Dancing combined with fire is going to be different than anything you have ever experienced.

From sacred rituals to celebrations and storytelling.

Fire and dance have been a part of cultures across the globe since the beginning of human history.

The Fire Dancers at Burn Works in Spokane, Washington, keep this tradition alive through passion and professionalism.

The mission of Burn Works is to bring people together through the love of fire dancing.

From the very, very beginning, a way to teach people what it is, how to do it safely and send them out into the world for the next generation of fire dancers and the community.

I would get together with my friends in parks around town and we would spin fire.

People started to come to us asking, “Hey, can you teach me this?” My friends and I decided, “Hey, why don't we start doing professional classes for people?” Burn Works welcome students with any level of experience.

Instructors provide students with hands on training.

So the one thing that I want people to know when they are taking classes and when I am teaching them, is that safety always comes first.

We teach fire safety course to everybody that comes through our doors.

We want to love the fire.

We want to respect it.

We want everything to be as safe as possible and then exploring our creativity, whether it be in our costume design or our flow arts or how we're maneuvering our implements, we want everything to be very creative and empowering for anybody who comes and does it with us.

Fire dancing has really helped me see myself with more confidence.

When I'm spinning fire, I'm not thinking about anything else.

I'm completely in my body.

It's really helped me see myself in a different way, like really in my femininity and my power.

I can do hard things.

Fire dancing gives performers a chance to connect with the community and introduce audiences to a new art form.

Hey guys, we are doing a fire show, so if you want to gather round, please make sure you just stay behind the yellow tape.

As our performers are working with fire.

How am I feeling right now?

I'm feeling pumped.

I'm super excited.

I love the space and it's nice and clear and open for us.

I love it, I'm just obsessed with it.

It's kind of hard to describe how much it's a part of my life because I'm going to festivals, I'm going to shows.

I'm running a business now.

And it all started from somebody sharing their love of fire spinning with me.

I was going through like this very rugged time in my life.

I didn't really have a direction in which I wanted to go.

Then I saw some fire spinners, but I always thought it was unapproachable.

So as soon as I knew that there were people who actually taught this art and I could get into that, that blew my mind.

I love the community.

I look forward to seeing them.

I just have a sense of belonging because we're all, you know, have the same passion and expressing ourselves.

Weren't surprises.

People, when they try it for the first time is how hot it is.

Honestly.

Why I love teaching fire dancing is I love to share my passion.

I love to get to meet people and participate in the community, be part of building community.

It's very important.

When we get people together and we're having a jam and we're all flowing together.

It just makes me feel like I'm right where I want to be.

It's kind of like being a musician in a way where you can learn things, but you never stop learning.

You always keep going.

It's kind of like soul energy.

You just get this implement and you light it on fire and it ignites your entire life.