The whole world is spinning…
One of the greatest things about poi/staff dancing is the global community of artists, performers and musicians connected through it. Please check out some of the links below to meet our friends…
FirePoise hopes to support and compliment the fantastic talent already present in Belfast, Northern Ireland and Ireland. This country has so much to offer… find out more through these sites!
Poi/Staff community:
- www.homeofpoi.com
The biggest online community of poi and staff dancers. Find out everything you ever wanted to know about poi and visit their great value shop. - www.playpoi.com
Nick Woolsey’s inspirational poi spinning site - www.soton-firespinning.co.uk
A friendly online community of poi spinners, mainly from the UK. Run by the lads from Pyroflow performance group. - www.spherculism.net
Great community, excellent tutorial videos - www.motsplace.com
Very talented juggler, excellent videos - www.contactjuggling.org
Website dedicated to the art of sphere manipulation
Festivals:
- www.playfestival.co.uk
The first and only festival in England dedicated to poi, staff and juggling. - www.ejc2006.net
The European Juggling Convention will be held in Ireland for the first time this year! Don’t miss this opportunity to see some of the best performers in the world. - www.electricpicnic.ie
Ireland’s most chilled summer festival. - www.burningman.com
Explore the madness of America’s biggest alternative festival.
Other performance artists:
Ireland
UK and global
Juggling stores:
- http://flamesngames.co.uk/
- www.homeofpoi.com
- www.hyperloop.co.uk
- www.tepookatoys.com
- www.firetoys.co.uk/
- www.beard.co.uk
- www.butterfingers.co.uk
- www.globall.com
Music:
Ireland
- www.fastfude.com
Northern Ireland’s online music magazine - www.the-session.com
Northern Ireland DJ collective and party producers - www.homespunsoundsystem.net
Belfast-based DJs and artists - www.electrotoxic.com
Online label for Irish electronica - www.foysnoise.com
Singer/songwriter from Bangor - www.spree.us
Top quality Irish D&B - www.kila.ie
Outstanding contemporary trad - www.afrocelts.org
Info on Afro Celt Sound System
UK
- www.ninjatune.net
Home of Mr Scruff, Amon Tobin and Kid Koala - www.souljazzrecords.co.uk
Excellent label, great collection of tunes - www.shpongle.com
Splendid organic psytrance - www.twisted.co.uk
Psytrance label - www.mo-seph.com
Electronic music maker (Check out Music/Recent Work/‘Stranger‘)
New Zealand
Poi isn’t the only export from New Zealand - they’re turning out some great tunes down there too…
-
www.fatfreddysdrop.com
The future of dub is in Aotearoa - www.salmonelladub.com
Chilled sounds - www.onemilliondollars.co.nz
Great 11-piece soul/funk collective - www.funk.co.nz
Auckland drummer and his projects (check out SJD!) - www.amplifier.co.nz
Online NZ music magazine
Other Links:
- www.thevacuum.org.uk
Well written satirical comment from Northern Ireland - www.sluggerotoole.com
News and research from the North - www.alternativeulster.com
What’s going on here…?! - www.indymedia.ie
The news you don’t see on BBC - www.theonion.com
The news you don’t want to see - www.forteantimes.com
News of the bizarre - www.greenpeace.org.uk
Environmental awareness - www.electroniciraq.net
Independent media reporting - www.stopthewar.co.uk and
www.irishantiwar.org
Stop the War
 | Member
of the Fire-Dancing.com Network |