Adult Beginners Ballet Class ?

So you want to take a Ballet class, but you're over 30 ?
Or you want to take a Cha cha lesson, but you already have grand children ?
or you want to take a Tap dancing class but you're only 5 years old ?
Don't worry bout it, If you're really interested in it.... If it makes you happy... Why not give it a try anyway ?

Take a friend of mine, Tari, for example.
She used to take Ballet class when she was a kid, but for some reason, she stopped and when she was 23, she still wanted to have Beginners Ballet lessons, but she felt that she was too old.
So she started browsing the net, and it turned out , abroad, there are a lot of people over 40 who still take Ballet class, even guys !!

So she started calling Ballet schools to ask whether they offer Adult Beginners Ballet class, she called almost every Ballet school she could think of, but most of them offered classes for kids and teens, or Jazz Ballet for Adults, but Tari wanted to take the Classical Ballet class.
Some even offered Private Classes , but Tari wanted to be in a class with other people.

Untillll.....

She found one at Sumber Cipta Ballet school at Ciputat, near Pondok Indah.
Even though it was quite far from her house, she went there anyway, excited :)
And she met all these lovely ladies, 90% of them were Japanese and there was even one lady with grey hair, who was probably 65 years old.
Ibu Farida Oetoyo herself taught that class.
Tari was soooooooo happy she found that place :)
Even though nowadays she doesn't continue taking the class, but it goes to show, that if you look hard enough, there are other people in different age groups with the same hobby as you are.

That class with the Japanese ladies at Sumber Cipta doesn't exist anymore now, but I think they still offer Adult Beginners Ballet classes.
I'm not advertising for them, but at that time, Tari could only find the Adult's class there :)
There are probably other classes at other places.... go find out.

Other solution is to get a bunch of your friends or look for friends in forums with the same hobby, and then get a "private" lesson together with those new friends :)

It doesn't really matter whether you're 5 or 60 years old. If you start searching, you'll bound to find someone else with the same hobby as yours.

So don't ever think that you're too young or too old to take any class.

(nj / SanggarSeni.com)
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Bach in Bali

Who didn't get to go to Goethe on August 29th '08 ????
*also raise hand*
d'oh hoho

So here's the deal
On Friday, not the thirteen,
On Friday, August 29th 2008
At GoetheHaus, Jl. Sam Ratulangi 9-15, Menteng, Jakarta

there was a Performance "Bach in Bali"
Robert Brown (Violinist )
Nyoman Sura (Balinese Dancer & Choreographer)



They both collaborated and performed Balinese Dance accompanied with Classical Music, Can you just imagine how interesting it was ??
On the plus side, The performance was free of charge !!!!!
so be sure to come next time, ok :)

hey... :)
how about Ballet dance performance with traditional gamelan music for next time ?

PS. and I quote from Goethe newsletter :

"The idea for “Bach in Bali ” was born, when Robert Brown was warming up before a rehearsal for the Bali Arts Festival. While playing Bach, a student from Denpasar who was helping with the lights, spontaneously began dancing to his music. Robert Brown presented the idea to Nyoman Sura whose work he admires. Robert Brown: “I thought that putting together Sura with great music would foster great art. I also thought this would help make Bach´s music more accessible.”

(nj / SanggarSeni.com)
Photo Credit : Roy Thaniago
http://thaniago.blogspot.com

Just Dance

Have you ever watched a Ballet performance , Balinese dance, or even Ballroom dancing on TV and unconciously, your body starts to tingle and you feel like you wanted to join them and "fly" in the movements ?

I have a friend who's always loved Ballroom dancing, be it cha cha or waltz, & finally she's convinced me to take up a private Ballroom dancing course. (I'm more of a ballet & traditional dancing person).

So we went there & I could tell that she truly enjoyed it. Me on the other hand, decided that Ballroom dancing is not really for me, I kept on forgetting the steps hohoho.

So.... when I decided not to continue the class, she didn't continue either , saying it's not fun doing it alone.
But on our social occassions, she still practices the steps from what she remembered, while I've forgotten most of the cha cha steps, you could see that her face lights up while doing it. Still she talks about wanting to take another lesson, but is still looking for a friend to go there with. Months passed and still she hasn't found anyone.

So, I searched for a dance class for her, dragged her there, and enrolled her for a cha cha group lesson.
and the rest is history :), she found lots of new friends there, with the same interest I might add. She goes there twice a week and when I see her, she's happier and she looks much fitter. and I'm happy for her. :)

The thing with wanting to do something you love is it's sometimes held back because of unecessary reasons.
When you know you want to do something and it's come up over and over again, you should just go ahead and do it, and you'll see that your life will be so much better.


(nj / SanggarSeni.com)
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Dancing

Let's see... there are Traditional Balinese dancing, Jaipong dance, Topeng (mask) dance, Piring (plate) dance, Saman dance....and even moreeee.

There are also Classical Ballet, JAzz Ballet, Contemporery Ballet..
And also Salsa dance, Chacha, Waltz, Tango, Tap dancing, and Belly Dancing.

Which one should you choose ?
It's all up to you :)

Don't be afraid to start, if you wanna know more about a specific dance, just request to have a look at the class, once you know which dance you like, go ahead and join them :)

Sanggar Tari

Dance