OUR values & Goals

  • We aim to work sustainably, in collaboration with our community.

  • We don’t overcommit, either financially or personally.

  • We support a variety of initiatives, but are grounded in educational programs.

  • We value impact to the community, both immediate and in the long term.

  • We meet the community where they are, we handle the capitalism, you do art.

Meet the Team

  • Josh Morton

    FOUNDER & BOARD MEMBER

    Josh has been involved in the fusion community since 2017 and is a dancer, DJ, and occasional teacher. He founded Pacific Fusion Collective to make dance and community more sustainable.

  • Ren Enby

    TREASURER & BOARD MEMBER

    Ren Enby is a professional videographer, and a life long martial artist who fell in love with dance late in life. Fusion dance and its community became an outlet for her queer expression, and unique movement experience. It has become a powerful pillar of support in finding her identity through movement and music. She now dedicates nearly all of her energy to traveling the world as a Fusion dance teacher, and board member of the Pacific Fusion Collective with the goals of creating similar opportunities for others like her.

  • Daniel Brusilovsky

    SECRETARY & BOARD MEMBER

    Daniel has been dancing Fusion for seven years, and is passionate about making it more accessible. He believes that dance is a conversation, and that everyone should have room to be heard.

  • Kenny Smestad

    BOARD MEMBER

    Kenny started dancing ballroom in high school, which lead pursuing Salsa & Lindy Hop. In college, Kenny was a member of the campus Swing Club.

    While living in the Bay Area, he saw the rising interest of mixing multiple dance styles and fitting current dances to new music which became known as Fusion partner dancing. Today he still participates in Lindy Hop, Blues, and Fusion dancing around the Bay Area, and is now learning Brazilian Zouk to add into his mix of movements.

Collaborate With Us!

  • For programs that strongly align with our mission and values, we can provide direct financial support.

  • For programs that may have access to funding sources, we can act as a nonprofit fiscal sponsor, which can help you operate your event or program with nonprofit status.

    If this sounds confusing, don’t worry, we try to make it easy for you.

  • We support programs around the history of fusion, and educational resources both around the dance and the dance’s history.

  • We try to help people with some of the boring logistical aspects, like financing, setting up legal structures, etc.

  • If you have another idea, reach out! We want to support the community in all the ways we can.