We provide instruction, practice tools and music to get you moving.  Park in the East parking lot on the Baker lane side.  All skill levels and use of any fire tools can be taught.  Donations are always appreciated, although no payment is required.  We simply love this stuff and want to share it. Controlled Burn Practices and rehearsals follow class from 7-9.

Beginning at 9p.m., we will host a Community Burn each Wednesday. Please bring your own fuel with you if you intend to burn.

Compression! Art and Fire is held on Reno City Plaza and adjacent streets on July 27, 2013.  Visit http://compression.controlledburnreno.com/ for more information.

Governor Sandoval legalizes apprentice fire performers.

Controlled Burn’s involvement in Nevada’s new Fire Performer Apprentice bill (effective 1/1/12) is discussed in detail here.  This legislation does not limit anyone’s on-playa self-expression, but instead addresses ambiguities and legal trends that had negatively impacted Nevada fire performers.  As an all-inclusive fire performance group, we hope to keep this art form as accessible as possible to as many as possible.

TO REITERATE, BURNING MAN IS HELD ON FEDERAL (BLM) LAND, SO NO NEVADA STATE FIRE MARSHAL CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WITH FIRE.

We started the morning with Lafe, of ABC Fire, who gave us the fire extinguisher class:

And as you can plainly see, our members are rapt, as they pay attention to the discussion after the video in order for us to do well on the test!

Then, of course, we headed outside for the performer safety class, led this year by Brian, our new safety director. He did an excellent job schooling us on how to put out performers, and other members of Controlled Burn jumped in with unique and personally encountered situations we may find ourselves in. This included lighting the fuel dump on fire (ON PURPOSE):

and learning how the safety mechanism operated on the dump so that it removes the oxygen from the fire, extinguishing it after pretty short order:

We all had a great time, it was another opportunity to get together and practice our craft, and it was good to get the refresher course!

Stay tuned for other trainings and classes by Controlled Burn!

Peace!

~Gemini

Matty Pockets here.  Recently, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about learning how to fire dance/fire spin.  Well, instead of waiting for me or Gemini to get to your questions, here’s some of the most popular questions we’ve been getting, and their answers!

As I get more, or if you have a question you think should be on here, feel free to either ask it in the comments, or email us at info@controlledburnreno.com!

Q: What tools do I need?  What do I need to bring? Do I need experience?
A: The only tools that you need initially, and the only thing you need to bring, is your willingness to learn, and a good attitude!  We provide practice poi for you to start with, but if you want to make your own practice poi (which we suggest) so you can practice at home, we’ll teach you how! And as for experience, well….we all had to start somewhere, so let’s start here, shall we?

Q: Do I have to practice with poi?
A: No, no you do not!  We currently teach poi, staff, and fingers/fans! We also teach fire safety, which you’ll be taught before you even start spinning any real fire.  If you have another tool that you want to learn…well…we’ll try our best to give advice!

Q: What’s the cost?
A: We humbly request a $5 donation for our classes, although it’s NOT required.  But practice poi and practice staffs are rather cheap and not too expensive. Actual fire tools..well….those prices can vary wildly.

Q: Where are classes?  What time are they?
A: Class times and schedules are always posted here on the Front Page in the rotating News feed. Check often for any updates!

I’ve been hard at work enabling and testing the new Comment feature here at Controlled Burn Reno central HQ, and it looks like it’s ready for prime-time.  What is the Comment feature you ask?  Well, it will allow all of you to leave us little comments, questions, or concerns on all the posts that are made here on our website.

In short, let’s make this fun everyone!  We want to hear from YOU, and we want to talk back to YOU as well!
Comments will now be enabled on all posts moving forward, and our more recent posts as well!  So get out there, and tell us what you think!

A few things first though (you know, all the mumbo-jumbo fine-print).

• An email address IS required.  This is purely for registration purposes, and we will not send you any spam, or release your email address to ANYONE else.  Your email address will NOT be visible to anyone. The only time we may send you an e-mail address is if you make an offensive post and are receiving a warning.
• A one time email will be sent to your email address.  This is to verify that it’s you.  Once you click on the link, you’ll never be bugged again.
  

  RULES

• Please keep things civil, be nice, and have fun!  Do try and stay somewhat on topic.
• Any comments are, of course, the views of their authors and does not reflect the views or opinions of Controlled Burn Reno.
• If an obscene post is made, it will be removed and the user will be warned.  Further incursions will results in the user being banned from commenting.
• Controlled Burn Reno may make use of your comments without prior permission.
• These rules can (and most likely will) change at-will.

Our brand-spanking new “Events Calendar” is a quick and easy way to navigate upcoming gigs, practice information, and also find out when the next Controlled Burn Reno related special event will be happening!

Want to find out if we’re booked for a certain date?  Want to see if you’ll be in town for a certain gig?  Or want to just check out the pretty colors plastered on the calendar?

Go for it!  You can find the new calendar on the top menu bar located at..well…the top of the website!  Or just click here!

find us at http://twitter.com/renocontrolburn

OR

@renocontrolburn

See you in Tweet-Land!!

~Gemini