Minnesota in Photos: Dancing with the Spin Collective

Denise Cooper
Spin Collective member Denise Hooper practices near Park Point along the shore of Lake Superior Tuesday evening, May 8, in Duluth, Minn.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News

The sun is setting on Lake Superior as members of the Spin Collective dancers soak small kevlar orbs in fuel and set them afire. Then, wielding them at the end of chains or long metal arms, they begin twirling the orbs in what's called a poi dance.

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