October 12, 2002
dancing with fire

I'm now doing a series of portraits of a fire dancing troupe called Saturnalia, starting with the same setup I used on the Burning Man photos. In fact, these kids were at Burning Man, I just couldn't convince them to walk the half mile to our camp on the edge of the playa to get their pictures taken.

I met them through my friend Lou, who caught the fire bug at Burning Man a few years back and founded the troupe shortly thereafter. Michael did music for a short video I did called "Fire Dancer" and Lou did the fire performance. It's about a 5MB Quicktime, you can watch it.

Tonight I'm going to attempt to get pictures of them actually involving fire, but for now you're gonna have to be happy with the daytime version.

Posted by kia at October 12, 2002 10:18 AM
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I like the daytime... the damp smell of fuel and the clinking of chains is often as interesting as the dazzling display of spinning red-ho- oh not its not, nevermind

Posted by: rob on October 12, 2002 11:56 AM

i would love to learn how to firedance. I bought a stick and now just need to learn.I live sydney parramatta. Even a 'how to' site. thanks.

Posted by: mary on March 5, 2004 08:18 PM

i have been fire dancing about a year and i love it.It gives me a feeling of wholeness and puts my mind at ease.if im pissed about somthing i just break out my chains and go for it..i think everyone should attend the rainbow gatherings and burning man for the whole experiance...

Posted by: Ivy on June 24, 2004 04:18 PM

Does Saturnalia have a website? And where do you recommend purchasing fire toys? :)

Posted by: simone on August 6, 2004 04:47 PM
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