joined on 11/02/06
last updated 05/20/07
December 5, 2007
I write this testimony to both David and Diane because I feel the same way about both of them. They wear their inner child on the outside. I always feel happy and playful when I'm with them. They are an amazing dance instruction team. Unending patience and encouragement. Such a pleasure to be their student and friend. They don't just teach me how to dance, they teach me how to express my feelings with my body. I get excited just THINKING about my next dance lesson!! With appreciation and gratitude, you inspire me.
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about me
Jack of all trades....or crow? I see shiny things and I want them. I don't mean cars or new gadgets. I mean if I see great dancing, I want to be able to do it too. If I see magic, I want to learn. So I spin poi and some staff, I stilt walk and partner dance, I play piano and wooden flutes and can perform some card tricks and make a silk disappear and program websites and write poetry and cook and on and on, and I'm not an expert at any of these things but I do them as well as I can. And inevitably I return to the role as teacher, and I seem to have infinite patience with which to share what I've learned, to reveal the insights I've gained, to help others see life a bit more fully or embrace what they do with more depth. So lately I teach dance and poi and sometimes math, and mostly that's good enough for me.
I've been spinning poi, off and on, for almost five years. In that time there have been many dry spells, and often no one I knew to give me pointers or show the way. I used the internet to learn, back in the pre-Youtube era when poi clips were 10 seconds of someone's hands doing the weave. There were no tutorials then.
Since then, I've learned a lot, performed all over BC, and taught many students, but the one thing I lacked was a true connection to fire. I preferred poi spinning for the s...
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We've found it! Our new home!
Apparently we had to give up all images of our current home and neighborhood, strike out a bit further....east.... and that was enough. Today we viewed a place that felt suitably funky, artsy, and filled with potential, and while we were biking back west, the landlord called and asked us if we wanted to come back and sign. Gotta love our fellow intuitive types!
Our new pad is near 10th and Prince Albert. Right around the corner on Broadway there's a perfec...
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Alas. Egad. Sigh. This isn't going very well.
We've been searching for a new home still. Obsessively. Passionately. With complete and unwavering attention! And yet, we've had no luck.
Today I showed up at a nice looking place--good amount of space, clean and light, great cost--and the landlord was on a power trip. Wanted to know everything and anything about each person who came through, seemed to be reveling in the fact that so many people were interested in living there. He joked alou...
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My wife and I live in a beautiful house near Douglas Park. We have enough room in our living room for partner dancing together, which many people know is extremely important to us. We have a garden that both we and our cat love to share.
The house has been sold, and now we have to find another new home.
We've written up a list of the essentials....
...at least one bedroom and a den, or two bedrooms.
...hardwood floors in the largest room.
...greenery. Yard. Garden. Private pl...
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A not-so-simple thing for me:
I bought fabric.
I taped three sheets of paper together and then measured and cut out a pattern.
I cut the fabric along the pattern.
I wrestled with my sewing machine and emerged victorious. It was quite the battle.
I sewed the fabric.
And I now have two homemade shiny yellow fabric "sock" (or sock-less) poi--my first ever! Just in time for some sunshine spinning down at Folklife Festival in Seattle!
Next time I just have to buy the right kin...
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Night and Day Dance
The home of a little dance company that my wife and I run. We dance a lot, teach classes a bit, and perform sometimes.
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Just Dance
One of my favorite places to go and simply dance and move with abandon. World fusion music. Wonderful people.
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Harbour Dance
Currently my and my wife's favorite place to polish our tap/jazz/modern dance skills.
Fire - I found it!
(blog entry)
I've been spinning poi, off and on, for almost five years. In that time there have been many dry spells, and often no one I knew to give me pointers or show the way. I used the internet to learn, back in the pre-Youtube era when poi clips were 10 ...
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Re: PlayPoi classes starting next week!
(in Vancouver Poi)
And take it from me, Nick's skill with poi is simply mind-blowing. I don't know if a non-poi-spinner will catch all of the incredible things he does, but even still, he creates moving art. Sacred geometry, even (as he refers to some of the shapes ...
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discussion post on Sat, July 5, 2008 - 1:06 AM
Poi Class #2
( events » arts ) This is the second of ten poi and movement classes at Britannia Community Centre. I warmly welcome drop-in students to join us - there will always be something new to learn/explore/practice.
I start every class with a movement exploration. Fro...
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event starts Monday, April 28, 2008 - 8:30 PM
! jugglers,
*Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada*,
Art of Poi,
Culture Jam - Vancouver,
Hula Hooping,
Republik of East Van,
The Flaming Sword,
Vancouver,
Vancouver Fire Artists,
Vancouver Hoopers,
Vancouver Parkour,
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Vancouver Poi,
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