This poi dancing tutorial covers poi pirouettes. There are a lot of different ways to approach how to turn with poi or how to dance with poi, but when it comes to poi dance pirouettes are usually one of those tricks that people are really wowed by. Learn how to add these to your poi dancing toolbox today!
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Start in a lunge with both of your knees slightly bent. The arm above your rear foot should point forward and the arm above your front foot should point out to the side.
Step up on the forward leg, going all the way up to your tip-toes on it. Your rear leg should come forward and touch the knee of the standing leg. Your arms should draw together to create a circle in front of your body to keep your core centered.
Step forward with the tucked leg and land again in a lunge. Your arms will open with the arm above your rear leg pointing forward and the arm above your forward leg pointed out to the side.
Practice walking like this, each time pausing for 2 seconds and balancing on one leg to develop core control over this position.
Now let's add some turning into it! As you step up on your forward leg, spot 1/4 turn away from the arm to the side. As it comes in, use it's momentum to help carry your body to turn. Come back down in a lunge and now spot/turn 1/2 a turn away from the arm out to the side. Come back down and now spot/turn 3/4 turn, then a whole turn, then go through the entire pattern again.
This will teach you control over both your turns as well as where you land with them.
Now you can add the poi back into it! I've found that the following poi moves work very well with pirouettes: extensions, antispins, inspins, and even corkscrews.
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