Art ablaze: Firespinners light up the night

Stephiniti, Sunfire, and Keile are pictured with other local friends and fire performers during Denver’s Sunday night ritual at Confluence Park. Little did we know we were being filmed!

“DENVER – The hobby is called firespinning. It is part athletics, part art. It takes quick thinking, coordination and strength. And did we mention it’s on fire?

If your Sunday evening drives take you across the Speer Boulevard bridge over Confluence Park, you might have seen the swirling lights below. What looks from a distance like overgrown fireflies are actually people performing something called firespinning.”

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