Michelle C. Smith
Staff spinning style: Bo staff, martial arts, badass
Level of tutorials: Beginners to advanced
Michelle Christa Smith is an actor, stunt woman, speaker and educator. She teaches people how to become a badass with the staff! Her skills and style are focused more on martial arts, but they can be beneficial for every spinner out there. Are you ready to add more power, energy, and sharpness to your flow? Check out her Youtube channel with plenty of free tutorials!
Srikanta Barefoot
Staff spinning style: staff spinning with full body movement and dance
Level of tutorials: Beginners to advanced
Srikanta is a former Cirque du Soleil performer with a breadth of experience in Circus, Theater & Dance. We had the pleasure to collaborate with this incredible artist and create awesome photos and videos together! He teaches workshops & retreats and has also published an instructional video series on Dancing with the Fire Staff. Don't worry - you can apply any of these techniques to LED show or daylight spinning.
Amit Kenig
Staff spinning style: Circus staff spinning and juggling, fast spinning
Level of tutorials: Beginners to advanced
We are happy to say that Amit is our dear friend and a fantastic artist! His speciality is fast spinning and juggling. He found his passion for staff spinning and performance at the age of 12 back in 2003. After seven years of training, studying circus and performing in Israel, he was the first staff spinner accepted to study in one of the most known professional circus schools (Le Lido Toulouse). Isn't that amazing? He's currently collaborating with Pyroterra, and his act UPGRADED is a light show masterpiece!
Michael Caden Pike
MCP
Staff spinning style: contact staff, double staff manipulationsÂ
Level of tutorials: Beginners to advanced
If you want to dive deep in contact staff, staff manipulation, and double staffs, his site is the right choice. MCP is one of the well-known staff spinners and teachers creating excellent tutorials mainly for contact staff and double staffs for a very long time. Recently he's been developing apps for learning and understanding the tricks with different props in motion. His apps have cool animations which simulate the tricks and allow you to play with timing, direction, shape etc. This can help you learn better by adding a visual aspect and gain a more in-depth knowledge of staff spinning. Check out The Double Staff LAB app in Play Store for Android for free!
Grace Good
Staff spinning style: Dragon staffÂ
Level of tutorials: Beginners to advanced
Grace is a self-taught circus performer who is extremely passionate about spreading joy and inspiring others to live their dreams through her entertaining circus shows and performances! She has created an online course called Guide to mastering the dragonstaff, and we believe it's an excellent way to start, especially if you plan to perform because this lady is just awesome on stage!
Mika Hell
Staff spinning style: Contact Staff, Dragon StaffÂ
Level of tutorials: Beginners to advanced
Mika is a talented flow artist, performer and teacher, known mainly in the European community. You can meet him usually teaching and sharing his skills at festivals, but you can enjoy his lessons online now! Join his Patreon to become his student and supporter or visit his Youtube channel for some free tutorials.
Patryk Burdecki
Staff Doctor
Staff spinning style: Double staff spinning
Level of tutorials: Beginners to advanced
Patryk is a double staffs maniac, and that should say it all 🙂 You can find plenty of his tutorials on Youtube for free, don't forget to subscribe and support by liking his videos!