and Fun, this entertainer has made it his mission to share joy and art with everyone! His playful and mysterious artistic style, which he has been passionately building the last 8 years, will surely inspire smiles in anyone who has the pleasure of witnessing this wonderful performer! BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!

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