"NUSANTARA" medley contemporary traditional on ice

FRIDAY, 13th of June 2014

Grand Opening - Bintaro Jaya Exchange Mall 

Chiquita Limer's dreamcreation 

presents

The Stage view from second floor. Theres also fashion show before the skating performance.

This is my second traditional dance number on ice. The name "NUSANTARA" which means archipelago (Indonesian Javanese language), this word is used to reflect Indonesian islands that spread from Sumatera to Papua. I call it medley because the choreography consist of 2 performance (Opening and Closing), honestly it wasnt my idea to make it into two separated program but in case of some complicated business stuff which is gonna be so long to be mentioned so therefor i made 2 choreographies.
Both choreo use Indonesian folk music with modern instrument with a lot of remix from many songs. I got all the music from Youtube and none of them are mine but i gotta admit, the most challenging part of this piece was to find a great Indonesian folk music to be able to combine it with figure skating.

"Tumpengan" means feast. This is some kinda our tradition to express our gratitude so that everything will run smoothly.

I dont really want to describe all the details about my work in this piece but rather i want to share about my responsibility here as the choreographer.
It was my first time of getting a huge responsibility for a super huge company (Jaya), the main event of the Grand Opening of BX Mall was the skating performance which me as the choreographer. The owner of Jaya Property and all the important people came and watched the performance. Imagine how i must make the choreography in such limited time AND i just didnt act as the choreographer but also as a costume designer, stage manager, property manager, music editor, consumption, servant, etc..
Imagine how much works that i done. No you cant imagine how i spent every single practice buying foods and carry em all around without help from nowhere. I didnt mind. My priority is the skaters needs. I must show them that i appreciate every single effort they made.

Me posing for camera ^^

Me againnnn hehe :p

The event organizer used "INDONESIA-KU" concept by putting the stage and audience's seats on ice! Wow, im flattered cos it was my idea at the first place hehe (a bit OOT here). Anyhow, i was also performing in this piece. Why? Cos the ice is where i belong, im a true performer, i cant stand just watching them skate. LOL. 
Shortly, it was a success! Phew i was so glad! HARDWORKS PAID OFF! Later i will upload it on youtube after i got the film.

Heres all the Bx Coaches that joining the show

"NUSANTARA" closing 1

"NUSANTARA" closing 2

"NUSANTARA" closing 3

"NUSANTARA" closing 4

All the skaters.