Poi Workshop

EVENT: Poi Workshop
DATE & TIME: Thursday at 8 PM
LOCATION: Contradiction Dance at
7014 Westmoreland Ave
Takoma Park, MD
COST: $10 if you reserve a spot in advance either through the studio (contradictiondance@mac.com) or Dance Afire (valloup@gmail.com) and $15 for drop-in.
DETAILS: (text from the email)
If any of you have come to the spin jams on Tuesdays at Lunar Larry's in the past few months, you may have gotten an impromptu poi lesson from Drex.
Now he's doing a full workshop through Dance Afire to teach beginners the basics of poi at Contradiction Dance in Takoma Park.

If you've seen people spin poi and would like to learn, or have picked up a few basic tricks and would like to expand your knowledge, come out to Contradiction Dance at 7014 Westmoreland Ave this Thursday at 8 PM.

This is a great space with hardwood floors and full-length mirrors -- practicing in front of mirrors is essential for picking up clean technique and there are few places in the country where poi classes can be had in such an environment. The class is $10 if you reserve a spot in advance either through the studio (contradictiondance@mac.com) or Dance Afire (valloup@gmail.com) and $15 for drop-in.

Drex will be teaching techniques that'll help you get basic tricks down and give you tools to start moving into more intermediate poi spinning. Keep watching this list for fire safety workshops and a 6-week intermediate poi class starting in November.

Wanna learn how to Juggle?

for those who may not know, I have started a new mailing list for DCVariety artists. In the few short weeks it's been around, it has already proven a great resource. This little gem on juggling just passed the internet airwaves (thank you Moira Lee!)

Fairfax Jugglers meet every Thursday night in the cafeteria of Key Middle School (entrance #6). No experience necessary!
7:30pm to 10:00pm
6402 Franconia Rd, Springfield VA 22150
http://www.fairfaxjugglers.com

Other clubs:

The US Department of Juggling gets together on Fridays in Chevy Chase
MD: http://www.usjuggling.org and they maintain a Yahoo group:
juggling-USDJ.

The University of Maryland Juggling Club meets Tuesdays and Fridays:
http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/juggling

The American University juggling club (aka American Circus) meets on Mondays from 6:30 to 8:30pm on AU's campus in DC. They rotate room assignments every week so if you are interested in coming or want more information, please contact Regina Schuman at (973) 919-1834 or regina.schuman@american.edu.