One Last Dance
With the school year coming to a close, one last milestone stands between many seniors and graduation, their last high school prom. The last dance, and for many their last high school event besides graduation, is a bittersweet moment of joy and reflection for many seniors. Dressing in their best, stepping out onto the red carpet entrance and entering into whatever magical venue awaits them, can be one of their most cherished memories from high school.
‘One Last Dance’ documents senior proms throughout the Flint and Saginaw areas through candid moments and portraits, catching the tender moments between high school sweethearts, the dazzling red carpet entrances, and the personalized accessories that make some outfits so unique.
Swartz Creek seniors Mathias Spangler and Jaelynn Basso pose for a photo while walking into Swartz Creek’s prom on Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Stonehouse farm in Bancroft. Swartz Creek’s proms theme was a “rustic romance.”
Madison Academy senior Ty’Aira Wilson-Hall steps out onto the red carpet to the fan fare of family and friends as she arrives to her senior prom on Friday, May 12, 2023, at the Sloan Museum of Discovery in Flint.
A Bay City Central senior shows off her glasses during her 2023 prom on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at Uptown North Main in Frankenmuth.
Junior, Maddie Egle and Senior, Gage Cohoon, looks over the railing of the riverboat during Fenton high schools 2023 prom on Saturday, May 6, 2023, aboard the Detroit Princess Riverboat on the Detroit River.
Madison Academy senior Ty’Aira Wilson-Hall shows off her corsage and nails during her senior prom on Friday, May 12, 2023, at the Sloan Museum of Discovery in Flint.
Juniors Jenna Mesarosh and Michael Schultz pose for a portrait during Fenton high schools 2023 prom on Saturday, May 6, 2023, aboard the Detroit Princess Riverboat on the Detroit River.
A senior from Carman-Ainsworth’s shows off his Flint themed bling during his 2023 prom on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at the Lafayette Grande in Pontiac.
Swartz Creek Seniors Evan Lloyd and Presley Hildebrand are crowned prom king and queen during Swartz Creek high school’s prom on Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Stonehouse farm in Bancroft.
Seniors Riley Smith, left, and Avery Mulanx, right, share a tender moment together during Fenton high schools 2023 prom on Saturday, May 6, 2023, aboard the Detroit Princess Riverboat on the Detroit River. Mulanx said that the night all together felt dreamy and surreal that this would be their last high school dance together.