The Primer: just finished a video

This marks *almost* the end of a very long project: The Encyclo-Poi-dia volume 2. I finished the Free online content, with deleted scenes, unused interviews, and footage that wouldn't fit on the DVD. Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/watch

For those interested, here are other DVD related links:
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch
Sample from the DVD: www.youtube.com/watch
Cover Art and info online: www.instrumentsofthenow.com/page...2.htm

Coolness. Much hard work has come to fruition. Now I'm going to go get some much needed sunshine and fresh air.
Blessings.

Workshops in LA Feb 5

I'm headed down to Los Angeles next week, and am teaching what I think will be my best Poi workshops ever. It'll be a full on poi-knowledge experience. So come on down! Here's the link:
www.firegroove.com/Fire_GrooveShop3.htm

Blacklight show footage!

This video has some poi, double staves, devil stick, hat, wand, breakdancing, contact juggling, what more do you want?
It's the 3rd video from our tour. The first part is some news, then a big chunk all from our UV theater show. Watch it!
www.youtube.com/watch

Second video from the road

The new update video from Tour Now & Then is out! It has more from our blacklight show, plus info about what we do when we visit a kids' diabetes summer camp.
www.youtube.com/watch
We're on the east coast now. We've been through Montreal, Boston, New Jersey, and headed to Maryland. 6 shows in the next 6 days.
We also crossed paths with the Extra-Terrestrial Circus Experiment for a few days of fun in Boston.
I'll get some photos of the show up as soon as I get them uploaded.
Missing all you west-coasters...I'll be back for burning man, camped at OMCC
Paz y amor

New video: Tour Now & Then 2008

The first video for this year's tour is up. It has some sweet sample clips from our black-light stage show, plus shows our crew and the programs we'll offer this year as we visit diabetes summer camps across the country.
It's the main featured video on our media-player: tournowthen.org/media/media.html
Enjoy!

New website for Tour '08!

We've just launched a sweet new website for our 2008 motivational circus tour: Tour Now & Then
Check it out at www.tournowthen.org
Some good nebula graphics by our good friend Jeff Calafato.
Stay tuned for video blogging updates starting at the end of this month.
Thanks for your support,
Zan

Poi Transmission: new video

I had a great trip to Arizona. Traveling, spinning, and....well that's about it. Made a sick video, though:
www.youtube.com/watch
The future of poi tech, as dictated by interstellar communication.
Hope you like it,
Zan

Portland Circus Skills Weekend

This will be lots of fun. Run away and join the circus! Details below.
Note: I'm teaching the poi and double staff, and the workshops I've planned out will be awesome. Take them, and your poi will thank you.
The link at the very bottom has detailed workshop descriptions.
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Date & Time: 2008-03-15 9:00 AM

All Ages Circus Skills Weekend
March 15 & 16

Flow Form Movement Studio
5040 SE Milwaukie Ave (at Mitchell St.)
Portland, OR 97202

Featuring Zan from Instruments of the Now

Join us for a fun and educational weekend of circus skills workshops! Learn from professional instructors while building strength, balance and coordination.

Most classes are appropriate for all ages, so bring your kids!

Take 1 workshop, get additional workshops for $5 bucks off each! Yoga not included. Family discounts available.

To register, contact shireen@flame-buoyant.com.


Saturday, March 15

9-10a Yoga
10-11a Handstands
11a-12:30p Beginning/ Intermediate Poi
1:30-3p Beginning/ Intermediate Double Staff
3-4:30p Stilting
5-6:30p Hooping


Sunday, March 16

9-10a Yoga
10-11:30a Partner Acrobatics
11:30a-1p Intermediate/Advanced Poi
1:30-3:30p Red Nose Clown

Participants in the Circus Skills Weekend are encouraged to attend the free Community Fire and Drum Jam on Sunday, March 16

For more information, go to:
www.flame-buoyant.com/worksho...ills.htm

Crop Circles: Poi class in Phoenix

CROP CIRCLES: A 5-hour Poi workshop with Alien Jon and Zan Moore!

