My name is Vivian Kim. I am a senior at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and I am
a dance major. I love everything about dance: the most freeing, self-expressive form of
art that you could ever do. There's no cultural boundaries; everybody understands it. Everybody
takes away something, and I think that is what dance is for. It is really amazing when
everything goes right. When you have that moment of air time and time really seems to
stop, it really does, because it's just you and that other person in this moment of this
lift. It is the most exhilarating feeling aside from stepping on stage to perform.
Lincoln city life is boisterous and it is rambunctious and it is fun; so many things
happening at once, all the time. It's a great college town.
I would say to that person who is on the fence about majoring in dance to just do it. There's
no reason you shouldn't. If you love dance that much and you are that passionate about
it, you shouldn't hold yourself back. Sometimes I feel like I can't separate my
life from my dance life, which is very much the case because I can walk down campus and
I see someone do something and I'm like, "I could make that a dance move." Then you see
me on the sidewalk doing these weird gesture things and people are like, "What is wrong
with that girl?" Being true to yourself is important because
I feel like that's when you can create the best if we're speaking in dance terms, you
know? Because if you know what you want and you know who you are, that's going to reflect
onto your work. My dream job right now is to be in a company in New York dancing every
single day of my life.