Footwork in poi

Nightanddaydance posted a great response to my last vid, specifically outlining some more foot and body work for use with poi dancing. Some of the asymmetrical options remind me of a performance class I took in college wherein they emphasized very heavily to us the use of asymmetrical movement and poses to add interest to a performance.

Some examples: in Japanese Noh theater the actors move in a fashion where there appears to be something dragging on their waists, making their movements deliberately slow yet fascinating to watch. Balinese dance is another great example, alternating asymmetric combinations of hand and foot raised. Even the martial art capoeira is centered around essentially being in control of being off balance.

This has given me a lot of ideas I can't wait to play with--check out the video for some cool explorations of how the body can be used for poi performance. We always focus so much on the tricks that it's cool to see some emphasis like this on the rest of the body :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQc3Tn6sJto