About shireen

teacher, performer and equipment manufacturer

shireen has pursued her lifelong interest in movement arts through training in yoga, dance, circus arts and aerial dance. She has been dancing with fire since 1999, and is known for her fluid style, innovative movements and mesmerizing performances.

Vital to the development of the fire performance community in Portland, she instituted the Community Fire and Drum Jam in November 2000 and has led Oregon’s conclave to Burning Man since its inception in 2002. Because of her commitment to both safety and the community, the Portland Fire Department relied on shireen to assist them in updating and revising Portland’s fire performance art codes.

An accomplished teacher as well as performer, she has taught poi spinning, fire skills and safety to students of all ages from the Portland Saturday Market to the beaches of India to the National Circus School in Cambodia. She currently teaches private poi spinning lessons from her home in southeast Portland.

shireen's bio can be seen here.