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    hello,
    i am a former dancer, current espiring fire dancer/burlesque performer (who clearly cant spell). is there a place for me on stripperweb?

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    I'd say yes. You are not only a former industry member but also getting into a related performace genre.

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    Absolutely! We have many burlesque performers as well as former strippers here.

    Welcome!


    Promote yourself and earn more money! This is a business that is owned by strippers for strippers. Let's make that money!


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    Poi? Sounds like fun...
    There's only so much you can learn in one place...
    The longer you wait, the more time that you waste.

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    thanks! i have a preformance on the 30th. for a costume im thinking leggings and a tight tee shirt and lots of black light sensitive paint (plus glow sticky things on my poi, its indoors)
    all these australian mamas in here and none of you spin poi?

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    What does 'spin poi' mean...?

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    Quote Originally Posted by angelicat View Post
    What does 'spin poi' mean...?
    This is poi. This one is done with fire. Indoors people usually use glow balls or sticks instead for obvious reasons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by delihla View Post
    thanks! i have a preformance on the 30th. for a costume im thinking leggings and a tight tee shirt and lots of black light sensitive paint (plus glow sticky things on my poi, its indoors)
    all these australian mamas in here and none of you spin poi?
    I know nothing about poi, but I have done a lot of body-painting with the florescent paint and it looks fucking awesome under blacklights! If you have trouble painting designs you can use stencils too if you are careful. And yeah Paris is right you belong here, relax.
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    aww thanks, that makes me feel warm and fuzzy. the last forum i tryed to post on was a tropical fish forum and those son of biches were MEAN. The show im preforming in has a zombie theam so im thinking of painting a skeleton with flourecent paints on some leggings ect.
    djoser, any advice for painting on fabric?
    if it goes well i'll post a video

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    Awesome! I spin (and I'm terrible at it), although I don't see myself combining the poi and the stripping at the moment.

    What do you mean by glow sticky things on your poi? Like stickers? I have the LED poi and I don't know what I did without them. I actually think I bought them from an Australian company.

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    yea i guess 'glow stick thingys' is not super descriptive. My poi have the kevlar wicks that you soak in fule to light on fire. i was just going to tie some cheapo doller store glow lights to them for the show (as fire indoors=not something i trust myself to do) i really like those LED ones though, i might have to look into some for indoor shows.

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    Ohhh, glow sticks on your fire wicks! Okay. I get it.

    These are mine, from Home of Poi.

    I think they look more professional inside, in my humble opinion, and best of all they don't cover you/your stage in soot or hurt when you smack yourself in the head.

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    Quote Originally Posted by delihla View Post
    yea i guess 'glow stick thingys' is not super descriptive. My poi have the kevlar wicks that you soak in fule to light on fire. i was just going to tie some cheapo doller store glow lights to them for the show (as fire indoors=not something i trust myself to do) i really like those LED ones though, i might have to look into some for indoor shows.
    Do you have any videos of you? I love to watch it but don't get go to events where they are performed very often anymore.

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    ok i wasent gonna post this cause the quality is really bad (and i look chubby lol) but here is my one and only fire video:

    i really need to make a more professional one with a costume and better film quality ect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by delihla View Post
    ok i wasent gonna post this cause the quality is really bad (and i look chubby lol) but here is my one and only fire video:

    i really need to make a more professional one with a costume and better film quality ect.

    Awesome! Nice work, love me some Fatboy Slim too

    PS: you do not look chubby, I can tell by your arms that you are not fat. You look like you were just wearing baggy jeans, that's all.

    Thanks for sharing it with us

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    Very cool video! I love that kind of stuff.

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    thank you! i put a somewhat rediculous amount of time into it. its my passion and i would do it even if nobody payed me but im trying to work out a way i can get payed too....

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