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Posted: 16th Jul 2012
I generally set up 10-15 min. worth of music I know I really love to get down to. I don't choreograph a routine ahead of time. I do try to make sure I include things from different angles and level changes (doing things high and low and getting on the ground some).

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Posted: 16th Jul 2012
Great to know! Thanks a lot!

So for the duration, do you have 2 poi? Like one you use, and one on a stand already ready when the others burn out? Or do you stop, soak, and light up again?

Posted: 18th Jul 2012
I generally stop, soak and re-light...just because I'm broke and I don't have a 2nd set of poi, lol. Often, I perform/play with others, so when I burn out, they light up and we take turns.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Posted: 23rd Jul 2012
It all depends on the audience and setting. If we're doing fire its either a fully choreographed show where we know everything that is happening, or we're doing totally improvised stuff in which case I just try to get into the flow. I try not to do any audience interaction with the fire stuff.

For busking or stage performances I have a few different sequences and themes/costumes I will use depending on the audience (so kids get a silly show with lots of laughs while at a juggling convention it gets very technical), but I very rarely have a full routine planned out in advance.

Its all to do with who you're performing to really, and it doesn't need to be stupidly in depth. For instance I did a cabaret performance for a bunch of kids recently (with 2hrs notice) that needed a TV theme, we invented 'Lottery Leonard' and I did some silly juggling with the lottery theme music on, simple and easy but does the trick!

Working hard to be a wandering hippie layabout. Ten years down, five to go!

Posted: 16th Aug 2012
thanks guys!