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It does mean
more than that but for me, I was just so confused. Like how would I make this work?
I just graduated from a crazily expensive university. No limit.”
A: That's so great.
S: Yeah, they're the best. Privacy Policy
Sorah Yang is an international hip hop dance teacher, choreographer, and singer from the Bay Area.
It's all used up.
S: So that was super defining and kind of just-I think about it every time I feel a little lost
or purposely directionless. I'm just less stressed about every single juice I buy at the store, whatever.
I would say, moving forward, the greatest challenge is-I think it's like aligning who I am
and what means a lot to me with what I do.
So you decided that you wanted it more than not even trying. You're a woman. You know, kind of elderly care?
A: Yeah.
S: And I always was a tutor, an academic tutor, which is not my forte in terms of-
not academics not being my forte, but just being patient with people, sitting next to them.
But I tutored a lot. And I thought, okay-I think the final, just to conclude my life story,
the final thing that I kind of realized in making that final jump into quitting my full time
and figuring how to make dance work, was deciding that it wasn't about being good enough.
Because I always used that as an excuse, that I'm not good-I'm never going to be
this choreographer.
This is why, this is why
I was given this weird way that I move. First of all, you don't want to be like me; I'm a weirdo.
Dancer
California
Biography:
Ellen Kim began her dance dream with her hometown's community, starting at Future Shock San Francisco (SF) and making her way to Funkanometry SF.
Through her choreography and dance experience within the dance community, she has been blessed to teach around the world for over 10 years. You're going-driving all over the place
just to get an extra 200 bucks a week for whatever expenses, for food, gas.
So that was-yeah, the initial struggle was financially staying afloat and supporting myself,
all the while investing and making myself, you know, get to the level
that I mentioned that I wanted to be at.
A: So you invested in taking class.
S: Taking class and also, you know when you're starting out as a dancer, it's really important
that you create work.
I just felt like everything was about social media
and everything was like, “Famous this, famous that.” And I just felt really turned off by it.
And then I-so I wasn't feeling good. Do you snap yourself out of it, or do you just rage?
S: Ah, I have a lot of bad days, to be honest. Just a lot, a lot of different things. But you know, if you're a female and a leadership position,
it should be your responsibility to bring others up, not be the only girl up there, you know?
A: Yes, totally.
I want to be strong too.” It's just…
A: That's so-I would cry.
S: I was going-I'm trying not to cry talking about it, but it was during a time
where I just felt so lost and then all I did was teach a piece and for that to impact her
the way that it did? But also, when Sorah Yang's having a bad day,
what does that look like?