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Belly dance
Preeti Rao is a dentist by day and a belly dance instructor by evening. She teaches in Tardeo, where she offers a course with five levels.
Call 98208-71257 to register.
Bharti Agrawal
provides certified and diploma courses in kathak in Charni Road, Chowpatty and Colaba. Call 2369-6122/98210-22870.
Brian’s Academy of Dance
teaches ballroom styles like foxtrot, waltz, quickstep and jive at branches in Colaba, Nana Chowk, Vile Parle (E), Andheri, Chembur and Ghatkopar (E).
Call 98200-10100.
Centre Stage – International Dance School
gives training in tap, classical ballet, jazz, hip hop and Cuban salsa. YMCA Central Branch, 12 N Parekh Marg, Colaba. Call Peter Farrell on 92243-08733.
Chhaya Khanvate
conducts bharatanatyam classes at Duruelo Convent High School, Bandra (on
Tue and Thur) and GA Kulkarni School, Khar (on Wed and Fri).
Call 2642-7865/98192-04414.
DanceSport India
Priti Gupta and Shannon Benjamin, one of the few pairs to represent India in international ballroom competitions, have started their own institute. Gupta and Benjamin share their expertise in ballroom styles like samba, mambo, merengue and paso doble and also flamenco. Gupta aims to promote social dancing and to groom dancers so that they can represent India at competitions across the globe. Currently, classes are conducted at Birla Krida Kendra, Charni Road from Mon to Thur. Call 93224-06139 .
The Danceworx
Ashley Lobo, better known as the choreographer of the “Dhoom Machale” and U, Me Aur Hum, teaches street jazz at St Stanislaus School in Bandra.
The latter stages of the course include classical ballet and contemporary dance. Call 6515-9994/5.
Henry Stevens
conducts hip hop and jazz classes at the Arts in Motion Dance Studio and Pulse Studio. Stevens teaches freestyle hip hop that takes its inspiration from artists such as Justin Timberlake. Arts in Motion Dance Studio See Dance with Joy for address. Call Abhilasha Ganeriwala on
98207-66962.
JJ Rodriguez Cours de Danse
One of the oldest dance institutes in Mumbai, JJ Rodriguez has trained Mumbaikars over four generations. The institute continues the tradition with classes in salsa, Latin American dances like cha cha, rumba and ballroom styles like jive, tango, foxtrot and the waltz. Sethna House, First Floor, 6 JA Allana Marg, Colaba. Call 2284-1201.
Mitali Raul
Learn Odissi from the dancer who has trained with reputed dancer Jhelum Paranjpe. Shyam Narayan School, Thakur Village, opposite Dream Park, Kandivali (E). Call 2854-6155/98213-27957.
Modern Dance Institute of India
Kaushik and Narendra coach salsa, jive, tango, jazz, rap, hip hop and Bollywood at their centres in Charni Road, Chowpatty, Matunga, Bandra, Andheri (W) and (E) and Borivali.
Call 2388-0844/98201-77817.
Nrityanidhi
Shoma Kaikani sets classical and folk steps to Bollywood beats. A-9, Ganesh Prasad, Sleater Road, Tardeo. Call 98199-94399.
Nritya Geetanjali
has been teaching bharatanatyam and Indian folk dances for more than four decades. The South Indian Education Society School Hall, KA Subramanian Road, next to King’s Circle Station, Matunga (W). Call 98926-58743.
Odissi Dance Centre
intersperses dance with philosophy and yoga. Founded by Priya Singh and Priyanki Gupta, it teaches techniques of Odissi as well as the folk dances of Orissa.
No 12, Darabsha Lane, off Nepean Sea Road. Call 93234-55555.
Rashna Todiwalla
teaches jazz, salsa, cha cha, hip hop, jive and ballroom dances in Bandra.
Call 98705-79612.
Reza Massah
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Dance with Joy
Students of Arts in Motion Dance Studio will perform at Dance with Joy, the studio’s fourth anniversary celebrations, on July 19. The show will see them perform belly dance, salsa, krumping, jazz and other dances. On July 20, the festivities continue as studio owner Aanchal Gupta turns the Bombay 72º East into a dancefloor to hold a “friendly competition”. The studio is accepting applications in the dances of merengue, rock ’n’ roll, cha cha and salsa. Call 98201-83231 to register or visit the studio at 39 TV Chidambaran Marg, near Peninsula Restaurant, Sion (E).
Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya
Mohiniattam dancer Kanak Rele’s institute, which is affiliated to the University of Mumbai, is accepting applications for its certificate and diploma course in kathak.
Call 2620-6326.
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