Fusion Hip Hop Dance Troupe

Established in 1993, Fusion is one of Boston University's dance troupes. Fusion acts as a space for its members, members of the BU community, and beyond to grow and learn as dancers through consistent training and various performance opportunities. For Fusion’s own annual show—ELEMENTS XIX Dance Competition, the goal was to capture each dancers’ own distinct flow & gestures.

Each of the 36 dancers had queued up a song to freestyle to while I continuously fired off long exposures. Using the rear-curtain sync flash technique, I froze the dancers at the end of their movements while capturing their trails of light. The edit process went from the initial color isolation to retouching faces, accenting glows, to the final recoloring.

As the theme for the ELEMENTS XIX Dance Competition was focused on the guidance and harmony in creation, these photos came to be a result of collaborative movement from both subject & camera.