Flow Arts - A Film
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- Flow Arts • A Film is a 23 minute overview and introduction to what Flow Arts are, where they come from, who does them, where, and why.
The film intends to expose the unique and blooming culture surrounding this new circus-inspired art form, and thereby contribute to helping Flow Arts gain recognition as a legitimate art, dance form, therapeutic modality, performance medium, profession, and community building tool.
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I love that this video specifically shows people who are older, people who are curvy etc. It seems like most of the videos out there are made by people who are young skinny beautiful and graceful, like you can only practice flow arts if you are like that. Thankyou for showing that normal people can join in as well.
I'm beautiful and older. Take that
@@angelloakira don't forget humble. Only that overshadows my greatness is my humility;)
Sort of. There were only two people I wouldn't classify as the usual type of folks who do flow arts. As someone much older trying to find my flow, I look around me and all the flow artists in my area are of the same age group; young, healthy with no physical limitations, and then there's me, a 59 year old fire fan wannabe with bad knees, fibromyalgia, and degenerative arthritis who can't do what the young ones do. What is easy for them is far harder for someone with limited mobility like me. What I like about fans is that they usually only really involve my arms, which I can still move fairly well. I kept hitting myself in the face with poi so that was out as a flow even though it, too, uses mostly arm motions. LOL I like my facial bones intact. I rarely flow in public, though, because I don't fit the usual bill for a fan spinner and can't do all the tricks the usual spinner can do. I find them and the young ones who can do them so effortlessly to be intimidating.
18:37 - “in a non-competitive, creative way”
that hit home 😭💜
This was a beautiful film. Thank you for so positively representing the diversity of the flow arts.
yes and yes....... community, trust, sharing, peace, training, love, expansion, transformation.
This is the perfect reason why I continue to spin. Started with friends now it's like meditation.
Wonderful film. Flow Arts have been a big part of my life. I just had no name for all of the activities I learned to do. A skateboarder in my teens, I started juggling at 30. Contact juggling in my 40's. Buugeng at 60. It seems to keep me moving. Glad to put a name with it. Flow Arts. Go with the flow.
Ooo Www, maan! Cried a lot watching this movie. I Keeps flowing since I was 15th. And your movie just touched my heart.
I can't believe I only now have run into this mini doc. Thank you for this. Missing the festival circuits but sending tons of love out to everyone. Let Love Light The Way! ~lady luminous
Thank you so much for this. A perfect introduction for those in my life who don't understand what flow arts is, and tears were brought to my eyes more than once. Beautifully made ☺
same here
Me too, it completely reignited the wonder of play
THIS IS SO LOVELY!
Thanks for this film! I started hooping during the corona lockdown and I just now found that there's a whole community behind it. And that there are other objects and ways to get in the "flow".
Thank you for this extremely well made introduction to flow arts!!! :))))
I love this Festival! 💜 is fantastic!!💫
I found the flow arts a month ago, that or it found me, and I fell in love instantly. Honestly, it saved my life and gave me self-dignity and courage. Thank you for the great video~
Beginner flow artist of 2 weeks started as a way to escape reality and relax my anxiety looking forward to learning and experience this more 😊😊🙃I'm truly happy I found you guys and this community
How are you getting along with it?
I hope you continue to do this and you are amazing!
I've been spinning staffs and such for 15+ years and just learned about this community. This is beautiful. This video has inspired me to try some new tricks and keep practicing. Thanks.
What an amazing video to watch thankyou. Beautifully encapsulates the wonderful diversity that is the joy of flow.
I came up with a cute little routine watching this vid to help engage my local scene, we have very few flow-ers and i want more people to share the freedom of flow. Breaking the ice is the hardest part for me. I love that creativity flow has endless bounds, the ripples are ever going and i appreciate it
I just found out about flow arts recently and the first video I saw of it I felt this spark especially poi is super cool and so I'm gonna ask for poi for my birthday and me and my bestie are gonna learn together ❤️ I can't wait to become a member of the flow arts community 😁
whoohoo this is the first time i hear about flow arts even though i have been playing quite a bit over the past few years.... thank you so much, giving me a lot of motivation to practise more clubs, balls, poi and contact and looking forward to participate in the next flowart festival as soon as possible! mostly i am getting smiled at by my friends for doing that hippie stuff.... so nice to hear the voices of people that feel the same about the state of flow, challenge, growth and contentness it puts you in.
Great video, thanks for sharing - I had a realization while watching that I was introduced to flow arts when I started skateboarding in my teens, and I had never thought of it like that. Particularly when you realize there are certain 'tricks' and styles but still there are no rules, if it feels good you can do whatever you want.
wow this film is amazing, so insperational! you actually made me cry, thankyou!!
