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Isaiah (Zaya) Starr is a preeminent Fire Dancer and entertainer up and down the Midwest, astounding audiences with his high energy electric performances with a myriad of honed talents from Stilts, Juggling, Dance and Fire Dancing!!
“Zaya Starr Founder of DROGOS has been performing on streets and stages since he was six years old. He has performed at Wakarusa, Blue Note, Mulberry Mountain, Sacred Harvest Fest and for troupes such as Thy Fairy Pranksters, Mystic Melange, The Fly Swatters, Calliope Circus, The Intergalactic Circus, Lunamorphs, Wookiefoot and with his newest Troupe DROGOS at venues all across the country. As a Founding member of DROGOS and a lead Fire Safety for Burn Tulsa and helps organize local flow events for the community in Tulsa and Tahlequah.
He uses a vast score of props; from Staffs, Poi(ball and chain), Hoops, Triads, and Juggling Maces for his performance and utilizes all of these skills on stilts! With a basis in tribal flow and the mystic flow arts, Isaiah brings a lifetime of Dedication to Every Performance.
Zaya Starr | A lifetime on the stage.
When I was a boy my father took me traveling with the caravan he performed with “Thy Fairy Pranksters” a traveling show with belly dancers, fire dancers, actors and stage craft. And when I was 6 my father took me out onto stage and set my staff on fire for the first time, and the weight of being so small with this heavy tool of fire was indescribably entrenched in me.
From the beginning it’s been paramount to create your dance, it is a flowing speech. It captivates, it enthralls, people are shocked and at the edge of their seat in anticipation. Your excitement is our trade. Our joy dulls the drudgery like the gold of the Sun.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.