Who are you?
I'm Rona Kim.
What's your ethnicity?
I am Cambodian.
What do you do for a living?
I also break dance and play kendama. I dance to show who I am through my movement and inspire others. I play kendama on my spare time to get my mind off of things and allowing me to experience something new.
How do you train and prepare for any kind of events?
I, physically, train by actually conditioning myself like an athlete,
but break dancers are not athletes. They are dancers, who react to
music that best fit their personality and concept. Mentality wise, I sit
and stare at my wall, while listening to break dance music and comes up
with ways of how I would react is the beat. Even at times when I'm
injured, I train my mind my repeating my mentality training process.
Otherwise, I also play the kendama as a way to collecting thoughts in
breaking and piecing them together into one set.
What's your inspiration and motivation in break dancing?
My
inspiration is Moon Patrol Crew, along with other crews who build the
Portland scene and spreading the culture. My motivation is my friends
and crew mates. Seeing my crew mates excelling , I tend to be inspired
by that and push myself other. When I see my friends improving at a fast
pace, I get motivated and force myself to train twice as hard.
How do you see Break dancing?
I see break dancing
as a culture and dance where individuals fight each other without
physical contact. Break dancing is another side of me that allows me to
express myself the way I want to express myself.. The culture is another
way exploring new concept and philosophy of the dance itself.