Hello all creatures of FIRE,
We're putting out the call to all ~ anyone interested in joining the Southbay Fire Monkey's (who are part of the San Francisco Fire Conclave)... read on.
DEETS:
Crimson says that this year, very few new groups will be added, so since the monkies were part of the Fire Conclave last year, we're able to continue participation of being part of the Great Circle... that is IF we work hard to develop a performance (that Crimson must approve) to lend to the energy of the great circle (more deets on what this all means at our first meeting next week).
WHAT THIS IS:
- A group of committed fire artists that will spin in the great circle on the night the man burns.
This means:
-showing up to 90% of the weekly practices (safety's will have less rehearsals to attend)
-perfecting your fire art as an artist -or- being part of the ever-important safety team
-showing up to the mandatory SF fire conclave practices at BM Hdqtrs (typically last sun of each month)
-showing up to the mandatory ON PLAYA practice (typically the Friday night before the burn)
-being an active, positive, contributing member of the team (being willing to help out when asked)
WHAT THIS IS NOT:
-a "free-for-all, join at the last minute cause I want a good seat for the burn" thing
-hummm, I'm not sure, so I'll just suck the marrow from this group for awhile while I decide...thing
-drama club
Yeah, yeah, I know... what a hard-ass. I just want to make sure that everyone knows that this is a serious performance troupe that will be requiring a commitment from it's members. Now that that's out of the way...
FIRST MEETING: MONDAY APRIL 18th 7PM
Our first meeting will be at Miranda's Crib in downtown San Jose. You'll get all the deets on what Crimson's looking for from us (and by the way, we're super late with our proposal, so we'll really need to focus at this meeting to develop a plan). I've included excerpts from her email at the very bottom/below so that you can catch the flavor of it and be able to percolate on some ideas to bring with you to the meeting.
RSVP:
Please let me know if you are coming by Sunday April 17th. If you can't come to the meeting, but want in- let me know that too as from here on out we'll be communicating through the Southbay Fire Monkey yahoogroup.
Thanks all, hope I did not freak you out (in a bad way) ;)
Miranda
Southbay Fire Monkey
Freelance Human
Crimson writes:
But the more serious question is . . . I have no idea what you all
would be proposing for this year.
February 1 was the deadline for submissions for the first idea. We are
now into April. Since the group is going through changes I will give
you all a bit of slack . . . but only a little.
This is the information that was send out last year. Let me know what
you are planning on creating.
We need to think about how ENERGY of movement flows around the Great
Circle. Similar to what we did with the processions a few years ago.
The Great Circle starts blank without fire, then an action at 7
o'clock, then something at 2 o'clock, then a gathering a dancers at 5
o'clock that grows and grows then diminished, then traveling energy
around the circle. Imagine the beautiful Birds, moving around the
circle. All choreographed and cued.
ENERGY GROWS THERE IS EXPANSION CONTRACTION
LINES OF ENERGY
CIRCLES OF ENERGY
SPIRATIC HUMAN COMBUSTION
Think about how the energy of dancers move through a space, move
together, move apart.
Those that utilize choreography will know this very well.
PHASE ONE - TELL ME
Tell me what your group is capable of creating. What are your strengths
- 15 hoopers? gonna break the record for dragons breath? synchronized
staff. This may be very hard for people at this point, you may not
know until deep into the Summer who will be in your group. But I need
to know way before that time. What you present to me will give me the
ideas of how your energy will be placed around the Great Circle.
[snipped]: Because I have heard from many new groups, every group that
wants a position inside the Great Circle Old or New will have to Show
Me. This will be the next phase and more information will come out
soon. But I need Phase One first.
We're putting out the call to all ~ anyone interested in joining the Southbay Fire Monkey's (who are part of the San Francisco Fire Conclave)... read on.
DEETS:
Crimson says that this year, very few new groups will be added, so since the monkies were part of the Fire Conclave last year, we're able to continue participation of being part of the Great Circle... that is IF we work hard to develop a performance (that Crimson must approve) to lend to the energy of the great circle (more deets on what this all means at our first meeting next week).
WHAT THIS IS:
- A group of committed fire artists that will spin in the great circle on the night the man burns.
This means:
-showing up to 90% of the weekly practices (safety's will have less rehearsals to attend)
-perfecting your fire art as an artist -or- being part of the ever-important safety team
-showing up to the mandatory SF fire conclave practices at BM Hdqtrs (typically last sun of each month)
-showing up to the mandatory ON PLAYA practice (typically the Friday night before the burn)
-being an active, positive, contributing member of the team (being willing to help out when asked)
WHAT THIS IS NOT:
-a "free-for-all, join at the last minute cause I want a good seat for the burn" thing
-hummm, I'm not sure, so I'll just suck the marrow from this group for awhile while I decide...thing
-drama club
Yeah, yeah, I know... what a hard-ass. I just want to make sure that everyone knows that this is a serious performance troupe that will be requiring a commitment from it's members. Now that that's out of the way...
FIRST MEETING: MONDAY APRIL 18th 7PM
Our first meeting will be at Miranda's Crib in downtown San Jose. You'll get all the deets on what Crimson's looking for from us (and by the way, we're super late with our proposal, so we'll really need to focus at this meeting to develop a plan). I've included excerpts from her email at the very bottom/below so that you can catch the flavor of it and be able to percolate on some ideas to bring with you to the meeting.
RSVP:
Please let me know if you are coming by Sunday April 17th. If you can't come to the meeting, but want in- let me know that too as from here on out we'll be communicating through the Southbay Fire Monkey yahoogroup.
Thanks all, hope I did not freak you out (in a bad way) ;)
Miranda
Southbay Fire Monkey
Freelance Human
Crimson writes:
But the more serious question is . . . I have no idea what you all
would be proposing for this year.
February 1 was the deadline for submissions for the first idea. We are
now into April. Since the group is going through changes I will give
you all a bit of slack . . . but only a little.
This is the information that was send out last year. Let me know what
you are planning on creating.
We need to think about how ENERGY of movement flows around the Great
Circle. Similar to what we did with the processions a few years ago.
The Great Circle starts blank without fire, then an action at 7
o'clock, then something at 2 o'clock, then a gathering a dancers at 5
o'clock that grows and grows then diminished, then traveling energy
around the circle. Imagine the beautiful Birds, moving around the
circle. All choreographed and cued.
ENERGY GROWS THERE IS EXPANSION CONTRACTION
LINES OF ENERGY
CIRCLES OF ENERGY
SPIRATIC HUMAN COMBUSTION
Think about how the energy of dancers move through a space, move
together, move apart.
Those that utilize choreography will know this very well.
PHASE ONE - TELL ME
Tell me what your group is capable of creating. What are your strengths
- 15 hoopers? gonna break the record for dragons breath? synchronized
staff. This may be very hard for people at this point, you may not
know until deep into the Summer who will be in your group. But I need
to know way before that time. What you present to me will give me the
ideas of how your energy will be placed around the Great Circle.
[snipped]: Because I have heard from many new groups, every group that
wants a position inside the Great Circle Old or New will have to Show
Me. This will be the next phase and more information will come out
soon. But I need Phase One first.
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