Dance in Film · 2002
Fire Dance (2002)
A documentary on the fire dancers of the Pacific Northwest — The Cabiri, Circus Symbiotic, Pele's Element and Pyrosphere — covering poi and staff work, how performers build material, and the community fire jams where it is danced.
Fire Dance is a 2002 dance documentary centred on Flow & Fire Arts. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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Dance styles featured
The dance sequences in Fire Dance
2 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Fire poi performances and community fire jams
Poi (Fire Poi)Danced by The Cabiri; Circus Symbiotic; Pele's Element; Pyrosphere
The documentary explicitly identifies poi, shows fire dancers developing and performing chain-based movement, and documents community fire jams as a living practice.
Fire-tool traditions and staff-dancer sequence
Fire StaffDanced by The Cabiri; Circus Symbiotic; Pele's Element; Pyrosphere
The documentary distinguishes staff dancers within the fire-dance community while presenting creative fire-tool performance and movement traditions.
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