A few minutes later, Chang put her foot through two boards of white pine, each an inch thick and as strong as human bone.
But it was a break-dancing performance led by Chhuay Chhun '02 and Tri Phuong '02 that excited the crowd the most.
Chhun objected to the term "break-dancing" as one that has been "exploited by the media." He referred to his craft as "B-boying" and identified himself and Phuong as "B-boys."
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Phuong addressed the question of whether an art form allegedly created in the Bronx belonged in an Asian cultural event by saying that he was Asian and that he grew up with "B-boying."
"I don't believe that culture is static," he said. "It changes all the time."