Children perform like rock stars at show.
By The American Bazaar Staff
NEW YORK: It was a packed house at the Memorial Auditorium at Montclair State University last week with children ranging from four to six years of age converging to attend ‘The Winter Funk Show’, the inaugural dance performance of the Shiamak Dance Academy, founded by the ace Bollywood choreographer Shiamak Davar.
The children, dressed in bright costumes, took the stage to embody the academy’s motto, Have Feet. Will Dance.™
Touted as the world’s largest dance academy, the Shiamak Dance Academy has taught tens of thousands of children across India, Canada, Australia, the UK and the UAE. Children perform on stage and experience the joy of being ‘stars’.
The academy was recently launched in New York and New Jersey, and has helped propagate Bollywood dance amongst the South Asian community in the Tristate area.
With the festive season, the show at Montclair State University in New Jersey had even Santa Claus take the stage. From the Christmas inspired decoration in the lobby to a visit from Santa himself, the audience had a great time clicking photographs even before the show started, according to a press release. The show, hosted by Monty Lokesh Kataria, kept the audience engaged and entertained.
From current hits to retro, divas of Bollywood to the biggest heroes, tribute to stars and covering different eras of Indian cinema, the show was a complete Bollywood cinematic journey. The highlight of the show were the stars of tomorrow, kids between ages four to six, who had the audience on their feet with their dance routines.
The Shiamak Dance Team-USA gave a glimpse of the training and expertise of the dance academy’s faculty, with a performance on stage.
“The Winter Funk Show was a true showcase of all that the students have learnt, cultivated and experienced through the classes,” said Deeba Patel, Senior Manager with the Shiamak Group, in a statement.
The Chief Economic Development Officer of Choose New Jersey, Michael Chrobak addressed the audience and commented: “I believe Shiamak Davar is the biggest Bollywood choreographer and Shiamak classes are in five countries and more. I’m glad Shiamak has brought his classes to New Jersey so the community can come together to stay connected to this rich culture of India and Bollywood through Dance! I wish The Shiamak group great success across the US and congratulations to all the performers tonight.”
Academy instructors Bhuvan Sharma and Devashree Pande trained the students for 15 classes, enabling them to perform on stage at the show.
“You are making history today by being part of the very first Winter Funk show here in the USA’, said Sharma, and received a thunderous applause from the audience.
Pande was extremely pleased with the students and knew that “all the students from Jersey City, Edison, Paramus, Queen, Manhattan will perform like rock stars on stage!”
The show ended with a high energy performance on the song Indiawale, from the film ‘Happy New Year’.
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