Gallery: Caught in the blur
By MacKenzie Coffman
May 17, 2017 11:03 p.m.
Alex Byun started dancing with Foundations in spring of his second year. He joined NSU Modern this winter.
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''Last year, I was watching all these teams,'' Byun said. Now he practices with them.
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''I feel like I have boundless energy,'' Byun said.
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When Byun was on Foundations, he spent many hours in the Wooden Center alone, just to get in extra practice.
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''Dance is inherently kind of strange.'' Byun said.
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''There’s a different degree of control and self freedom – you can do what you want when you’re doing it on your own,'' Byun added.
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''Most of the time people aren’t paying attention. That isn’t a good or bad thing – you just have to realize that,'' he said.
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''It’s really cool when I’m in that zone ... and I completely forget what day it is and my responsibilities for the day. That is all there is,'' he added.
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''When I am dancing, when I’m really in the moment, that’s really the only important thing in the world.''
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Going to a competition for the first time this spring with NSU Modern is something Byun said he can check off his bucket list.
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