"Poi" is the Maori word for a ball on a cord that is swung around the body. The Maori are natives of New Zealand. They use Poi in a dance for the females and as co-ordination training for the warriors (using rocks swung from flax ropes) before battle. Poi are also used as a training aid for other ancient weapons like the Mere or Patu (Short club).

Images captured here are an assortment of black light active props - glowsticks, ribbons and other apparatus. To see more pictures please visit the gallery.

Frank spin
circles
blue
and green;
merging,
flowing,
interlocking.
the implications
of energy
flow:
chasing,
ebbing,
kinetic glow.

Jessie Davis
March 24, 2004