Poi Dancing: Beginner to Hero! (Udemy.com)
Learn and Master the Fundamentals of Poi with Nick Woolsey
Created by: Nick Woolsey
Last updated August 2025
What you will learn
- play freely and confidently with all the basic moves of poi spinning
- Understand planes, rhythm, and footwork
- Learn how to learn with a proven methodology that has helped thousands!
- Feel confident as you link patterns together creatively
How it compares
Against the other 662 rated Udemy courses in Health & Fitness on CourseDuck:
- Rating5.0 out of 5higher than 99% of them
- Reviews1,734#87 of 663 by number of reviews
- Length13.2 hourslonger than 93% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2025more recently than 59% of them
Course Description
Unlock the Art of Poi with Nick Woolsey—From Beginner to Confident, Creative Spinner
Poi is a movement art, where weights on the ends of tethers are swung through flowing rhythmic patterns. Join renowned poi-teacher Nick Woolsey to learn and master the fundamental moves and transitions of poi.
This course will take you from complete beginner to creative and empowered poi artist, with a proven, step-by-step system to help you learn, embody, and master poi.
Each section of the course includes 12-20 bite-sized videos, guiding you through the skills you need to grow—step by step, at your own pace.
What you'll gain:
- A solid foundation in all the essential poi moves: weaves, windmills, butterfly variations, buzzsaws, fountains, and more
- Deep understanding of transitions, turns, rhythm, and movement flow
- Freedom and fluency with your poi spinning
- An experience of movement meditation, play, and personal expression
- An empowered understanding of learning how to learn, the fun way!
For those of you who already know some moves, this course is a great way to deepen your control of planes, rhythm, and freedom of movement, and to discover and learn all the moves missing from your poi movement vocabulary.
Join thousands of students around the world who’ve learned with Nick—and start your poi journey today!
Instructor Details
- 5.0 Rating
1,734 Reviews
Nick Woolsey
Nick Woolsey is a poi-dance pioneer and a cult-celebrity within the global poi-dancing community. Thousands of people have attended Nick's poi workshops and retreats, and tens of thousands more have learned from his online videos. He is now collaborating with professional dancers and circus artists in Vancouver, BC, to bring a new level of online video resources to the poi and flow arts community.
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Reviews
By Angel Desnousse on 9/16/2025
Hi my name is Angel I'm from the Seychelles. I have been doing poi since I was 22yrs old did it for 4 years then left it, to be employed and focus more on dance, and this sidetracked me off the flow arts route, now at 34yrs I have picked it up again, and this course has made it so much easier to get back on track and learn new steps. Amazing course, when I first started at 22 I learned from Nick's online youtube classes and I self taught myself to do fire shows, he has a way of explaining that is easy to understand, with a little bit of fun attached to it. Amazing...thank you
By Edith F on 8/3/2022
Really great experience! There's a huge difference to just finding some videos with poi stuff scattered round the internet and practicing with them. Really, guys. It's worth it. In this course, you really get a deep dive into activating your kinesthetic intelligence and creativity. You learn how to practice in a playful way, leading towards real freedom of movement and into dancing and improvisation. I just loved this course. And if you're really into poi, you can always come back to many of the videos in this course to hone your skills and climb another level of subtlety -- the way Nick teaches leaves always room to explore and create your own unique style of movement. I'm looking forward to the 'beyond the basics' course now :)
By Alexander llabres on 12/6/2020
Great course
By Sigita Latveniene on 11/7/2020
This course is awesome!
By Misti Tolleson on 11/7/2020
I have learned so much in this course. I've learned a lot easier than just picking random videos off the internet. I enjoy his personality and how he presents his lessons. ???
By Philip Hitchcock on 10/1/2020
Nick is a fabulous teacher. Highly recommended
By Jelena Aleksic on 9/26/2020
Great instructor, fun and clear videos
By Enzio Velazqueoni on 9/17/2020
I'm picking this stuff up really quickly! His explanations to performing the moves are extremely fine tuned!
By Urska Podvrsic on 9/9/2020
Love your energy :)
By Parisa Sahirad on 9/9/2020
I feel like Im learning the theory behind poi which is something Ive been lacking in all my flow props
By Tanja Tajnik on 9/6/2020
Love this kind of stuff. Flow arts in general is my passion. And your explanations is now only about moves but it is wider perceptions of body and moving. I am capoeira professor and poledance and flexibility certificated teacher so I see professional skills.
By Kristina Pertermann on 9/4/2020
Nick is such a great teacher who builds ab the moves thoroughly and frustration-free. The course is so much fun, I love his humour. I have been trying out some of the tricks last year already, but hit a motivational bump in the road at some point (more like a collapsed bridge) With his tips, it's easy to smoothe out the bumps and just have fun playing poi!
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