The Bite Magazine

Ayumi

hile growing up, from infancy to probably pre-

teens, you were probably more likely to have

been warned not to play with fire, and if you

did, you would get hurt bad… real bad! But performer

Ayumi LaNoire seems to have mastered the art of playing

with fire and has no fear of getting burnt. After all, there

is a special technique to the art and not just anyone could

do it. Also, she has another pastime, one that really gets

the crowd going and is often performed with very little

light. She starts with her back to the crowd, donning a

Japanese Kimono gown and starts teasing the crowd a

bit by exposing a shoulder or two with a little dance here

and there as though she’s about to perform a strip tease.

Then suddenly the gown is off to reveal a rather sexy

number showing off her slim and toned body, which gets

the crowd cheering their approval. Ayumi then grabs

the pole while keeping in with the beat of electro music

and does some rather aerobic positions that I couldn’t

really imagine myself doing. Yet, Ayumi does this with

poise and the expertise of a trained dancer. Yes, you’ve

guessed it;Ayumi LaNoire is a pole performer as well as a

fire-eating babe.

Starting out as a trained stage actress in her late teens,

Ayumi chose performance as her vocation because she

loved entertaining people and has been doing so for

almost ten years. Her first stint in acting was in a school

play. “I think I was five years old and I did a bread roll

(yes, a bread roll). I was not even a main character so got

jealous of other kids playing nice bread. It was a story

about bread.” Her influences derive from her cultural

background, having been born in Japan and Japanese

subculture. She also cites arts and comedies, which she

says she used to love.When performing, the message she

aims to bring across is one where the audience feels that

they have a good night and that will make their following

day a little better. Throwing out smiles and energy

toward the audience often gets their attention too. “I

do not get attracted only by a spectacular performance

but also by the connectivity between the performer and

the audience. What we all search for is an emotional

exchange I believe.” Her most enjoyable and rewarding

moment when performing is, “when I get to see people

who watched my performance or video footage in a

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