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Is glowstringing and poi one and the same or different? If it's different then how do you define glowstringing and seperate the two?
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Do glowstringers have a unique set of moves outside of traditional poi moves?
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Should the difference in each tool/medium (glowstring vs sock poi vs fire poi) be emphasized? Or should all of them be spun the same way?
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How do you define/develop style and originality in poi? Should the same principles of style and originality be applied to glowstringing? Or can glowstringing have their own principles and methodologies?
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Are there differences in cultural background and philosophy between poi and glowstringing?
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Written by: mixinluv2u
Just curious, how do you guys view glowstringing?
couple questions to focus/start off the discussion:
Is glowstringing and poi one and the same or different? If it's different then how do you define glowstringing and seperate the two?
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Are there differences in cultural background and philosophy between poi and glowstringing?
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Written by: onewheeldave
I detect in this thread some references to well established debates on this issue in other places (which I've not really followed).
My feelings is that the difference (or not)between poi and glowstringing are nothing to get hostile about.
Written by: onewheeldave
I would say there's a clear distinction between the two; if only because the first time I saw a glowstring video, it struck me as being very unlike poi.
Then again, there are many distinctions between styles of poi, so it's not a black and white thing.
I'm not particularly up on the glowstringing culture; but I know it does exist, and it does have coherence, so it could be said that it is distinct from poi culture.
But, then again, there's not a single 'poi culture'- some poi culture is tied in with the nightclub/smoker environment, other spinners aren't involved in that. The original Maori poi culture obviously has virtually nothing in common with modern western poi culture.
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think go over to GSC and start a thread numerically ranking how hot the girls there are.
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Written by:I think there is a London style, but it’s influence is one of many.
I believe that HoP is greatly influenced by the LONDON style of poi spinning. Slow technical sock poi tied closely to juggling.
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...it's safe to say that relationships inspired by the art of poi are not necessarily 'poi'fect...!
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Kangaroo Island eh? I hear that place is really hopping!
Written by: mixinluv2u
which glowstring video was the first one you saw? can you pinpoint what it is about it that made it "unlike poi"?
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Written by: Stone
U probably need to define traditional poi moves. Like do you mean Maori poi? Because most of the stuff here, well basic stuff anyway, is really Indian club swinging. So without any definitions I’ll say different, but not unique.
One reason why I keep suggesting that a lot of poi is similar to clubswinging (in Melbourne anyway) is because initally the only resource people had to learn poi from in Melb was a clubswinging book that was sold by the major Australian juggle props supplier. Also See NYC comment below.
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But you can make the Bastard work for it."
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"Last of The Lancers"
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Written by: coleman
i guess the next question would be then:
is glowstringing more akin to dance-poi or technical-poi...?
cole. x
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Written by: coleman
nice categories jo - they help make it very clear to me
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Written by: Vixen
oooo i love the tune in the chicago glowsticking vid - what is it??? xxx
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