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Hoop and poi dancing is all about skill, balance and losing yourself in the flow.
At Thompson Park on Sunday, fire and hoop dancers with Fire Magick, a professional performance group in Watertown, were showing kids and grown-ups how to play around with hula hoops and poi spinning in an open flow jam session.
The objective of poi dancing is to lose your thoughts and to flow, said Adam Lobo, a veteran fire dancer from Australia who was playing with a pair of poi, swinging tethered weights in patterns to create visual illusions.
Gathered around the team of artists and their novices Sunday were dozens of admirers and children who were learning new tricks in the free event.
The group eventually hopes to teach people fire tricks if the city of Watertown supports it.
Practicing a hula hoop transfer from one hand to the other Sunday evening was 15-year-old Isabel Koapke-Allen of Watertown.
She said she usually prefers being indoors but came out Sunday to learn hoop dancing.
Mr. Lobo said part of his mission is to get kids outside to play, level up their character and integrate them into a larger community through dancing.
Its a great way to teach people a sense of balance and improve hand-eye coordination, said Fire Magick co-owner Jozette M. Borrmann, whose stage name is Iso short for isolation hoop dance.
She and Seth Hill, aka FloFox, started their company last year and ultimately hope to perform worldwide with their crew, Pixie and Ninja.
Mr. Lobo, who is a well-known booking agent in the business, also is helping them with promotions.
Mr. Hill said he likes to think that he is teaching people how to paint with their bodies, with each move representing a color.
When youre in the flow zone, it literally feels like time stops for you, Mr. Hill said. Dancing helps you come out of your shell.
The groups next performance is on Friday in Syracuse during the fireworks celebration.
Fire Magick also will be participating in the coming Piyak Paddle Fest on July 3 in Clayton.
Fire Magick plans to hold public flow jam sessions from 2 to 5 p.m. every Sunday at Thompson Park
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LONDON (MarketWatch) — European stock markets traded mixed Thursday, with the region's benchmark index moving higher as Swiss shares posted a delayed rally on the back of the U.S. budget deal to avert the fiscal cliff.
Most indexes moved higher or trimmed losses as data showed U.S. private-sector payrolls for December grew more than forecast, a day ahead of the release of government figures on nonfarm payrolls.
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The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +0.33% added 0.5% to close at 286.83, the highest level since February 2011.
Analysts' attention remained fixed on the latest developments in Washington — and what might come next.
"We had the rally after the fiscal-cliff deal and now there's the story of stepping back from that and working out what will happen when we get back to discussing it again in February and what will happen with the debt ceiling," said Victoria Clarke, economist at Investec Securities.
"I think the talks are going to be fairly quiet, and unless we suddenly get a solution to the debt ceiling, the nervousness will remain in the background," she said.
Wednesday's rally came as U.S. policy makers signed off on a last-minute deal to avert what would have been a massive round of tax hikes and spending cuts, which many observers said could have pushed the largest global economy back into recession.
Swiss stocks, which reopened for trading Thursday, benefited from the U.S. budget news and rallied to catch up with other markets' recent gains.
The Swiss Market Index SMI, +0.07% jumped 2.9% 7,020.46, as shares of investment bank UBS AG CH:UBSN UBS, -0.38% rose 4.1%, health-care firm Roche Holding AG ROG, -0.59% gained 3% and drug maker Novartis AG NOVN, -0.51% added 2.2%.
U.S. fiscal issues remain in focus
Overall, European markets played off worries over what U.S. lawmakers failed to address with their fiscal-cliff deal investors' initial euphoria faded.
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"A failure to tackle longer-term fiscal health in the next two months could put the U.S. at risk for another downgrade," they added.
Indeed, Moody's Investors Service said Wednesday that the fate of the nation's AAA credit rating hinges on more deficit action. See: Moody's: U.S. rating hinges on more deficit action
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