Performers - Part 51

 Waldemar Horwat

Waldemar Horwat is not a professional performer.  He is a self-described computer geek, but he is also a fire dancer, Burning Man burner, photographer, and more.  He took some of the photos in yesterday's post about the Bay to Breakers race.

Above, Waldemar performed naked as a fire spinner at a mini Burning Man event held at Red White and Blue Beach in Santa Cruz, California in 2004.

More naked fire spinning at the beach.

And more.

Here he is (on the ground) at the real Burning Man festival in 2010.  The photo is captioned "I tied Tezz on the Thunderdome."  I guess you could call it performance art.

Waldemar is into tying people up.  Here he is at the Dore Alley festival in SanFrancisco in 2015.  Waldemar, at left, has grown long hair.  He is wearing a rather revealing costume, and he is tying up a guy named Ethan.

He finishes off Ethan by tying on what he called a "beard leash".

Here's Ethan with his beard leash, and in the background another guy is taking care of himself in public.  Well, it's Dore Alley.

In 2016 Waldemar did another (almost) naked fire dance at Club Z in San Jose.

Then in 2019 we see him at the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco with another guy he has tied up naked.

In 2023 at the Folsom Street Fair, Waldemar tied up yet another naked guy and suspended him from ropes in what he called "Rope Performance."

We end with a close-up of Waldemar's assistant for "Rope Performance."  Nice rope work – but maybe you weren't looking at the ropes.