Creative Flame @ Trinumeral 9/.9.2009
Last year, 8/8/08, Creative flame brought the SHISHADEN to Trinumeral as the featured Artist Private Lounge. This year, we're back at Trinumeral 9/9/09 September 9th through sept 13th 2009 offering up vignette performances on the stagefront for acts like Conspirator, RJD2, Bela Fleck, and more! For the complete lineup, check their website!
Middle East: Winter 2009/10...
We're working on returning to the Middle East this winter 2009/10 for a series of performances. Last time, in 2006, after an amazing time through Dubai and Oman, including a few camel rides, NOW we know what to expect, know how to win over the audiences, secure our fuels, and get around...So we're ready to take it up a notch with a new 30 minute feature fire-only set. More details to come in regards to locations, dates, and links to preparation blogs. If we're good, we'll tie in the shows with India, and round out the entire trip in 6 weeks.
Performance with Armitage Shanks of Circus Contraption..... Bash got the honor to learn from, hang with, and ultimately perform onstage with arguably, one of the Greats in the Burlesque Sideshow world, Armitage Shanks. If you've heard of the hauntingly entrancing project 'Circus Contraption', He's behind it. July 22, 2009 brought an ensemble cast, including Bash from Creative Flame,The Mezmer Society, Akarimorph Circus, and the Lovely Libravado Sisters, MC'd by Armitage Shanks, at Club 828 in Asheville,NC. Check out some of these awesome artists, insanely talented, and it was a hell of a lot of fun!
Learning from a Bindlestiff at the 2009 IJA Convention.... This summer keeps getting better. We're adding some rough cut Lariat acts to our repertoire soon...(really rough :) THANKS TO KEITH from the Bindlestiff Circus, for teaching the workshop on Lasso and Knot throwing. We're getting some wild tricks "roped up"...Our hands are tired, wrists are shaky, and getting dizzy from spinning infinite lariat circles.
Thailand on the Radar, Spring 2010....Fingers crossed for our upcoming proposal to Phuket, Thailand. in spring 2010. Part of the agreement would be that we MUST post video diary entries online every day of the trip. More to come.
NPR: Creative Flame's First fire show on the Radio....!?!? Its stange to hear someone you hear on the radio talking to you on the phone. So when we spoke to Robert Siegel from NPR, it was REALLY surreal. Creative Flame was featured on the NPR regular segment "The Sounds Of", where they record the sounds of people's jobs. The sound of Fire IS pretty cool, so NPR came to us, and recorded the audio of us performing various fire tools. A fire gig on the radio!?!? Now THAT's a first for us. This happened during our expedition to Wilmington, to create a Gypsy circus-style entertainment venue. Listen to it here!
Three days on One Tree Hill ...
Well it's about time for the WB's season premiere of One Tree Hill, and you'll see Four of Creative Flame on it, including Sideshow Joe, Picasso, Bash, and Foxx. As usual, we can't say why or where, but we'll be on it. Keep your eyes peeled. Fall 2009
Fall 2009 w/ Tyra Banks on Television ...
Celsius & Kenrom headed up Creative Flame's television performance for an upcoming Tyra Banks show appearing Fall 2009. We're obliged not to give details, except it'll be airing Fall 2009, but once it airs, we'll make sure you know how to find it online!
On the Road With 'Shishaden' ...
The 08-09 Season brought us to several large music festivals East of the Mississippi, including Trinumeral 8.8.8, Bonnaroo, The Allgood Festival, Trib0riginal, Port City Music Fest, The 420fest, among several other private & corporate events. Many of these evens brought the Shishaden to life. (the Shishaden is a large geodesic dome used as a sub-environment within an event, and staging area/nexus / Alternative stage for variety performances, and even a full service Hookah Lounge) We're bringing in the 'den for the winter after Halloween, slated for enrichments and to make her even bigger. more to come...