Today we’d like to introduce you to Franky Hang.
Hi Franky, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I started breakdancing in high school (’09) with a small group of friends. Picture half a dozen students in the hallway trying to learn windmills and going up on our hands. We performed at school events and went to local dance battles. Good times.
Dance is something I just stuck with. I love the energy, the shapes, and the freedom for creativity within breaking. I continued training throughout college while I earned a Civil Engineering degree, and now nearly a decade beyond that. I have fond memories from traveling to events and meeting other dancers, but even today, my favorite experience is simply training the dance.
Dynamics Street Dance Academy actually started almost by accident. I discovered that teaching comes pretty naturally to me as my own training, and that I love working with dedicated students. Over time, I created a vision for DSDA and I’m grateful to continue to see it to grow.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
This is an interesting question. I think once you find your ‘thing’, everything you work for feels worth it and you move forward with eagerness. That’s not to say life won’t test your will.
One of the biggest challenge has been balancing dance with life. Humans have a unique capacity to be polymaths, but performing your ‘thing’ at a high level while also finding beauty, patience and growth in other areas of life is something you learn with time. Teaching and having a business is a separate, unique challenge; I think this is about having an almost irrational confidence in building your vision.
Perhaps the biggest lesson I could share for anyone who sees a life of ambition and consequence is that all good things inevitably have to evolve. I think accepting this truth keeps a person’s work grounded in purpose rather than pressure to just constantly drive results.
As you know, we’re big fans of Dynamics Street Dance Academy. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
Dynamics Street Dance Academy is about having fun learning dance. Nothing really beats that. I’ve spent a few years in the competitive dance studio world and one thing I noticed is that not every student or parent cares about constant output for the sake of it. Dance families want to see the artform come alive. They want their students to feel inspired, have fun, and continue to find reasons to love dance.
We focus on bringing out the beauty in the dance. We are a competitive dance studio, and our students form a high-performing team, but that becomes an afterthought. We keep class sizes small because we want to work closely with students who are dedicated and excited to learn.
What I’m most proud of, brand wise, is that we’re intentional. We keep things small to preserve purpose. Every student is in class for a reason, every class is personal, every routine is memorable.
What has been the most important lesson you’ve learned along your journey?
If I could do it over again, the advice I would give myself is to eliminate the ‘noise’. If you want to become the best at what you do, you should weigh your life choices against your vision. Honor and responsibility come first, but everything else should be intentional.
I’m proud of where my training has taken me. When I was training dance in my teens and 20s, my heart was set on dance. Looking back, however, I still wish I had done more while still honoring responsibilities. Youth and energy are superpowers that are almost impossible to recreate in later years through sheer will alone. Your lifestyle habits matter a lot; what you consume and who or what influences you.
Maybe the last thing I wish I did earlier was seek a mentor. Someone of consequence and constant vision. They might not even be in your exact field but they inspire you. The best leaders have agenda yet they still have advisors to protect their blind spots and relieve their burdens so they can focus on what matters.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://dynamics-sda.com/
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