Editing Fire performance (section)

{{Short description|Performance art using fire skills}}
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[[File:Fire Gypsy Productions New Years Eve Fire Performance.ogv|thumb|300px|Video of a fire performance at Webster Hall NYC]]
[[Image:AnnanStaff2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A fire twirler with staff]]

[[Image:Fire dancer.JPG|thumb|300px|A fireknife performer with a [[fire knife]]]]

[[Image:Wirewoolpoi.jpg|thumb|300px|A fire performers spinning poi consisting of lit [[wire wool]] in [[chicken wire]] cages, dipped first in paraffin. [[Long-exposure photography]] captures the trails created by sparks.]] 
[[File:Spinning fire dancers of Udaipur.jpg|thumb|300px|Spinning fire dancers of [[Udaipur]] perform traditional dance.]]
[[File:TRF fire dancer.jpg|thumb|300px|Fire dancer with poi]]

'''Fire performance''' is a group of [[performance arts]] or skills that involve the manipulation of [[fire]]. Fire performance typically involves equipment or other objects made with one or more [[Candle wick|wicks]] which are designed to sustain a large enough flame to create a visual effect.

Fire performance includes skills based on [[juggling]], [[baton twirling]], [[poi (performance art)|poi]] spinning, and other forms of [[object manipulation]]. It also includes skills such as [[Fire breathing (circus act)|fire breathing]], [[fire eating]], and body burning; sometimes called [[fakir]] skills. Fire performance has various styles of performance including fire dancing; the use of fire as a finale in an otherwise non-fire performance; and the use of fire skills as 'dangerous' stunts. Performances can be done as choreographed routines to music (this type being related to [[dance]] or [[rhythmic gymnastics]]); as freestyle (performed to music or not) performances; or performed with vocal interaction with the audience. Some aspect of fire performance can be found in a wide variety of cultural traditions and rituals from around the world.

Any performance involving fire carries inherent danger and risks, and [[fire safety]] precautions should always be taken.
[[File:Fire Belly Dancer.jpg|thumb|Fire Belly Dancer Houston, Texas]]