Wow
That was beautiful !
Thank you for this short film
I am now inspired to leave home and join the circus
Amazing!! seems like it's calling me... :D
This is beautiful
Wonderful! It's funny how many of these people I see at flowjam regularly. Love this community, y'all are the best!
I've been looking forward to this since I first saw the trailer!! Thank you for all the hard work you've put into it! It's beautiful.
Thanks for the film and the inspiration
Thanks for those lovely voices you put together to speak for this movement. I found a lot of my way of perceiving the world in these humans.
Flow on
No shit lsd open my mind to flow art and it's just amazing :)
CZcams! pay this man!
I love this video. I am a poi and staff performer and finding something so amazing and well explained is amazing. Great video and awesome to watch
Where can I find this tribe? They seem to present everything I've been looking for: Love; patience; grace; tolerance; compassion; creativity; joy; etc. This event looks like it could be such a healing experience
I love this film! I just can't help getting stuck on flow being isolated to using an object, wouldn't you consider voguing in ballroom culture to fall under something you can reach flow state with?
I cant speak for all but i think so yes! If you can get in the flow state then it meets my criteria. I would count your body as an object of manipulation/fun/prop to move :)
Well done mate, very beautiful movie!!
Great video, great editing, great music tracks. Random Rab FTW.
Yea, good movie👍
Describes conventions and 'the feeling' about the 'flow' quite well..
And the music is also cool 😎👍
Greetings from germany and happy juggling!
✌😄👍🌼〽️
Cool documentary! Pretty camerawork too :)
Absolutely beautiful film. Thank you so much for making this. I will be sharing it with friends and family.
Thank you for this !
damn such a nicely edited video! loved this.
How am I just now coming across this!?!? And your channel?? So happy I stumbled upon it and this video is so truly incredible!!
awesome video i have been spinning for a year or so. i want to go to one of these
This is such an amazing film, I feel inspired!
This is amazing😻
💜💜💜
Perfect ♥️
Pac Fire!!1
Love
Hi, does anyone have a document where I can find more information?
I find myself writing an article on flow arts
Awesome vid! Makes me wanna go to a flow arts event. Was kinda sad tho that I didn’t see any glowsticking. I’m pretty sure that’s a glow art, right?
Sure is in my books! An original we owe alot too and freaking amazing to watch, will never forget the first time i saw the art, fast fancy fluffers I'll just step back and let my brain explode politely
Such beautiful peoplew
Wonderful video. I want to meet and flow with you all!
information on these festivals? would love to learn more
5:24 I have one of these ;-; and I never knew what it was used for till now T.T
5:56 Hula hoop
0:17 bigger hula hoop? XD
0:12 lights with strings ;w;
0:25 kids dying
0:29 FIREEEE
0:31 Sheet spinny
0:38 Juggling
1:41 IDK JUST WOW DONT FALL T>T
4:41 dancing on hanging on hula hoop?
5:56 Hooping! In his style, that jump through stunned me. holy what!
0:17 Cyr Hoop
0:12 Puppy Hammer, like Poi but not two seperate props just one long one with two heads, funny name have no idea why its called that but it is.
0:25 Kids dying 🤣💜 with fun! At some sort of hooping workshop, how do i sign up pls.
0:29 Big fire circle of experienced twirlers, you see these at flow festivals its a magical experience 😍
0:31 is an unruffled Aerial Silk
0:38 partnered Club juggling
1:41 Aerial Silks, the technical work is deep respect they can drop controlled and its crazy amazing
And more Cyr hoop
@WillowLikesRoblox2021 the one you have is called Diabolos, havent seen one irl but an enchanting prop to watch 🤩
I actually re watch this film every year. Any chance of a follow up video ?
3:12 what type of art is that it looks like a mixture between staff and club
contact sword
I had no idea what Flowarts was, I just saw a movie with a fire dancer and went on an internet search binge. I went from fire dancing, to poi, to this. Watching this? I actually want to get involved in this. This is awesome. Very inspiring. What do you think would be a good type of flowart to get into for a beginner? Obviously I should avoid fire until I get to that skill level, but should I start with poi? Hoops? Or should I just follow whatever interests me most? Thanks for making this!
I would say follow what interests you the most. I find that poi are not so easy to learn, but that may just be me. Perhapts you like fans or the pixelwhip or leviwand? Those in my opinion are a little bit easier to learn. Also, my favorite must be rope dart, but that is also not easy :D
I started with a levitation wand. It's AMAZING! It came naturally for me as soon as I took it out of the box but idk if that would be the same for everyone else. Absolutely recommend a leviwand!!!!
