Elephants & Dancing in Kuala Lumpur
I’m in Kuala Lumpur. I was invited here to teach and perform
by an awesome lady called Nanci Traynor who teaches Tribal Belly Dance and
yoga.
I taught 3 workshops on Sunday at KLPAC the theme I used for my workshops
was
Movie Sirens of the Silent film era.
Nanci performs every Wednesday at Palate Palette so I have
been joining her to perform while I am here and last night I went to her Yoga
and Tribal Belly Dance classes. She taught an awesome Samba piece
as well which
was loads of fun.
Dancing again tonight with some Iranian DJ’s then this
Saturday we are putting on a show upstairs at Palette Palais followed by a dub-step DJ and a party.
On Sunday, I will be hung-over no doubt, but I will also be
travelling out to visit the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary. For those of you who don’t know… I am a little crazy about
elephants... that is an understatement... there probably isn't a word for how much I love efalumps... put it this way, If given the choice between saving the human race or elephants, I am
not ashamed to say that elephants would win every time!
(but then I am someone who, several years ago, posted ‘I am
renouncing my species’ as my myspace status, haha
I contacted the sanctuary’s main supporter who goes by the
name of ‘the elephant man’ and he gave me a list of supplies that are needed
there.
Then before I left for KL, I ran an event called Ele-Dance
Hafla to raise money for the orphaned elephants at Kuala Gandah. We raised a
very small amount but nearly enough to help fund some of the much needed item
donations that are needed however my support for the Sanctuary is ongoing so
you
So this is where I ask you to help me to help them to
continue there amazing work to preserve and protect this awesome species.
I have created 3 pages on my website, with info about the
sanctuary and
you can read all about Selandang and Sanum, two of the ickle
elephants who were rescued and taken in by the sanctuary.
Please have a look at the ele-pages on my website and donate
as little or as much as you can! The hard work of the team at KG simply cannot
continue without our support!
Some of the ele-dance links don’t appear to be be working
properly but this I cannot fix until I am back in UK. Please be patient, links
will be fixed when I get back to UK at the end of May.
Have a look at this super cute video of Selandang (Miss Tripod) Selandang (Miss Tripod) very pleased and walking with her new prosthetic leg :)
