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Burn Works’ artists (safely) play with fire.
Fire is often rightfully viewed as something to fear, a force that can destroy starting with a single spark. But for Spokane-based fire-spinning troupe Burn Works, the element becomes an entrancing partner, tamed and spun into a dance with fuel-lit props like poi (balls on a metal chain), fans, hoops and staffs.
While now commonly a subset of “flow” arts — movement-based disciplines like juggling, object manipulation, and dance that emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s in festival
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