International Dance Day Wellington 2013

Last Sunday merupakan International Dance Day di Wellington ..nie merupakan event yang dijalankan every year ..kalau tak silap nie tahun ke-lapan rasa nya ..aku, atas nasihat and pujukan opismate aku, kan subscribe to this free and cheap group newsletter - yang mana every monday admin akan emel and bagitau apa event2 menarik kat Welly ..and last week event yang menarik perhatian was this dance day ..and so happen, masa aku jumpa Ensie - dia pun mentioned event yang sama ...so knowing ada geng, aku terus ok ajer ...and it is free ok ..and sounds fun ...and masa kat sana jumpa a few friends jugak ..and some friends of a friends ...so jadi meriah ...and that is how i make friends di bumi Welly nie ..selalu meet friends through mutual friends at event, gathering or parties ...

 with Vy and Ensie ...Vy nie ex-flatemate Maryam ..Vy tak menari, dia dok jaga beg kitorang ;-)

 

The event hari tu actually nak tunjukkan tarian dari negara2 yang berlainan ...and dia adakan dance workshop, whereby orang akan ajar sapa2 yang berminat tu untuk menari ...sangat2 aku alu2kan lol ...i was so stress kan before, and the thought that aku boleh belajar menari and to dance the stress of me was awesome ...and org yang conduct workshop tu semua merupakan orang-orang yang offer kelas tari menari di sekitar Welly nie ....and I found out some of the places yang offer free dance classes ...

event start kol 11 ...aku sampai sana kol 11.30 ..so i miss the opening semua tu ..but was on time for the workshop ...i did it all ..from jazz dance ..to hip hop (which was so much fun!!!) ..to sasa (tarian samoa), cuban salsa and Ceiliedh (scottish dance) ...sangat2 fun hahaha sebab ramai orang from all ages ...and semua sporting ...menari ajer ..tak susah kalau kena cari partner ..semua ok ajer lol ..sebab aku sibuk menari, tak byk gambar aku manari le ...cuma masa Jazz tu Maryam ada, and she took my photo ...the rest tu aku jumpa kat FB page International Dance Day ..and aku cilok masuk sini yang mana ada gambar aku (walaupun ciput jer nampak) ....

tak kasi can ok ...kat barisan depan tu!!!

 masa workshop ceilidh dance - tarian Scottish selalunya untuk musim perayaan dorang ...banyak lompat2 ...tukar2 partner and basically a happy dance (gambar from FB International Dance Day)

masa belajar steps for Sasa Dance - a Samoan Dance ..yang nie tarian nya duduk ala2 dikir barat gitu ...it was fun ...and the facilitor yang conduct nie sangat2 ceria ....aku tak tau pun Sasa tu sejenis tarian ...baru tahu on that day (foto from FB page International Dance Day)

 also gambar from FB International Dance Day - masa slot tarian hip hop ...cuba cari mana akak ..hehehe yang bestnyer, semua orang tu tak kira tua muda was game enough to participate in all these dances ...and they are so friendly and membuatkan dance itu fun ...

cuban salsa slot ...yang nie aku suka ...siap dua round aku menari for this one ...the music is so inviting ..and guess what, I found out ada free slsa classes here in Welly - under this guy punya classes ..and it is like once a month kot ...but selain his classes there are other free salsa classes around as well ...so, am waiting for kekawan to agree to go with me! kalau adaik beradik Just 40 ada kan senang - boleh aku bawak korang gi sekali ;-)

aku join semua tarian yang dibuat kat Foyer Level 2 Te Papa ...kat Marae (Marae ni kira cam dorang punya Balai Raya in Maori) Level 4 tu ada gak workshop lain - aku tak minat coz it was lion dance, tarian madagascar, and maori ....aku nak yang contemporary and fun ajer hehehe ....and selepas 3 hour plus menari tu, dorang adakan performance pulak ..a showcase of dnces from around the world ...tarian Indonesia ada - done my Indonesian Student Association ....

a polish dance ...love their customes!!!

yang nie a Samoan Dance ...a contemporary Sasa ...group dorang nie lah conduct workshop sasa kitorang that day ...love it!!!

yang unik pasal samoan dance nie kan ...dorang gunakan tikar (macam tikar mengkuang kat Malaysia tu) as their musical instrument ..tikar digulung and di ketuk2 as musical instrument ...terkejut akak tau ...hehehe coz tak expect lah macam tu ;-)

yang nie tarian from kumpulan kurang upaya ...they have their dance classes ..i think it is great coz mereka tak dipinggirkan ...i mean kekurangan yang ada does not limit their ability to enjoy music and dances ...and they seem to enjoy themselves thoroughly while on stage ari tu ...kudos to them!!!

indian classical dance ...this is from a dance school kat Welly ...

maori performance

Indonesian Dance - Tarian Samirang kata nya

tarian dari Rwanda ...gelang kaki dorang berbunyi2 ...kuat pulak tu coz dorang dok hentak2 kaki

 Scottish Highland Dance ...budak kecik tu kiut sangat ...selalu tak ikut orang hahaha

and the finale was the samba dance ...OMG it was hot meletops ok ...love the music ..love the moves ..and the atmosphere was amazing ...rasa cam nak menari jugak with the music ...

The Marae was so crowded masa tu ...all seats were taken ...kami dok kat lantai betul2 depan stage ..sebab tu gambar aku ok sebab mmg depan tu sekali ...and takdelah protokol2 duduk sopan ke apa ke ...asal ada space ajer org masuk and duduk ...it was kind of fun for the whole family ...budak2 pun ramai gak ..

sandy - mak angkat Ensie pun datang tengok show ngan kami ...

mamat nie jaga anak2 dia ...so kami bagi dia dok depan kami hahaha but he was nice enough to duduk macam tu so as tak melindung view org kat belakang ....

abis show semua tu, a group of us decided to gi makan dinner sesama ...yang tu aku buat posting lain lah ...panjang dah posting nie ...but there you go, terbongkar lah rahsia aku selama ini ...yang haya my family tahu ...i love to dance hahahaha ..but usually aku menari masa ada perayaan kat kampung ...or at weddings ..and such like ...i got the bugs masa kat UK dulu hahaha selalu gi menari with my foster parents ...but sejak di NZ nie makin menjadi2 coz selalu gi parties ngeh ngeh ngeh ..it was fun ..and i enjoy it ...and now hoping to get someone to go with me for those free dance classes!!! a good way to release stress aku rasa .....