Up to now, Kalya has mastered 13 Indonesian traditional dances, including Papua’s Yospan, East Kalimantan’s Enggang (Hornbill), Kembang Kipas, Lenggang Nyai, Topeng, Kite Satu, and Betawi’s Dewangga. Kalya has also mastered dances from Sumatra and Eastern Indonesia, such as the famous West Sumatra Piring (Plate) Dance, the Marpangir Dance from North Sumatra, the Giring Giring Dance from Central Kalimantan, the prominent Ratoh Jaroe Dance from Aceh, Riau’s Lancang Kuning Dance and the Tifa Dance from Nusa Tenggara.
“It takes a month to learn and master a solo dance and two to three months to master group dances, as it takes longer to dance harmoniously,” she said. Kalya has accomplished a great deal in her nine years of dancing experience. “I have obtained 17 trophies from national dance competitions and five internationally certified awards for both solo and group dance categories,” she said.
Of all Kalya’s achievements, her most memorable feat was the folk-dance competition in Wales, United Kingdom, when she took part in 2019 at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. “It was my first time to participate in an international competition, and I came in second place, with several friends from Gema Citra Nusantara. I was only 9 years old then,” she added.
Kalya has accomplished a great deal in recent years, in addition to that arrayed above. She was awarded first place in the solo folk dance category at the “Portugal Art Carnival” in Portugal, and was awarded again in October 2022, when she won the 11–14-year-old International Category Winner for Traditional Folk Dance in the “Welcome to Canada” online festival in Toronto, Canada.