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Welcome to the Instruments of the Now web site.
A New Video is posted from our performance at the Fire Dancing Expo in San Francisco, April 2010. It's a latin-dance partner-poi routine. The video is second from the top in the Video Gallery.

UPCOMING POI RETREAT: Zan will be teaching an In-depth Poi Retreat in Costa Rica. For one week there will be two classes a day plus spin-jam time, covering nearly everything about poi. Visit the info page to get all the details and to reserve your spot for this one-time class!
Noah has completed a new project: a staff and baton instructional DVD set. It has both tutorials and documentary footage. Find a video preview in the Video Gallery, fifth video down.
In the Now:
A second instructional Poi DVD "The Encyclo-Poi-dia volume 2" is RELEASED! When you order it here it will ship to you right away. This DVD is a major step forward in poi instruction, combining over 20 chapters of in-depth instruction with computer animation to simplify complex poi techniques and theories. The instruction will be interspersed with interviews and footage of some of the world's top spinners. Everyone involved in the project is quite stoked about how great it turned out. Click here to see a sample from the DVD. Also, the Primer video is posted, featuring deleted scenes, unused interviews, and other poi footage. Poi guru 'Alien Jon' joined the DVD team to really push the limits of what's possible. Watch the Trailer below to see for yourself how it looks (and click the "HQ" icon to watch high quality):

The Instruments of the Now put on one of their best shows ever at 'Tsunami on the Square' in June 2009. Zan and Noah Moore, Anetta Lucero and Aurora performed a series of partner acts including partner-acrobatics and fire-dancing duets. Here's what some audience members had to say:
"I thought you guys were amazing and hands down the most impressive, entertaining, and beautiful show I have ever seen."
"I was amazed at the dances, the music, the discipline, and the message of working to one's highest potential. Your show is hopeful and inspirational. Thank you!"

In 2008 the Instruments of the Now completed our largest project ever: Tour Now & Then 2008. For two years running we directed a non-profit motivational circus project for diabetic kids' summer camps, performing for thousands of kids in more than 25 states and provinces. New videos are up on the Video Updates page to give you a feel for the project. They're fun, wacky, and have some great clips from our black-light stage show.
Zan now lives in Mosier, Oregon between travels where he fits a training regimen into his daily routine. In summer of 2009, he embarked on a two month street-performing tour of Europe (here's a video!). Noah is living in Hawaii, on the Big Island working on some new performance partner-acrobatic material (video!).

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