The Minneapolis Fire Collective has been selected (for the 9th year in a row - wow!) to perform in the Burning Man Fire Conclave, in the Great Circle, around the Man just before he BURNS! We have just a few more rehearsals before we go, and you are invited to come watch our final rehearsal which will be a public performance for our friends, family, our the extremely supportive Powderhorn Park community.
If you caught our audition video filming show in June, that's wonderful! This show will b...
The Minneapolis Fire Collective has been selected (for the 9th year in a row - wow!) to perform in the Burning Man Fire Conclave, in the Great Circle, around the Man just before he BURNS! We have just a few more rehearsals before we go, and you are invited to come watch our final rehearsal which will be a public performance for our friends, family, our the extremely supportive Powderhorn Park community.
If you caught our audition video filming show in June, that's wonderful! This show will be VERY similar to that, but it's always amazing, so come see it again! If you missed it, LUCKY YOU, you get another chance! So yeah, the info is pretty much the same as it was for that performance, without the audition pressure and intensity! This one is all for AWESOME!
Join us at the beautiful Powderhorn Park, in South Minneapolis, to see 44 MFC members (29 fire dancers, 8 safeties, 5 drummers, our media guy, and our helmsman/stage manager) put on our 20 minute performance TWICE, with a break for re-fueling in between. Same show, twice.... and we'll pick the video of our best run to send in for our audition submission! Stick around - you'll wanna see it twice anyways - SO MUCH to see!
The Burning Man theme this year is DiVinci's Workshop, and we feel that we've done it justice! Our prop builders have KILLED IT this year! You will see DiVinci inspired Helicopter Helmets, Screwasols, Flying Machine Wings, Monkeys with a giant hoop (Ventruvian Chimps!), as well as some sexy booty belts, giant fire fans, and all the standard props too (poi, staff, hoops, fans). And let's not forget about the "Last Supper" fire breathing finale (yep, 13 fire breathers!)! This 20 minute choreographed show (including "chaos") is ambitious for us, but is quite incredible! Again, we'll be doing it TWICE.
Our friends, family, and neighbors are all welcome to come watch any or all of this rehearsal. Photographers and videographers are more than welcome to attend! Please tag us in your awesome things!
Est. times:
7:30 - 8:30: Dry run rehearsal time
8:30 - 10ish: BURN Time!
The MFC is mostly financially self-sufficient, but please drop a few bucks (or 20!) in our donation bucket. Every little bit helps! Fuel is expensive, and we use A LOT of it! 7 gallons of white gas for each 16 minute performance, to be exact! Each performance (we'll do it twice for you) costs about 90 bucks! Not cheap! Plus Burning Man is 2000 miles away..... and that's a long way to take all our big big props!
Thanks everybody, and see you at the park!
(Southeast side of the park, near the community center, in the main bowl)
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE MFC!!!
♥ Fire Mama and the 2016 MInneapolis Fire Collective
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***AFTER PARTY! :)
We ALL gotta be outta the park by 10 pm, but please join us after our performance at the Cardinal Bar and Grill (2920 E 38th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406) for some hang time with members of the MFC! The Cardinal serves food until 10:30.
EVENT PRO-TIPS:
- We are ON, rain or shine, with or without you. This is still sorta technically still a rehearsal for us, and we've rehearsed in the rain (and snow) before! But it would be cool if you were there!
- Bring a blanket or chairs to sit on. Blankets are better for the hill, and for space. (Maybe bring a tarp to put under your blanket, in case it's wet.)
- Powderhorn is a DRY park... no alcohol. THX.
- Bathrooms will be guaranteed open ONLY until 9:00 pm, so if you gotta go... keep an eye on the time!
- KIds and dogs are welcome, but be sure to watch and leash them. FIRE DANGER for them and us.
- Bug spray? Cuz, bugs.
- We ALL need to be out of the park by 10 pm, but don't forget about the AFTER PARTY! Come hang out with us at the Cardinal Bar and Grill (38th x Hiawatha). They are expecting us! Yay! Buy us a DRINK! Not kidding. THANKS! ♥