Tahoe Daily Tribune - South Lake Tahoe Resident Turns Fire into Business
When Andrea Creo goes to work, the sparks start flying. Literally. The 32-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident and head of Tahoe Fire Dancers has made fire her business.
“We were just doing performances for our friends and family, and we wanted to take it to the next level” Creo said of the group's beginnings. “It was just something we were passionate about.” read more
“We were just doing performances for our friends and family, and we wanted to take it to the next level” Creo said of the group's beginnings. “It was just something we were passionate about.” read more
Tahoe Quarterly - Best Way to Light Up the Night
Andrea Creo overcame her fear of fire by learning to swing flaming orbs suspended by string around her body.
Founder of the Tahoe Fire Dancers, Creo first witnessed fire dancing, appropriately, at Burning Man, five years ago. Based on the traditional movements of the Maori poi performance in which balls, attached to a length of cord, are twirled in circular patterns, the art form completely captured her imagination. Upon her return from the annual festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, Creo, a South Lake Tahoe yoga instructor, began ordering DVDs and attending workshops to learn how to spin shapes from flames, traveling as far as New Zealand to hone her skills.
Growing up on a 20-acre property in Amador County, Creo was forced to evacuate multiple times because of wildfires. More recently, she fled the Angora inferno read more
Founder of the Tahoe Fire Dancers, Creo first witnessed fire dancing, appropriately, at Burning Man, five years ago. Based on the traditional movements of the Maori poi performance in which balls, attached to a length of cord, are twirled in circular patterns, the art form completely captured her imagination. Upon her return from the annual festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, Creo, a South Lake Tahoe yoga instructor, began ordering DVDs and attending workshops to learn how to spin shapes from flames, traveling as far as New Zealand to hone her skills.
Growing up on a 20-acre property in Amador County, Creo was forced to evacuate multiple times because of wildfires. More recently, she fled the Angora inferno read more
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