To add that extra ambience to any event, we have a range of fire performer acts suitable for both outdoor and indoor events. Different fire performance acts including Fire Jugglers and Fire Breathers, Fire Dancers and more.
Our fire performers include:
The various tools used by the fire performance community borrow from a variety of sources. many have martial sources like swords, staves, poi, and whips, where some seem specifically designed for the fire community. The use of these tools are limited only by the imaginations of their users. Some tools lend themselves to rhythmic swinging and twirling, others to martial kata, and others to more subtle use. Some common tools are:
- Poi - A pair of roughly arm-length chains with handles attached to one end, and bundle of wicking material on the other.
- Staff - A rod of wood or metal, with wicking material applied to one, or both ends. Staves are generally used in pairs or individually, though many performers are now experimenting with three or more staves.
- Fire hoop - hoop with spokes and wicking material attached.
- Fans - A large metal fan with one or more wicks attached to the edges.
- Fire umbrella - an umbrella that has the cloth removed, with kevlar tips.
- Fire meteor - A long length of chain or rope with wicks, or small bowls of liquid fuel, attached to both ends.
- Nunchaku - Nunchaku with wicking material, usually at either end.
- Batons
- Diabolo
- Fire stick - Like a traditional devil stick, with wicks on both ends of the center stick.
- Torch - A short club or torch, with a wick on one end, and swung like Indian clubs or tossed end-over-end like juggling clubs.
- Fire-knives - Short staves with blades attached to the ends and wicking material applied to the blade. Fireknives are the traditional Polynesian fire implement and have been in use since the 1940s.
- Fire rope dart - A wick, sometimes wrapped around a steel spike, at the end of a rope or chain ranging from 6-15 feet long, with a ring or other handle on the opposite end.
- Fire sword - either a real sword modified for fire, or one specifically built for the purpose of fire shows.
- Chi ball - 2 rings or handles with a wick attached between them by a thin wire.
- Finger wands - Short torches attached to individual fingers.
- Palm torches - Small torches with a flat base meant to be held upright in the palm of the hand.
- Fire whips - Lengths of braided aramid fiber tapered to make a bullwhip, usually with a metal handle about 12 inches long.
- Jumblymambas - a triple ended fire object for juggling, twirling and manipulation
- Fire poofer - a propane flame effect device
