Alex Shchukin – Pole Dance Championship

First a word of thanks for everyone allowing me to be present at this event, and furthermore getting access to the backstage of the show: Alexandra Largeaud for getting me to the event, and Katia & Alex Shchukin for their kindness and trusting my vision of their show.

I wasn’t all too sure about which aspect of this Festival I was going to capture, but once Katia mentioned getting through the backstage, that was it : ) It’s probably the best angle I could’ve wished for to live the show through the unseen, and the emotional part of the performers.

Whether you see the stress before getting on stage, the relief once their performance was done, or also the smiles and hugs that accompanied the moral of the dancers, you realise that it is one big family that love what they do !