Jan

8

Everyone is Happy Productions wins 1st prize in COL 2009 international video competition

January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment

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We spent a little bit of time in an ex CIA spy station making a short film last year. It was a really fun film to make and we just got the great news that it came first in the 2009 COL competition. We just wanted to share the happy news, plus give […]

Dec

1

Object manipulations and projections

December 1, 2009 | 4 Comments

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Object manipulations and projections from Kyle McLean on Vimeo.
This is a collaboration with my good friend Jay Latour from France. This is really only the start of our investigations with combining object manipulations and projections, we were pleasantly surprised with the results though!
Object Manipulation: Jay Latour
Programing & Music: Kyle McLean
Software: VVVV, Ableton, Reason
Project proudly supported […]

Oct

13

Spin Festival, Jan 2010 Melbourne

October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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There will be an awesome spinning and manipulation event in Melbourne on the 15th to the 17th of January, thanks to the hard work of Chris Carlos & friends. Thought I would let folks know that there are 30 early bird tickets available, but just untill the end of October, so be quick!
There is […]

Sep

12

Elena Shapoval performs a flawless 3 staff act

September 12, 2009 | 2 Comments

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I really like to play with falling sticks, so I was quite happy when my friend Sam showed me this video this morning.
“Das Model” performed by Elena Shapoval

Directed by Taras Pozdnyakov. Check out his youtube channel for some really top notch contemporary Russian circus.

Apr

18

Linda Farkas rocks!

April 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

Linda Farkas of Magma Fire Theater, Hungry, performs a wicked contact staff / dance routine:

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Loving how well the movement is integrated.  Linda, I very much hope I get to meet and jam with you while I’m in Europe!

Apr

14

All Staffs. Fire uber tech extravaganza!

April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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All Staffs is staffed with:
Valerie Ann Sealey (USA)
Sebastian Berger (Austria)
Steve Joshua Dyffort (Germany)
Antti Suniala (Finland)
Editing credits go to David J Nolan, Vienna based motiongrapher who by all accounts is also quite good at Super Mario World.

Feb

18

Sebastian Berger Solo

February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Sebastian Bergers staff manipulation performance at EJC 2008, Karlsruhe / Germany. I’ve been meaning to post this for ages. Great non fire routine, it’s both light and at the same time very tech.

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http://www.staffmanipulation.comhttp://www.fenfire.at
Video by David J Nolanhttp://www.davidnolan.at
music by: string quartet “piggy” & “bonus”

Aug

31

2UberOz Review

August 31, 2007 | 4 Comments

Pics from Ry 2UberOz unanimously declared a smashing success.Having spent the summer gallivanting around Europe going to every twirling event that I could, last weekend’s 2UberOz was the perfect way to come home.  And I’m happy to say that it’s up there with the best of them!  The 6th Uberevent and second to be held […]

Jul

29

Fire in the Domes

July 29, 2007 | 13 Comments

This was a video we made to celebrate Maddi.  It was somewhat squashed to fit it on youtube, I’ll find a place to host a high quality version for download as soon as I can.

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Music:Siesta -Dub acanNo Woman No Cry -Yeshe
Update: You can now download a good quality version here (96mb)

Jun

27

Sixteen Ways to Manipulate a Motif

June 27, 2007 | 9 Comments

OK.  This is an amazing text.  It’s intended for dancers, but applies wonderfully to object manipulation.  You can take a riff or motif (or a ‘trick’ for those tech peeps), and tweak it.  Lots.  We played with it a bit @ Feuerkunst Berlin, and the talented Fabien asked if we could get a copy online.  […]

Jun

27

Uber Paris Rocked. And now the trailer for 2uberOz…

June 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

So.  The Video first:

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Wow.  Looks alright?   A quick road update:  Feuerkunst Berlin was great, and Uber Paris was simply amazing. Good workshops, good show, good people, good vibes.   I’m  back in Berlin now, staying just above the Jonglierkatakomben (juggling catacombs), a very chic circus training space.  I’ve been hanging out with Ronan and […]

Jun

11

Feuerkunst Berlin

June 11, 2007 | 6 Comments

Pic by Glenneroo
So.  Europe.  Feuerkunst Berlin was the first stop. It’s just winding up now.  And wow! amazing!I’m to tired to write much about it just now.  Need to sleep and digest.  In short it is a ten day gathering of fire artists from all over the world.  Over the course of the event a […]

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