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#741404 - 06/06/06 09:50 PM
BBC SEEKS UK BASED FIRE POI PERFORMERS
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newbie
Registered: 06/06/06
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The BBC is looking for fire poi performers and groups based in the south of England to take part in a world record breaking performance live on primetime BBC1. If you and/ or your group are interesting in taking part and would be available on the 22nd July 2006 contact us for more details Email: liz.collier@bbc.co.ukOr call 020 8 752 6623
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#741406 - 06/06/06 09:58 PM
Re: BBC SEEKS UK BASED FIRE POI PERFORMERS
[Re: BBCTV]
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1 + 1 = 3
Registered: 31/08/04
Loc: Bristol UK
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I'll speak to the rest of Burnt toast for you guys... (in case you check this thread, it's www.burnttoast.co.uk) and see what we can do for you, that is, if they don't get here first... 
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#741409 - 06/06/06 10:31 PM
Re: BBC SEEKS UK BASED FIRE POI PERFORMERS
[Re: sketch]
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
Registered: 28/09/04
Loc: Diss, Norfolk
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I'm interested as to what this record is....
You know we're doing one at play...?
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#741410 - 06/06/06 10:36 PM
Re: BBC SEEKS UK BASED FIRE POI PERFORMERS
[Re: Sym]
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Carpal \'Tunnel
Registered: 02/01/04
Loc: Hastings
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Written by: BBCTV email reply
Thanks for your email. We are indeed hoping to set the world record for most poi
fire spinner at once, and it will form part of a special dance programme
broadcast live from Trafalgar Square in London on Saturday 22nd July. It will
be a unique event that will mark the culmination of a week of dance and
performance events across the country and will bring dance and performance, in
all it's forms, to a BBC1 Saturday night audience of millions.
The poi record is as yet unset and I am starting research into the feasibility
of setting this brand new Guinness world record live as part of the event. We
are hoping to find 40+ fire poi performers based in the to take part in a short
choreographed piece. Unfortunately we are not able to pay performers, but hope
that this will be a fun and reward event to be part of and will help bring the
art of poi to a large audience.
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#741413 - 06/06/06 10:58 PM
Re: BBC SEEKS UK BASED FIRE POI PERFORMERS
[Re: strugz]
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
Registered: 28/09/04
Loc: Diss, Norfolk
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it's alright, I think we're going for different things anyway...I've just talked to her about play helping out in some way... more later, but this sounds really interesting and I'm looking forward to it a lot 
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#741414 - 06/06/06 11:02 PM
Re: BBC SEEKS UK BASED FIRE POI PERFORMERS
[Re: maus]
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just lost .... evil init
Registered: 12/06/03
Loc: Adelaide
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how cheap is that??? gotta love the way event coordinators always seem to want fire for free
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#741415 - 06/06/06 11:22 PM
Re: BBC SEEKS UK BASED FIRE POI PERFORMERS
[Re: ben-ja-men]
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big and good and broken
Registered: 29/08/02
Loc: lunn dunn, yoo kay
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i agree ben 
its also a bit of a shame that the bbc has planned a programme of dance performance planned, yet all they want poi performers for is to "do loads of fire at the end".
it presents poi as more of a dance gimmick than an art in its own right... 
although, i shouldn't assume - maybe there will be a professional poi dance performance as part of the main programme and this mass burn will function as a finale
cole. x
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#741417 - 06/06/06 11:30 PM
Re: BBC SEEKS UK BASED FIRE POI PERFORMERS
[Re: UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot]
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
Registered: 28/09/04
Loc: Diss, Norfolk
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yeah, but Jonathan Ross gets most of that... Talking to her, I think she is really just testing what the reaction would be like and trying to find out if they can do it. I don't think they are interested in just showing poi as a "dance gimmick" at all. She said it was something the arts council was putting on over a whole seek, and the BBC wanted to set a new record as part of it. They want fire because it's more dramatic, but non-fire I think would be ok. I don't want to start talking for the BBC at all - but having just talked to Liz I think they are coming from the right place and going about it in the right way. I back them up 100%
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#741418 - 06/06/06 11:38 PM
Re: BBC SEEKS UK BASED FIRE POI PERFORMERS
[Re: ben-ja-men]
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old hand
Registered: 05/09/05
Loc: Binstead, Isle of Wight
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Only 40? There's 500 at Burning Man, spinning at the same time!
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#741420 - 06/06/06 11:42 PM
Re: BBC SEEKS UK BASED FIRE POI PERFORMERS
[Re: jo_rhymes]
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Internet Hate Machine
Registered: 26/05/04
Loc: They seek him here, they seek ...
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ooooo. Ace. Gonna try and see if I can make it 
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And i can bring some more people 
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