Fire dancing?

**thehollowmen** · 23rd October 2006, 09:16

How to loose your eyebrows in three easy steps

Step one in

Long exposure juggling
Angel wings

**Skyryder** · 23rd October 2006, 11:51

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

The Dance of the Flaming Arseholes is easy for a newbie. You just need a length of toilet paper and a lighter.

Or a good long fart.

Skyryder

**hXc** · 29th October 2006, 13:49

Hey, anyone that's interested in this sort of stuff, take a look at this. Some Asian guy who is absolutely amazing. Would love to be able to do the stuff he does. So fluid in moves etc. Honestly, this guy is bloody brilliant.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VCcLZUT81...elated&search=

**Mole_C** · 29th October 2006, 15:08

I made a fire staff a while back. Just got a metal broom and used old rags on the ends. Dip them in kero and away you go. Was good fun and only burnt myself twice

Also tried steel wool on the ends which was rather intersting. Made a flaming wheel of death with showers of molten steel flying off the ends. Very amusing

**hXc** · 29th October 2006, 15:22

A metal broom handle?! Ouch!

A smarter thing to do would of been a wooden broom handle, with metal wrapped around each end. Then towel around the metal. That way, the heat doesn't transfer through the metal to your hands. Just make sure the towel (or other material) is far enough away from the wood.

**tl_tub** · 29th October 2006, 15:37

I picked up some boric acid from the pharmacy today for making green flames. $12 for a 100g container. Might be a while before i can try it though, im still playing without fire

**hXc** · 29th October 2006, 15:39

Originally Posted by brent_b

I picked up some boric acid from the pharmacy today for making green flames. $12 for a 100g container. Might be a while before i can try it though, im still playing without fire

Yeah it screws your wicks though. They don't last very long after using that stuff. So maybe you should have a set for coloured flames, and a set for normal flames.

**tl_tub** · 29th October 2006, 15:44

Originally Posted by hXc

Yeah it screws your wicks though. They don't last very long after using that stuff. So maybe you should have a set for coloured flames, and a set for normal flames.

Mmm, i read that. I was going to have a fiddle with fibreglass matting for the outside, and maybe a cotton core. Have you tried anything like that?
The staff has kevlar on it, so i dont really want to distroy that. I was thinking of just making some poi especially to play with the colored stuff

**hXc** · 29th October 2006, 15:55

Do you do staff? I'm just starting poi, and don't have a set yet. Just using skipping ropes with tennis balls on the end to practice with. I'm gunna save up for a set though. Will probably end up getting 2 sets of kevlar wicks, and make a set of towel wicks. Then I'll just get some lengths of chain and cut them at different lengths, so I can try short poi and long poi. And just swap the wicks over.

Apparently the towel wicks burn longer, but they're useless after 2 or 3 burns.

**Mole_C** · 29th October 2006, 23:19

A metal broom handle?! Ouch!

A smarter thing to do would of been a wooden broom handle, with metal wrapped around each end. Then towel around the metal. That way, the heat doesn't transfer through the metal to your hands. Just make sure the towel (or other material) is far enough away from the wood.

Na doesnt get hot at all. Might get mildly warm at the ends but kero doesn't heat whatever its on very much. My mate had his hand on fire and didnt notice for about 5 seconds

When you're making the towel wicks make sure you wrap them really tightly. You need to soak them for a little longer but they seem to last for a few more burns. They also probably last longer if you re-dip them often instead of leaving for long burns as it will burn the fuel from the outside instead of getting the fuel inside which burns the outer cloth.

**Hillbilly** · 30th October 2006, 00:07

I had a cousin who was a fire dancer. That was until one day he got stoned before a performance and set fire to the curtains on the stage. It was really a site, when he did his whole "twirl the long stick burninn at both ends" thing. Then it's flying gracefully through the air where it becomes lodged on the curtains of the left of the stage. Thay must've been polyester, cos boy did they go up quick! Luckily there was a fire extinguisher handy.

**bert_is_evil** · 30th October 2006, 12:31

I would avoid the ones you posted a pic of - if they wrap around you the chains can lock together which is not ideal with something that's on fire. Get a pair with a wire cable (like the inside of a bicycle brake cable). You can get them at:
http://www.kites-rainbowflight.co.nz/kiteshop.htm
in Nelson or
http://www.cosmiccorner.co.nz/
in Wellington

**Chaosmage** · 22nd December 2006, 07:38

Originally Posted by placidfemme

Quite a few people do it... In Victoria Park in the evenings I've seen a group of people, maybe 6 of them playing with fire, some with the sticks, some with poi's and some with juggles and some breathing fire...

*can't wait to do it*

Hey mate this crew have moved their antics up to Basque reserve, it has been running for about 7 years. There are many more that 6 although as masny as 6 out at one time the rest all watching. Tuesdays night's from dark till whenever, fuel is provided $2-3 koha type donation to cover it. They use Pegasol rather than Kero but either is good.
Wicks: kevlar wick is the shit, if you have made your own buy some wick of my mates.
Chains: I don't recommend they are to easy to wrap around your arm. Better off with some thick steel cable

Some of the best performers in NZ hang out at the Tuesday firenight. But its for beginners to experts.

Special christmas firenight on 26th December if your keen Basque reserve Auckland.