Burning Ideas
Most of Kiki Pettit's artwork incorporates fire, neon, el-wire, or fiber optics; she is perhaps best known for her fire fountains and cauldrons. Scott "Sparky" Bartlett is a metal sculptor, working primarily in steel, but his current projects incorporate flames moving through clear tubing.
www.burningideas.com
Capacitor
Interdisciplinary movement artists that accumulate energy from our technologically impacted culture and release it through innovative, multi-sensory performances.
www.capacitor.org
Copper Lantern Fire Theater
Performing a sneak preview of a longer production that takes place in an imagined future, where the division between machine and human is extremely thin.
www.copperlantern.org
Cuatro Caminos
Their music incorporates deep grooves, Latin and world flavors, classic soul stylings, hard-hitting dance numbers, and loopy alien stories.
www.stumprecords.com/cuatro-caminos.html
Michael Christian
Known for his large-scale interactive sculpture and installations, Michael debuts an 18-foot winged fire beast. Beware!!!
www.michaelchristian.com
Mark Deutsch
A classically trained bassist and sitar player, Mark has extensive experience in orchestral ensembles, world music traditions, jazz combos, and solo sitar performance.
www.bazantar.com
Curtis Finger
His photographic work-in-progress, "Night on Fire," depicts exciting imagery of the Bay Area fire performance scene. (in The Crucible)
www.circlesofconfusion.com
Fire Arts Collective
Fire Arts Collective is a Bay Area troupe, performing with fire poi, staff, fingers, fans and their signature fire jump rope.
www.fireartscollective.com
Fire Conclave of Burning Man
During the year they dance in their own cities throughout the world, but once a year they gather at Burning Man to perform together and create a protective ring of fire and light before the Man is set afire.
crimson@burningman.com
Fire Garden
Eccentric Design is a collective of artists and performers working together to create interactive sculpture and environments incorporating fire and light. Eccentric is developing a new full evening performance project to be presented in 2005.
www.firegarden.org
Flaming Lotus Girls
Flaming Lotus Girls have been creating works of copper, steel, and fire since 2000 when they made their first six-chambered kerosene shooter, attached petals to it, and painted it pink! They are currently re-creating the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades star constellation for Burning Man 2004.
www.flaminglotus.com
Laura Garnish
Neon artist.
Scott Gasparian - The HypKnowTron
This kinetic light sculpture has been known to instill mass hallucination. Stare at your own risk!
www.1sky.com/hkt/
Gingerbread Candy Monahan and Jasmine Garden
This duo from Rosin Coven will bring cello and violin to the mesmerizing fire sculptures on Thursday night.
www.rosincoven.com
Wally Glenn - The Flaming Zen Garden
Seattle's "PyroBoy" started his career as a fire puppeteer and co-founder of Cirque de Flambe. He continues to push the boundaries of this new art form as an "explosive" solo artist and as part of The Big Bang Group.
www.gwally.com/pyroboy/
"Bonefire" Bob Hoffman
Bob's creation, "Pyrocussion," incorporates flamethrowers that are played with drumsticks.
www.bonefire.com
Illegally Hot
This Bay Area fire performance troupe, led by "Glittergirl," is heating up the stage Saturday night with a teaser from their full-length show.
Infinite Kaos
Infinite Kaos has been exploring the fusion of dance-theater, contact improv and fire arts since 2001. They are pleased to premier their latest work, "Sacrifice."
www.infinitekaos.com
David O. Johnson
Neon and site-specific installation artist.
www.davidojohnson.com
Kook Troupe
Kook Troupe is a dance theater circus company comprised of interdisciplinary performance artists, who often juxtapose humor with pathos.
www.kooktroupe.org
Kabari
This group of 6 students took Belva Stone’s fire dance class at The Crucible just six months ago. With a lot of hard work and dedication they've created one HOT fire dance troupe!
www.kabarifire.com
Karisini Yogini
Has fire danced with Seattle's Pyrostura and recently relocated to the Bay Area.
kari@irongypsy.com
Scott Kildall - "Pyrocycles"
Scott Kildall teaches in the Kinetics Department at The Crucible and creates sculpture that examines the problem of access to art and its relation to consumerism.
www.kildall.com
La Fiebre, featuring Fyrestorm
A Latin American fire dance project, "Between the Devil and the Darkness Fire Baile" explores the capricious nature of fate, as personified by the Yoruba deity Elegua, keeper of crossroads.
