Fusion puts on 40th annual spring show

BY ISABEL HAHN STAFF WRITER

Fusion Dance Company, Brown’s oldest student-run dance group, put on their 40th annual spring show “Mirage” this past weekend. In a packed auditorium in Alumnae Hall, the group’s 21 members showcased their expertise in a diverse range of dance styles — including contemporary, jazz and hip-hop — by performing original choreographed and arranged pieces.

Serving as a send-off for the company’s graduating seniors, “Mirage” opened with an emotion-charged performance to “Let Go” by Frou Frou, followed by a welcome speech by members Mia Koenig and Mia-Nathalie Pridgen ’26.

Koenig shared Fusion’s “herstory” — tracing the company’s roots back to Paula Franklin ’87 and her 1983 performance of an original choreographed piece. Since its founding, Fusion has “strived to uphold (its) tradition of a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic group of dancers” with no constraints on “body shape, size … or choreography,” Koenig said.

Before the show started, Koenig and Pridgen encouraged audience members to convey their support vocally, telling them that Fusion’s dancers “feed off of your energy.”

“The louder you cheer,” Koenig said,