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INTERVIEWS | GENTLENESS AMBASSADORS
You Can Gently Ignore the Haters and Allow Yourself To Shine
Interview with Betty Kang — Creator of Fan Voi
Betty Kang is a fellow Singaporean who created Fan Voi — a hybrid of fan veils and veil poi. She has inspired me so much with her creative solo dances using Fan Voi, huge dragon poi veil, and silk wings. She even chooses interesting places in Singapore to record her flow dances and posts them on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook, so her viewers get to appreciate more about her flow dance, beautiful flow props, and Singapore too!
I started meeting up with her in person to learn how to dance with silk fans, and took the opportunity to interview her as a Gentleness Ambassador. We had a short interview done in mid-January and here are the key highlights of what we discussed.
What led you to join the flow arts movement?
Reclaiming her dancer identity
I’ve been dancing since when I was young and continued to dance even when I started working full-time as a teacher. I love dancing as a way to move my body creatively and intuitively. But since being a stay-home-mom ten years ago after having my first child, there wasn’t any time left for me…