Thursday February 21, 6pm to 11pm~ at the Stage 6 fire jam location in Phoenix, AZ.
Cost is $30 per person. For committed groups of 5+ ask about group rates. Also, if you REALLY can't afford it and want to come, please contact Alien Jon to work something out. We want to spin with you!

This will be a combination of focused classes, collaborative free spin time, one on one attention, and participant directed exploration. We will cover foundation principles and forms, along with body awareness and the spin zones around your body.This will fill in holes in your knowledge, and create a mental map that will propel you towards complete freedom of movement and expression. From this foundation we can explore a variety of concepts, tricks and patterns from core poi knowledge to the cutting edge of modern poi.

Some concepts you can explore with us:

* Isolations
* stalls
* pendulums
* compound circles
* behind-the-back
* split-time butterfly
* under-the-legs
* reels and crossers
* inswings
* inversions and introversions
* tangles
* atomics
* plane bending and Trinity
* polyrhythms
* the poi unit circle
* ellipses
* cateyes
* linear isolations
* hybrids
* composite spinning

After all the learning and exploration, we will of course end the night with fire spinning, so bring your wicks and fuel!


Alien Jons Bio:
Jonathan Everett has been spinning things since childhood, starting with himself, and expanding to socks with tennis balls in them and sticks found in the woods of Maine. Starting with his first pair of devilstix in 1995, he officially entered the world of object manipulation. In 1999, from a foundation built on devilstix and drawing inspiration from T'ai Ji and Aikido, he began spinning glowing objects on strings or in socks at "all night dance parties". After meeting other spinners he learned that objects had been spun in a similar manner for millennia by ancient cultures from around the world. This gave rise to the discovery of fire spinning, and his dedication to the art of contemporary poi began.
From devilstix and poi other object manipulation quickly followed: Sphereplay, staff, meteor, diabolo, and astrojax to name a few. These talents have been melded with a love of music and dance, including liquid, illusional, and funk styles. Jon loves to play and lives for the spark of innovation and creativity, while further honing his skill through diligent practice.
Jon has performed at the Fringe Benefit for the 1st Annual Boulder Fringe Festival, the 1st Annual Boulder Juggling Festival, Ratuva Circus performance and workshops, COSM Fire, the 2007 Burning Man Conclave, and with the ExtraTerrestrial Circus Experiment. He has taught classes around the country in poi, sphereplay, and devilstix at the Double Rainbow Ranch, Boulder Circus Center, 1st Annual Boulder Juggling Festival, Shepherd Valley Waldorf School, SphereCamp East and West, Domba/Mystic Jewell Dance Studio, Wildfire (CT), Florida State University, and at Renaissance Festivals country-wide. He also teaches private lessons.


Zan's Bio:
Zan started performing in South America on tour with his brother Noah, and continues to burn with the same inspired passion as in the beginning. His training has led him far and wide, through a dozen countries and across the disciplines of spinning, dance, juggling, music, yoga, circus, martial arts, and acrobatics. Zan's specialty is dazzling fire performances, though he thrives on the challenge of a unique performance for each event, be it day or night. Whatever the occasion, Zan delivers pure entertainment with unforgettable class, style, and grace.
Known for his expertise in the theory and technique of poi and staff spinning, Zan has given workshops around the U.S. and abroad.

L.A. Poi workshops with Zan

I'll be giving 2 90-minute workshops in L.A. at the beginning of March (the 3rd). One beginner/intermediate, one intermediate/advanced. I've been planning them for a while, and working out what to teach, and I'm excited. They'll be awesome.
Check out the details and descriptions on FireGroove's site, here:
www.firegroove.com/Fire_Gro....htm#poi1
If you go, I promise you won't be disappointed.
Also, the fabulous Noel Yee and Greg Maldonado will be there teaching staff and double staff. The details on these workshops are on the same webpage.
My advanced class will be the formal teaching debut of Elliptical Flowers. So come upgrade your gray matter.