“I definitely love fire. I think that with most people there is sort of an inherent primal fascination with it,” says fire dancer Daniel Tamagi. “Just the way it moves, it seems to have a life of its own.”
Tamagi is a member of Transflowmation Entertainment, an Edmonton-based flow arts group who describe their shows as a synergy of movement, light and music.
“My favourite thing about the flow arts and fire dancing in general is to some extent the empowerment associated with it,” says Tamgi, who spent almost 10 years working towards a career in medical physics before deciding he would make a better artist.
“People who think they are not physical or not athletic are all of a sudden having tons of fun doing something very physical. I think one of the most beautiful things about flow arts is the ability to empower people, to instil confidence and creativity into them in a situation where the world, their teachers, their parents might have told them otherwise.”
“I would say it takes confidence and persistence. A belief that you can do it,” adds Tamagi’s business partner Nina Wosar. “I always remind myself that I’m sharing inspiration and that I’m trying to expose people to a new way of creativity and inspire them to try something they have never tried before.”
