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Bollywood Dance for Beginners

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What’s it all about?

Bollywood dancing is a very fun & expressive style of dance. Most of all it is about telling a story. Each move represents an emotion. In this workshop you will learn all the basic Bollywood dance moves and also the emotion behind each move.

What will we cover?

In this workshop we will learn:

  • A brief introduction to Bollywood cinema
  • The basic, iconic moves of Bollywood dance
  • Hip movements
  • Hand gestures
  • Footwork
  • Facial expressions

Put it all together in a Bollywood dance choreography, that also tells a story!

 

Who will be teaching?

Joshinder ChaggarJoshinder Chaggar is a dancer, choreographer, actor, writer and choreographer. She has 18 years of teaching experience, spread over Melbourne, Sydney, Mumbai, Karachi and Munich. She currently teaches Bollywood dance at Studio J in Melbourne to adults, kids and senior citizens! She has also taught ‘Movement for Actors’ for five years at the National Academy of Performing Arts, in Karachi. She loves combining both dance & theatre to create expressive and dramatic Bollywood routines that are part classical, part folk, part drama, and part modern. After all, Bollywood is a melting pot of cultures. You can follow her on Instagram.