Pyromancy will be having an indoor Spin Jam on a weekly basis at ALT Theatre every Monday from 7pm-10pm. This event is for anyone interested in hoop, staff, poi, fans, dart, juggling and other props. There will have some extra hoops available to use. This will be a skill share, so if there is anything you would like to learn, please ask! Come learn new skills and practice with us in this theatre with full dance studio mirrors!

- To receive regular updates on this event ( and other similar ones ) please join the Buffalo Spin Jams Facebook group.

A $5 fee per person is payable directly to the theatre and is required to pay for heat/lighting/space rental. Buzz the doorbell to get let in an follow the signs to ALT Theatre – Its on the third floor. The address is 255 Great Arrow Ave (3rd floor), Buffalo, NY ( google map ) See you then!

Here is a quick video from 2-27-12 when we turned the lights off for the second half and played with LED toys:

And detailed map/instructions for how to get in the theatre

Photos from Technologies Extreme Haunted House 2011 by Jose Vega © Big Punn Photos
Pyromancy Performances: October 22,23,30 and 31st 2011

Terror Technologies Extreme Haunted House 2011 in Buffalo NY
* 11 days and 45 hours of operation raised $1,060.00 for Make-A-Wish,
* 1,914 pounds for the FEED THE CITY – a Benefit Concert for Food Bank of WNY!
* Drew enough blood for Upstate NY Transplant Services
* UNYTS – Donate Life to save 18 lives in Western New York and several hefty bags filled with winter hats / gloves / scarfs for Hearts for the Homeless of WNY Inc. ®.
* Food drive total for Operation One Ton Food Challenge has raised a whopping 3,672 pounds of food, just 328 pounds short of Two tons. * Attendance was 4,121 for 2011. Not bad for Home Haunters!
- Terror Technologies
- Terror Technologies Facebook

September 16, 2011
The ‘British Invasion’ takes over Delaware Park at Party for the Parks –an indoor/outdoor, over-21 party, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., featuring live music, incredible auctions, lots of great food and drinks at the Marcy Casino. This year’s bands, headlined by the If’s, will be on a floating stage right on Hoyt Lake. It’s all overlooking one of the Best scenic views in Buffalo! Proceeds from this great event benefit the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. Get your tickets online here!
- Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Website

Pyromancy will be back again this year with an exciting fire performance featuring some new props and performers! We will going on at various times from sundown to 10:30pm! Potter Dee is working on an amazing surprise installation!

Press Links:

- Buffalo Evening News, August 24,2011
Party for the Parks/ Gala Announcement :

- Buffalo Rising: 9th Annual Party for the Parks: British Invasion in Buffalo

- The Good Neighboorhood – Party for the Parks Brings British Invasion Theme to Benefit Olmsted Parks

Fire Eater Robert Turley at Party For the Parks 2010

Gillian : Fire Hoop

Gillian : Fire Staff

Potter : Fire Fans

Photo Credit: Jose Rodriguez

Been out on Allentown with Gillian the past few nights between Lagniappes Lucky Dogs and Nietzsches during Buffalo Infringement Festival 2011. Our audiences have been wonderful, last night some folks from 12/8th Path Band joined us on percussion and it was bloody awesome. They are our favorite band in Buffalo to play with and we are looking forward to being next to them at Curtain Up!

We’ll be out tonight around midnight and quite possibly again tomorrow night.

Love sets Fire.
Potter Dee.

The Good Neighborhood: Where the heART Is – 2011 Infringement Fest in Review

“There is a spirit to the festival that would benefit us all if infused into the other 354 days of the year. It’s a sense of exploration, discovery, creativity, and celebration. It seems during those 11 bustling days that anything is possible – there are no boundaries, no restrictions, and no judgment. It’s a space where art is created organically and with intention, with the support of a strong and organized community.”
~Anna Laurie Miller

Last month we got to perform at the opening weekend of a new park on Ohio St. Once a common post-industrial waste field, thanks to the work of Margaret “Peg” Overdorf and the Valley Community Association, Buffalo now has a fantastic new concert venue and boating park. For the next three weeks we will be performing between sets probably around 9pm.

Only Humen, also a Buffalo Hall of Music award winner and popular throughout Western New York, will perform on August 3rd. The band is led by Frank Pusateri who is native to the South Buffalo area.

Crash Cadillac, the fun interactive oldies band, will be featured on August 10th.

The series will wrap up on Wednesday, August 24th with the Town Pants, an international touring act. The Town Pants band, which hails from Vancouver, Canada, combines aspects of traditional Irish music, folk rock, and Americana, creating a unique brand of high energy “West Coast Celtic.” With their performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and at festivals throughout United States, Canada and Europe, the group is a consistent audience favorite.

Food and refreshments will be available at all concerts.

More information at The Valley Center

The Buffalo Hula Hoop Group and Pyromancy will be having an open invite Hoop and Spin Jam at Lasalle Park Amphitheater this Thursday from 7pm until after dark. This event is for anyone interested in learning hooping or other skill toys, come out and spin with us! There will have some extra hoops for people to use in case you do not have one. Other props like batons, poi, staff, juggling are also welcome. This will be a skill share, so if there is anything you would like to learn, please ask ! I can provide instruction for off-body moves / isolations and mini-hoops if anyone is interested. If you use fire props, we are able to burn when it gets dark but please bring your own fuel or a small donation to cover the cost of white gas if you want to use it. The amphitheater is almost always available, but if for some reason it is in use ( there was a martial arts class till 7:30 one time ) , we can meet out on the lawn until it is available. The amphitheater is covered so this event will be rain or shine.

Photographers are welcomed! Please take photos of us and submit them to the hoop group or gillian [at] pyromancy.org . This is a great opportunity to expand your art with some interesting subjects.

- Facebook Event Link
- Join the Buffalo Hula Hoop Group

Its been kind of quiet around this website lately, but it early summer and we are getting ready ready for lots of cool upcoming shows!

We got a chance to perform at Buffalo Riverfest this past weekend in the brand new Conway Park. We did a 15 minute show on both Friday and Saturday with both fire and LEDS. This was the first event held in the recently constructed Buffalo River Fest Park. For some news about the construction of this beautiful park, check out Buffalo Rising’s article. The area has been transformed from an the overgrown, littered lot into a festival park and is worth taking the rid down to Ohio St to check it out. Here is a link to the google map with an outdated street view.

Holly Rutkowski ( Insomnia Creation ) with the fire hoop!

Gillian Tunney and her new LED Hoop!

Potter Dee Fire Eating

Buffalo Riverfest Park ( from Buffalo Rising )

Quick clips of Gillian’s performances on Saturday Night:

6-18-11
Performer: Gillian Tunney
Props: Fire hoop, poi and short staff
Venue: Buffalo Riverfest

At the event Dance Your Art Off we spun LED props and Flags at various locations around the dance floor to enhance the Dj performances and create an interesting backdrop.

From Artvoice:
Dance Your Art Off, as the name suggests, is first a dance party and then an art party. Town Ballroom was transformed into an avant garde dance palace where respected deep house star John Ceglia and Buffalo-based artist DJ Cutler spun breakbeat, funk, hip hop, and deep house all night.

Read more at Artvoice

Other press links from this event:

- Artvoice: The Groove is in the Art
- Buffalo Rising: Come Dance Your Art Off!

3-26-11
Performer: Marc Wardak
Props: Levistick ( Flow wand ) and LED Poi
Venue: Trimania