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Fire Arts Festival 2005

The 2005 Fire Arts Festival
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Apsara

www.livingart.org
 

Capacitor

Capacitor features interdisciplinary movement artists that emulate energy from our technologically impacted culture and release it through innovative, multi-sensory performances.
www.capacitor.org
 

Copper Lantern Fire Theater

www.copperlantern.org
 

Coven Fire Troupe

The Coven Fire Troupe’s newest show consists of a sequence of individual and group fire-dancing and fire-eating, body contact performances synchronized with audio and visual media.
www.covenfiretroupe.com
 

Dr. Megavolt

Dr. Megavolt and Mistress Megavolt and their Tesla coils
www.drmegavolt.com
 

Enemy Combatant Dance Theater

Enemy Combatant Dance Theater (formerly 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
 

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
 

F-Space

F-Space is an extreme experimental pyro-industrial art-punk rock band project by Scot Jenerik, Ethan Port and Aleph Kali.
www.mobilization.com
 

Glitter Girl & the Temple of Poi

Fire performances infusing poi and hooping ranging from duets to a quartet.
www.templeofpoi.com
 

Loop!Station

loopthis.com
 

Los Sueños del Fuego

Los Sueños del Fuego is a San Francisco based light & fire arts troupe established in 2003 performing at many different events throughout the bay area and beyond.
www.lsdfuego.com
 

Michael Sturtz, "Micro-Knievel" and "Pyrodini"

Michael Sturtz is a professional sculptor and accomplished daredevil who has been performing spectacular feats of fiery bravery at Crucible events since its inception in 1999. Past acts have included plasma-cutting himself out of a giant steel pipe that exploded into flames as he jumped out, riding a zipline through a wall of fire, getting zapped by a tesla coil, and slow-cooking under a flaming fire blanket for five minutes at The Crucible's Fire Opera. Michael finds these stunts to be a relaxing break from his other job as The Crucible's Executive Director.
www.michaelsturtz.com
 

The Nekyia

The Nekyia’s performance draws on Oshun’s history, incorporating contemporary ideas and aesthetics to make our intent accessible to today’s audiences.
www.thenekyia.org
 

Nocturnal Sunshine

Nocturnal Sunshine is a visionary Fire Dance Troupe based in Santa Cruz whose brilliant performances have been captivating audiences worldwide since 2000.
www.nocturnal-sunshine.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
 

Rosin Coven

Rosin Coven is the World's Premiere Pagan Lounge Ensemble; they create their own style of theatrical cabaret. Eight musicians blend voices, cellos, contrabass, accordion, violin, guitar, trombone, vibraphone, drums and lush vocal harmonies. Edith Piaf does the cha-cha with Charles Mingus, Eric Satie tangos with Sun-Ra, and Kurt Weil broods over Doris Day. Rosin Coven presents an irreverent yet elegant balance between musicianship, poise, theatricality, and humor.
www.rosincoven.com
 

SORIAH

Sinder the Wicker King is a musical performance featuring throat singer and ritualist SORIAH in collaboration with musicians and Butoh dancers of the Societas Insomnia Circus.
www.soriah.net
 

The Starlings

www.starlingstrapeze.com
 

Summer Evert

Fire bellydance performance.
www.firebellydance.com
 

Tribe of the Moon

Fire dance performance
www.tribeofthemoon.com
 

Ultra Gypsy Dance Theatre

Ultra Gypsy is a sixteen person Dance Theatre who delivers a stellar performance of fire and dance. They will take you on a journey of the senses utilizing emotive music and the sultry stylings of Jill Parker.
www.ultragypsy.com
 

The Von Stilt Family

Once wealthy plantation owners from the little know country of Zweezerland, a country entirely situated below sea level, the displaced VonStilt Family was forced to leave from their homeland during The Great Asparagus Famine of 1974. Today the VonStilt Family strives to reach a new audience and bring to light the pitiful plight of their countryman. Now using their natural attributes to entertain and educate, this vagabond family travels the globe in search of elevated adoration from the hearts and minds of ardent admirers and perhaps maybe even a home...

"In Zweezerland you are either a VonStilt or an asparagus picker."
~ The Baron VonStilt

vonstiltfamily.tribe.net
 

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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