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

23

Hooping workshops in Brisbane

December 23, 2009 | 4 Comments

Happy Hooping classes in 2010!

Have fun and get fit this summer 2010 with an awesome beginners course in dance hula hoop and trick hooping. Hooping has a fun fast learning curve and you will be surprised at how quickly you’ll be able to do it well. The course commences February 18th and runs […]

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 […]

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.

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

Nov

14

Crazy Irish Japanese fuison poi style strikes again!

November 14, 2008 | 1 Comment

Yuta and Ronin have released a wonderfully lighthearted poi video.  The oddly titltled:
Squares of Darkness: Poitato Sushi Poitvch1

Youtube Link
Music by Makoto from Jujumohttp://jujumo.net/
Shot in Sanfran at the Vulcanhttp://jp.youtube.com/user/VulcanVideo
Apparently this was originally intended for the COL DVD, but somehow or other it ended up online instead for our viewing pleasure.  Thanks guys!  […]

Nov

7

Flame Oz has a new promo

November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

FlameOZ. Oh yeah.
Cream of the crop. Top of the tree. And you will not see better then this:
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Editing credits to the mutli talented David Nolan.
Update: you can also check out the hi res version on their website.

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.  […]

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