5 Poi Performance Mistakes to Avoid!

[@BioshadowX]

Definitely a matter of knowing your audience and context of the performance (walk around vs stage for example) but if you can, tell a story! People get engaged with a narrative

[@DrexFactor]

Storytelling is also super important!

[@S-Lewis]

Thanks, just found your chanel and realizing that I am so out of date with Poi tricks, but at least my performance stage presence avoids most of these problems. I started poi in 2002, but that was before KZbin existed and I had to learn out if a book. The old classics as you call them!

[@gaberialla]

These tips are very informational. I definitely need to practice more on the making use of the stage more while spinning. I also have to play around with dynamics of going big vs going small. I definitely need to work on incorporating levels more in my poi dance flow. Eye contact is so important but also finding the medium between too much eye contact and not enough eye contact.

[@zzasserzz]

Dude I had to learn so much of what you mentioned purely through experience!!! Such good info for budding performers

[@DrexFactor]

Agreed! And I had to learn a lot of it the hard way, too 😜

[@JoanMendoza]

Thanks for the tips!

[@DrexFactor]

My pleasure!

[@NovuhBang]

Awesome tips!

[@DrexFactor]

Thank you!

[@klaudiasowiak2736]

I need this video about footwork

[@DrexFactor]

The playlist is linked in the description-here’s another link: Contemporary Poi Dance Moves Tutorials kzbin.info/aero/PLGRWu2f31dFUXW9hzkRlvGV6xlaAxfVCc

[@klaudiasowiak2736]

@@DrexFactor Thanks a lot

[@nbk5008]

I'd love to learn how you plan and rehearse a performance. Do you write out a series of tricks that flow together and then practice doing them, or just go up and freestyle?

[@XAdriMine]

I'm a dancer so I will parallel. The more you practice and the better you are, the more freestyle and flow-state it is. And of course, on and with the music ;)

[@tinakelland5850]

Thank you so much

[@Reblwitoutacause]

Sure couldve used this before spinning for family and friends on the 4th 😅

[@DrexFactor]

Better late than never!

[@tobias8826]

I have another "mistake" in my opinion: Not having stageclothes(/make up). The audience tend to think it is a better show if the artists looks like artist.

[@javrielmaestre6882]

#cutdownthetechtrees….love that!!!!

[@DrexFactor]

Make that trend! 😉

[@Litepaw]

I bought a pair of tube sock poi recently but I have no idea how to tie a knot and what kind I should use... It's a cheap beanbag tube sock poi pair from juggle dreams. ...right now I've just got a weird tangle of basic knots and it annoys the hell out of me 😓 I wanna tie a good knot to a well-balanced position and I would love to tighten it to make it feel more permanent, then I could finally start like really really getting things to my muscle memory. Oh and on another topic, been learning flowers, hybrids, isolations, and stalls recently because I got most of the weaves/fountains etc down like clockwork already, can just go flow mode 🥰 Yesterday I nailed the tuck turn that's fully behind the back, I had somehow completely missed that, but drex posted a short about tuck turns yesterday, and I saw it's a thing that exists. So I grinded it until I learned it 😂 (if someone replies to this please tag me by just adding @litepaw to your comment so youtube notifies me of the reply better. It's really important to me if I could finally tie these poi better)

[@DrexFactor]

I did a tutorial a few years back on how to make sock poi--maybe it'll help! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqGum5ecqZqfibM

[@Litepaw]

@@DrexFactor THANK YOU ❤️ That's exactly what I was looking for! Makes sense that a DIY video would include a section on that 😂 And thank you for the super clear and simple poi learning material! You've been such a huge help and resource in picking up poi spinning again after a long break ❤️🔥 I originally picked it up as a tribute to one of my best friends who suddenly died a bit over half a decade ago to keep his memory and vibe alive. Atte had a big influence on my life in multiple ways.

[@mateuszmynarski7540]

One thing that I alywas forget about is smile when I get to concentrated especdially with fire :P

[@TrickyTreat93]

At 1min 17sec. The first trick, before the horizontal cateye vs isolation 😅 what's that trick called❤

[@JamesWebbsChanell]

I'm perfect

[@zappasaves]

I think the tech tree looks cool. I wouldn't classify it as a mistake if someone is choosing to do it intentionally.

[@Reblwitoutacause]

I think his point is: "what does the audience think? Be aware that it may not look cool to them." If it does look cool to them, great! If not, just may not make your _performance_ stand out as much as you may want.

[@zappasaves]

If I was in the audience, I would think it looked cool. 🤷

[@zzasserzz]

@@zappasavesI’m from SEAsia, and truly, clients, laymen, won’t be able to tell what a tech tree is doing. It’s cause no one here does this, hence their point of reference is massively different

[@DrexFactor]

Ultimately I hope what comes across in the video is that learning your way around each of these concepts means that you can make a choice about how you want to present yourself. There are absolutely applications for holding still onstage for a certain period of time, but I do think that it's important that people have what they need to make other choices both for themselves and for their audience.

[@zappasaves]

@@DrexFactor Fair, and I agree. Your video by and large did a great job to help people become aware of habits they may not have been aware of previously. I think I only reacted to the idea of a 'mission to cut down tech trees', where I think that mountain style is cool and has a place alongside the dancier flow.

[@Yhoda.PsyTrakked]

my problem is looking down. not at my audience and to not pull sex faces when concerntrating