A number of children practice ballet in the banks of the Ciliwung river, Bukit Duri, Jakarta, August 29, 2015. The activity was a community development program for children by the Australian Embassy together with Bina Ballet Indonesia Foundation. TEMPO/Aditia Noviansyah
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta- Australian Embassy is teaming up with Bina Ballet Indonesia Foundation (YBBI) in a community development program for children living around Ciliwung river. In the program, called ‘Ballet Goes To Ciliwung’, children will be taught how to dance ballet by Australian dancer Juliet Burnett.
“Juliet is a professional ballet dancer from Australia, she is actually half Indonesian. WS Rendra is her uncle,” said Tabita Balat, a representative of YBBI at Ciliwung Merdeka Studio on Saturday, August 29.
Tabita explained that Juliette was the one who suggested the program. She wants to teach ballet for less unfortunate people in Indonesia. By chance, children in Ciliwung has already planing for an art-learning program.
“In the future, there will be tutors from YBBI to teach children in Ciliwung every week,” Tabita said, adding that the children will be performing ballet in Kunstkring the upcoming November.
