A Light and Motion favorite, for over a decade Jeff Olynek has lived and breathed fire performance. He has taken on the world performing in places such as Hawaii, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Key West. Trained with Barbara Kozicki and the Canadian Fire, Flag and Poi Association as well as many Cirque do Soleil performers.
Jeff is known for breathing new style into poi with movements inspired by both club swinging and modern dance, making his act is highly theatrical. His classes are always packed with smiling faces, this will be Jeff’s 3rd year teaching at the Light and Motion Festival.
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Intro to Juggling
This class will turn a non-juggler to a juggler. Jeff has taught over 1000 students how to juggle and has an 80% success rate. By the end of the class participants will have a basic understanding of juggling theory and will be able to juggle 3 balls. All ready know how to juggle? Come take the partner juggling class.
Partner Juggling
This class will be a chance to play with other jugglers and get some pointers while you do so. We will focus on passing patterns between 2 people, as well as some 3, 4 and 5 person systems as well. The focus will be on ball juggling, but feel free to bring other props as well.
Intro to Poi
This class will lay a groundwork for poi moves and theory. We will be using the codified terms and systems of club swinging and apply them to poi in order to create strong shapes and clear basics patterns. This class is for those still learning poi, as well as those wanting to get back to fundamentals.
