Fire Tribe adds element of danger to exotic combination of movement and rhythm

Fire Tribe adds element of danger to exotic combination of movement and rhythm
Published July 17, 2010 in the Commercial Appeal

Play with fire and you'll get burned, the old saying goes. Well, it's going to take a lot more than a burn for Memphis' Fire Tribe to stop playing with fire. The members eat fire, breathe fire, set hula hoops on fire, and belly dance with fire fans, fire swords, fire staffs and more.

The Fire Tribe includes 10 local fire performers who met either over the Internet or through mutual friends. The group's mission, according to Nadia Sophia, 22, one of the Fire Tribe's founders, is to encourage others to tap outside the box in terms of creative form. "We want to bring the community together to see different things, and to have fun," she says. Sophia has been practicing capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art that incorporates music and dance, for a number of years...(Read more)