Saturday, July 19, 2008

Activities of MPDC

How many of you can recognised this lady? I will leave you to guess but have a good look at her, she is obviously a dancer and a good one at that. What I am going to talk about is not so much about her but her mother and her vision to promote dancesport.

There is a dance studio in Petaling Jaya and its main dance form is Ballet. The school is famous for producing top ballet dancers in the country and many of her dancers has won accolades in ballet competitions. The Principal noticed that almost all Dancesport female dancers have a firm grounding in Ballet. She looks at the lines , the footwork, postures and the poise of the girls. She once remarked to me that almost all the top Russian Latin American and Standard dancers have a ballet background. It would be advantageous in Dancesport to have done some ballet.

The Principal started a Latin American beginners for her ballet girls and boys and guess what, they learn the dance quickly and she will be sending several couples to the MPDC Competition in Batu Pahat. So passionate is this lady that she approached MPDC as to whether we can assist her in promoting dancesport to her students and parents. She hopes to conduct a Latin American workshop for the children and explain to their parents what Dancesport is all about. She has invited MPDC to speak about dancesport in the workshop and she is also trying to get one of our National athletes to explain the dances and perhaps give a short demonstration.

MPDC being a professional body is duty bound to help this studio for their enthusiasm in promoting Dancesport and it is her wish that MPDC can play a greater role in approaching the Government Department and the Sports Ministry for assistance.

The person I am talking about is Suraya and she is the Principal of Aurora Dance Studio in Subang Jaya , Selangor. The dancer above if you still cannot figure out who she is, her name is Suhaili. Suhaili is a lecturer in ASWARA and she is also the 1st runner up in the 1st season of "So you think you can Dance." I can assure you that she is competent in Dancesport too..

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