My Metamorphosis

Jakarta, Indonesia 2018 to Orlando, Florida, USA 2020

I was trained in Marlupi Dance Academy ever since I was 7. And even though I was just a little girl, I always knew that I want to become a professional ballerina when I grew up. That dream never changed. I grew to love ballet even more knowing that my mom supported in anyway she could.

Sadly, my mom and I had to take decision to move my ballet class to The Ballet Academy at Casagaya, because I need to grow. I need a teacher, a mentor who can really support me not only to help me improve in my ballet technique, but also someone I can always talk to when I have questions. Someone who’s not angry all the time when I come with questions or when I have something to say, someone I can look for advice. Someone reachable. So I joined The Ballet Academy on February 2019. I must admit, I was afraid at first thinking what it was going to be like in Ballet Academy, considering all my life I only knew Marlupi Dance Academy. I was there ever since I was little, Marlupi was all I knew. And off course afraid if we have taken a wrong decision.

So I joined Ballet Academy and it was such a privilege to be trained by such an amazing remarkable teacher as Ms. Anindya Krisna. It was like she understood me very much. She never tried to hold me back. Let me show how I’ve improved with the correct training, you see for yourself in the pictures shown. Though I was only trained in Ballet Academy until September 2019, so it makes 8 months, those 8 months was very intense and has important role in my training history. Thank you so much my beloved beautiful teacher, Ms. Anindya Krisna.

I know that ballet hasn’t been really established in Indonesia if we’re thinking about becoming a professional ballet dancer as our career. We don’t have that many ballet courses or academy in Indonesia until now. But I don’t think that we have to feel like we don’t have other option and we have to let anybody treat us badly. Never let anybody corrupt you and let you down. People who try to bring you down, is actually know that you will make it and they’re just so afraid that you will succeed.

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