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Login/Join to ParticipateClassically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Originally I was going to call this thread "Pointless Moves" but this isn't accurate as I guess learning any move improves your dexterity and opens up new possibilities.
But...
This is just a list of moves that I think (and I don't think I'm alone) have no appeal to non-spinning on-lookers.
This came about after I'd spent a while learning various moves, showed them to my mum or some other non-spinner only for them to go "It doens't look any different"
or even worse "What? What are you doing different?"Ultimately, as Poi and Staff are a "performance art" (or so the rumours go) are these worth learning? Half the time they don't feel nice or flow...
Some of the ones I've found this to be the case with are:
# 7 beat (upwards) Weaves - Especially with fire/lights i.e. in the dark when you can't see your arms
# Fish-tails - Don't look anything special to non-spinners
# Hyperloops & Airwraps - I (personally) think they are often go un-noticed by the casual observer and are a bit of a catch 22. If they're done perfectly they don't really show up, if done messily they look like a recovered tangle
Anyone got any others or want to shoot me down for damning their favourite move?
Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Right, we've got that sorted out then
Now - lets bash out the pros and cons of vegetarianism
Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
and if i remember correctly we never did reach a satisfactory conclusion on the fire vs glow debate...
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Hyperloops suck
595 posts
Location: USA
Fire's morer betterer. I eat vegetarians for breakfast. And ham. Lots of ham.
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Does anyone know how to make different coloured flames?
Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
What about music??
What do you guys listen to when spinning?
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Sparkly poi.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
old hand
920 posts
Location: New Zealand
Glow for Show ~ Socks for a Pro Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
If by "Pro" you mean someone who's NOT a professional then, yes... glow for show, socks for a pro.
Cuz I don't think you'd get as many gigs if you spun socks. And therefore wouldn't be able to support yourself by being a professional sock spinner. And therefore wouldn't be a pro.
Fire's way prettier. I mean have you ever just snuggled up with a loved one with hot cocoa and watched a large sock? Have you ever seen a croud gasp in disbelief as some guy drove his motorcycle through a hoop of socks? Ever have a girl at a bar pull out a cigarette, turn to you and ask for a sock?
And Nobody drives 6 hours into the Nevada desert to see Sockman.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
old hand
929 posts
Location: Oregon, USA
I'm hoping you were drunk when you wrote that... #homeofpoi -- irc.newnet.net Come talk to us we're bored 
Warning: Please Do Not Jump On The Seals
old hand
920 posts
Location: New Zealand
Lighten up poiple...
and NYC, I've driven to Black Rock City quite a few Times, and many people have seen me spin my socks there, takes me a lot longer than 6 hours though, more like 48 ~ I live near london. But I guess you're right, my socks would have looked outta place during The Burn, man that was fun
m
Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
My socks glow, so in your face!
I win!
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
3,149 posts
Location: London
A scientitian told me that fire is just the rapid socks-idation of a heated material anyway
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
2,364 posts
Location: austin,tx
i have glowing socks that i light on fire.
on my feet.
and then i do breakdance backspins.
BOOOOYAAAAAAA!!!!!!
-Such a price the gods exact for song: to become what we sing
-Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
-When the center of the storm does not move, you are in its path.
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
so would that be more a performance move or a tech move...?
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Hyperloops suck
595 posts
Location: USA
I was thinking idiotic move
old hand
920 posts
Location: New Zealand
Technormance Vs Performical
Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.
2,364 posts
Location: austin,tx
okay i'm throwing a wrench in this thread. it's silly! i mean aside from setting your socks on fire. i know you veteran/ more intermediate guys are saying "BOTH" but, really, when it comes down to it, why even draw a line? i can only think of two moves that i know that i wouldn't perform with, because they are several technical techniques put together, like the 9-10 beat weaves. actually i could even see doing those, nevermind. (i just haven't, i have better stuff) audience not understanding hyperloops, in a show, they're just little circles, are you kiddin? please tell me you are. for fucks sake, if you fancy you are a performer, then you darn well better be creative enough to come up with an imaginative way to TEACH the audience how to understand! and i don't mean by saying, "look, the strings aren't tangling!" not that i doubt any of your abilities... here i am setting myself up for some competition, as an intermediate performer. giving away methods. come on guys, push me to work harder! cause as it is, i'm relaxing in the hot tub for a while and i heard those things make you sterile your _job_ as a performer is to make the audience understand the technicality of your moves in a performance. don't just get up there and dance, have a message, a conversation! you should be able to dance your way into and out of any move in such a way that the audience gets it, you retain your performance continuity, and it looks flawless technically. no "move" is too technical if you set it up right.
knows, hopes, you know this already and is just feeling a bit cocky... somebody slap me
-Such a price the gods exact for song: to become what we sing
-Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
-When the center of the storm does not move, you are in its path.
addict
625 posts
Location: Aotearoa (NZ), New Zealand
I only have one thing to say,
"It's not what you do... its how you do it"
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,750 posts
Location: Europe,Scotland,Both
happily arashi
specially for saying the same thing in a diffrent way. Now tell me what a dragons tounge is dammit!and a
for dragon for saying it perfecty.T
This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate
-><- Kallisti
2,364 posts
Location: austin,tx
nx? see that search button at the top? look up posts by me.
oh and thanks for the spanking. confused though, underneath my sarcastic cocky posturing i thought there was a point that hadn't been made yet
-Such a price the gods exact for song: to become what we sing
-Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
-When the center of the storm does not move, you are in its path.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,750 posts
Location: Europe,Scotland,Both
so, basically, your saying "what, you can be bothered to check through each of my 1500 posts?"
besides the search stops after 300 matches.give us a hint mate! besides the search turned up exactly zero records on the new site, and only three in the old, and none of them mention it.
T
This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate
-><- Kallisti
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
[Old link]
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,750 posts
Location: Europe,Scotland,Both
riiiight!
thanks, whod have thought there was an apostophie in dragon's tongue!
bad spelling cripples me again....
I can do that!
T
This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate
-><- Kallisti
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
but can you do [Old link]...?
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,750 posts
Location: Europe,Scotland,Both
yup.
ill show you tuesday.
t
This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate
-><- Kallisti
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