We had a great opportunity to share Balinese culture with the the students at Temple University. On November 10 at 1:30pm we arrived at the Pearson Hall entrance off of Broad Street. Dr. Templeton was right behind us and politely asked if we were who she thought we were. So off we went to dance room 225.We had fun teaching basic balinese moves such as agem and seledet. The workshop was pretty intense and tiring but we had an awesome group of people not to mention the ICC members were professional as always.
We heard grunting here and there in the dance room and we were 100% sure it was from the agem. If you are not used to agem, it can be a little painful for new learners. Despite the grunts we managed to teach the first part of Puspanjali dance to the female students and taught the male students a little warrior walks and basic postures. Needless to say the experience for both ICC and the Temple students was a positive one! We hope to go back and teach dances from parts of Indonesia. Rock on ICC!
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