Very late to the party but ya never know who might be reading or if your feeling adventurous. I really enjoy hoops, theres so many ways you can move it, dont need to hula hoop it around the abdomen at all, can move any way you want with whatever size hoop you want, however many you want and almost where ever. Ive got a reallly big hula hoop and it flexs into any backseat of a car or easy over the shoulder like a bag and go.
Anyone know what I would call that flow prop being used in the beginning by the guy at 0:14?
I'm a bit late but that's a puppyhammer
dilculpen, alguien podría decirme el nombre de ese instrumento que parece un abanico q encienden? gracias
Fire Fans
anyone know any great diy's for flow toys?
What's the song at 17:35?
are there know artists who work on flow art ? for my phd
name of the hooper in 5:57 please? Thanks
His name is Zach Boutilier. He no longer hoops.
Nicky Evers why?
What' is the one at 3:11 called?
anyone else out there feeling nostalgic in 2020?
who is the name of the toy on minute 16:38??? Thank u!
It's a levi stick. 😉
How do you call the term he said on 7:18??
Are your refering to Transient Hypo frontalis? Im just guessing how its spelt hopefully helpful in your search. I love the idea of it that your brain stops thinking and simple be's in the now
Opening song?
Random Rab - The Spice
Do you guys know about gloving?
imo finding your flow is how the martial arts were found. a lot of weapons were farm tools and are taught because farmers who used these tools all day and night for work, entertainment, and relaxing had to defend themselves. they won a battle and the winning moves are taught as the "style". but teaching styles is useless as you may be very well prepared for the situations you've practiced but unless you have found the flow in the martial art that the creator had you wont see the new moves when you need them.
manipulation a short staff all day teaches you the infinitely many ways the object can be manipulated. A flow master who has perfected his craft over many many years should in theory be able to replace the stick with an arm and instinctively know how to manipulate it if the situation ever arose.
good shops for poi?
Home of Poi is a highly reputable brand. Pricey to a beginner but on the cheaper side for the standard of what your getting.
If looking for beginner Poi id recommend sock poi for easiness to make, theres quite a few cheap knock offs in the general market that are good for practice, they're likely to break but mistakes are part of being a beginner so how much can you afford to potentially throw away is a good way to think about. However there is an exception in that if you go very high quality you may never need to worry, they dont make them anymore but Poi like "PodPoi" v1 or v2 are sturdy as heck, seriously borderline indestructible but not immortal.
The buying world is vast and different for each country, i personally wait for the best buy for me however learning firsthand what you do and dont want/like is also an option
It would've been nice to see more poc. Why is every instructor white?
Are you kidding me? You cannot claim activities and art forms that have been around for thousands of years and put them under the wide and all encompassing blanket of "flow arts". You are appropriating thousands of years of culture from across the world to try and legitimize your "art form".
Calm down friend. Flow arts is just a term used for basically flowing with props ??
It doesn't show to much in this video but I don't think people will generalize their art forms and call it what? Flow arting or something.
See it like this: Football is still the name for the "sport" football.
And Spinning poi is still the name for the "flow art" of poi (don't practice it myself so idk if I'm naming it right)
All the people in this video probably care a lot about the art they practice and I'm sure they care about the story and culture of their respective art too. Well at least I do (although the history of Orbiting only goes back around 6 years :^) )
Um... 3:16
I think it's more about making a community more accessible rather than trying to claim an eclectic of historical cultural practices. Personally I'm glad it's been given a collective term, it makes it a lot easier to network and find like minded people :)
@@adrianloganpaul4954 i think this way too. That's how I got here. I started hooping. Then I saw somewhere that somebody called it flow arts and I became interested in the term and seeing what other things it involved. I wouldn't have found the other types so easily if it weren't for that term. Now I am interested in other types and their origin as well.
The knowledge of where specific flow "discipline's" if you would, is an ever growing interest within flow communities. Its hard to find as flow is a doing thing so its hard to find specifics on how its changed and thus trace back to the source. However we do know of certain cultures and their use of the original form and thats starting to be understood which is the first step to respect. I know Maori cultures heavily influenced the use of poi as well as other Polynesian countrys. I know our practices aren't negatively affecting their ability to practice their cultures and for the most part of the opinons of Maori New Zealanders ive seen they're very okay with it. Its its own seperate thing and they dont cross. Maori culture uses it traditionally with women as form of story telling, each movement symbolises deep meaning that can be told through movement, before it was primarily story telling within the culture it was also a form of training the hands and wrists of warriors and hunters. Popular culture holds no appropriation of the meaning just the enjoyment, and is now vastly diverse from even the original flow prop. Which no one truely knows but theres speculation on glowsticking in early 80's rave culture. And im sure other disciplines have their own origin and growth storys aswell. I hope very much that we can understand more about how the past has evolved into today so we can keep it growing with love