I think mainly because of my body structure
because contemporary is from the western
It's not really suitable for my body
I feel difficult when I train
My movement comes from Korean traditional dance
and contemporary dance as well
or all of the mixture of the cultures
I like the idea of Korean traditional dance
is very grounded
and the breathing from the earth
so I take my heel
the floor
and the breathing comes out
it goes to my another part of body
and I play with this breathing
inside and also outside
I touch the ground and the breathing comes up
and the breathing goes to another part of my body
It keeps creating the flow of the movement
It's like the tree
the root of the tree search the water from the earth
and then go to the branches, leaves
something like that
My mother doesn’t like me to dance
I actually saw her dance pictures when she was young
When I was in high school, my father sent me to a summer camp in Korea
He wanted me to learn more about Korean culture
At that time, I first knew about Korean culture
When I first saw Korean dance, I like it a lot
Actually my love for dance came from my mother
When I was young
my mother taught me some dance steps from Javanese dance
and she often brought me to see traditional dance performances
in Palace Mangkunegaran…..well like Bedoyo dance
Very vaguely
I still remember the hand movement and the gamelan music
I never thought I would become a professional dancer as my career
Sometimes
I feel sad about the past
I was naive
I wished I could have appreciated my mother more
Now that she is gone
I really missed her
My name is Kim Jun Hye
I was born in 1987
I am single
I live in Hong Kong and study contemporary dance
now I am preparing for an audition
this solo you're watching
I prepared together with my mother