www.kanizares.com
Marisa Lenhardt
Soprano Marisa Lenhardt performs with Opera San Jose and Velocity Circus. At Burning Man she sings in Thunderdome and captivates thousands at David Best's Temple burns.
www.marisalenhardt.com
Light Fantastic
Jeremy Lutes works with fiber optics, neon and electronics to create interactive sculpture, costuming and large-scale installations. Kathleen Fernald's work crosses many disciplinary boundaries, from ceramics and fiber arts to steel and electricity.
www.firegarden.org/newlightfant.html
Amy "Luna" Manderino
Performing backlight bellydance with flaming sword—dancing on wine glasses!
www.lunabelly.com/
Mutaytor
The Mutaytor combines thundering fluorescent-green drums, live improvisational electronica, breathtaking fire performers, sensual hoop dancers, and dazzling aerial stunts. Widely known for their epic and over-the-top live shows!
www.mutaytor.com
Nebula Project
Betty Ray is a writer, DJ and chaos theoretician with an obsession for deep space. Christopher Schardt's fantastic sculpture, art cars and installations often incorporate light and technology.
www.schardt.org
One People Company - Balinese Gamelon Orchestra
A performance ritual and fusion of gamelan music, monkey chant, storytelling and fire dance.
Sonicfurniture7@aol.com
Phoenix Rising
Since 1999 they have been bringing the magic of the fire arts to stages around the world, featuring intricate choreography and fire fans, fingers, staves, poi and wings.
www.phoenixRisingArtists.com
RELartivity
Dawn Ryan is fascinated with neuroscience and its comparative relationship to electronics and computers. Rick Lellinger is currently working with fiber optics. They collaborated on Spirata Luminosa at Burning Man 2003.
www.relartivity.com
Jack Schroll - "El Diablo"
Jack Schroll's work is large, loud and complex. After watching the Olympics in Australia, he conceived the idea for El Diablo," a jet engine repurposed as sculpture!
GT350JACK@aol.com
David Sloves
David Sloves started spinning double staff in Palenque, Mexico in Y2K. He has since performed fire dancing and live music throughout North and Central America.
dgsloves@yahoo.com
Charlie Smith - "Naust"
Culling from his Viking heritage, Charlie has adopted the word "Naust", which means safe harbor, for his giant hearths. His sculptures have been touring the U.S., bringing people together wherever they go.
www.playahearth.com
Nate Smith - "The Singularity Machine"
In 1977 Nate Smith used large format cameras to photograph fireball explosions he created in remote parts of Utah. Now he builds machines which allow him to create fantastic fire vortexes and to sculpt fire directly!
www.fire-arts.com
Kal Spelletich of Seemen
Kal's latest work involves experimenting with biomorphic inputs that trigger machines and robots to provide viewers with a direct experience. He is a recognized innovator in the field of interactive machine and fire art.
www.seemen.org
Sunbrothers
Kevin Gauna and Dennis Baum create solar powered botanical sculptures. Their work includes sunflowers, corn stalks, pea vines, roses and some very special carrots.
www.sunbrothers.com
www.firegarden.org/newsunbro.html
Therm
Therm creates sculptural forms as instruments that manipulate and shape flames. They are pushing the boundaries of flame technology and flame effects. Therm is Dave Andres, Vance Cearle, Orion Fredericks, Justin Gray, Barbara Kruse, and Zach Wetzel.
www.therm.biz
Vau De Vire Society
The Vau De Vire Society is a local neoteric-cabaret coterie that embraces dancers, actors, acrobats, musicians, aerialists, contortionists, and sideshow performers who reflect their times while flirting with the past.
www.vaudeviresociety.com
Buzz Voelker
Buzz Voelker works with illuminated sculpture that incorporates neon, LEDs, chemical luminescence, and fire. He created the fire antlers worn by performers at The Crucible's presentation of Dido & Aeneas A Fire Opera.
www.buzzonfire.com
Kasia Wojnarski - Tunnel of Transformation
Kasia believes fire has the power to purify, regenerate, and inspire the human spirit. Her goal is always to make sculpture that is "beautiful and prudently dangerous."
rokkitkween@yahoo.com
Xeno
This multimedia performance group incorporates dance, music, spoken word, and video into its professional and dynamic productions. In 2001 Xeno opened its home theater and headquarters, Xenodrome, in San Francisco.
www.xenodrome.com
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