Note: (This assignment was given to me when I needed to do 28 hours translation work from another language. The source biography was written in Indonesian and appeared as a serial biography in Femina Magazine. The following work is my own translation of the biography into English)
DIDIK NINI THOWOK.
Didik Nini Thowok had to delay his post-high school goal to attend the ASTI Yogya Dance Academy due to the lack of funds. Instead, Didik had to work as an hourly waged employee at Temanggung's Culture Council and teach dance in schools. However, his dream never died. He continued to save penny after penny to fund his study. Finally, in spring 1974, Didik was accepted as a student of ASTI.
Unwilling to burden his parents, Didik supported his own studies and life in Yogya; by receiving orders for tailor-made clothes, among others. On days where the need for cash was particularly urgent, Didik had to go as far as selling his trousers or take his bike to the pawnbroker.
A man and a woman performing a modern dance.
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English: Location of Temanggung County in Central ...Didik's fame and fortune began to work in favour of him as he joined the musical Nini Thowok; thus 'baptizing' him into Didik Nini Thowok.
PART ONE: Dancing Lessons from the Barber.
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