HELLO - Starting my MAPP Journey with MDX

Hello!

My name is Jovita Bautista and I am originally from Malaysia but currently residing in Singapore. 

I started my dance journey at a humble neighborhood dance school in Kuala Lumpur at a tender age of 3. Trained intensively in both Ballet and Ballroom Latin Dancing, I later ventured into different forms of dance such as Contemporary, Hip Hop, Tap, Flamenco, Malay and Chinese Cultural Dance.  

My dance journey started as a Ballet dancer. With the completion of my Royal Academy of Dance Examinations from Pre-Primary till Advance 2 I later proceed into a Professional Dancers training program but did not manage to complete it due to my commitment to my BA. I have been an active Ballroom Latin competitor since the age of 14 years competing from the Beginner category up to Professional in both local (Malaysia and Singapore) and International competitions. 

Upon graduating from my BA (Hons) in Psychology, I took a leap of faith, postponing my life goal of further studies in a MA program abroad to moved to Singapore in pursue of a career as a Professional Ballroom Latin Dancer. Since then I have been winning more than 100 awards accumulated over the course of my 14 years journey. 2 of which I am most proud of being award Singapore's Top Ballroom Latin Dancer by the Singapore Ballroom Dance Teachers Association (SBDTA) and ranked Top 12 by the Asian Dance Council (ADC) in 2014/2015. 

Upon Semi-retiring from the competition scene, I have been focusing most of my time teaching competition class; training aspiring dancers for dance competitions in both Ballet and Ballroom Latin Dancing and as well as leisure classes and choreographing for University and Dance School's Productions and Concerts. 

While the pandemic has halted all worldwide competitions, stuck a Circuit Breaker (Home Quarantine) for close to 3 months is what pushed me to finally use the time to do the things I have always wanted to do, take up more dance classes and other leisure and fun activity classes; the MAPP course is one of them. 

Now seems about the best time for me to began my MAPP journey, reviewing and reflecting on my Professional Practice, challenging myself into further self improvement in expressing my thoughts. To add on, the bonus of the course is that it is distant learning, which works out perfectly! 

I am lost and confused but also super excited to start this new journey of learning and meeting people who shares the same! <3 

 

Till my next post... 

Jovita B. 🩰👠