By William Xu

Oscar Zhang is a talented dancer who is an essential member of our school hip hop dance group. His style of dancing is greatly influenced by Michael Jackson as it focuses a lot on popping. Popping is the dance that’s based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop. Growing up in Hawaii introduced him to the dance of hula. It also inspired him to start learning dancing.

His other hobbies include surfing, which also requires great balancing skills and perfect manipulation of muscles. As a performing artist, he believes that art cannot be rushed, as it is a form of existence. He believes that you don’t purposely make art happen as it matures like a seed. Each style of dancing is unique and being able to master one can be joy to him. As he was lost in the various styles, it was his friend Carrie who made him find his way into the light of real dancing. Oscar also dislikes choreography, as he believes that it corrupts the freedom of dancing, as the real art of dancing must be freely made up based on the emotion the dancers are experiencing during the performance. This brings out the truer meaning of dance as an art style. He has performed in the latest dance show and will continue expanding his style of dancing in the future as he heads off to university.