My mom and brother use to love watching James Bond movies.
Old ones, very old ones, new ones…Me and my family saw almost all of them in my
childhood days. I use to dance and perform from my very early childhood
days..not belly dance but all other dance forms like Jazz, Old school Hip Hop, etc.
‘From Russia With Love’ – I’m sure some of you’ll reading
this must have either seen this James Bond classic or heard of it at least. Well,
if not It’s a MUST WATCH as it’s in exactly this movie that I saw BELLY DANCING for the 1st time in my life and I went crazy. So yes it’s a must
watch for that BELLY DANCE SCENE :).. IT’S EXACTLY AT THIS POINT OF MY LIFE
THAT LEARNING BELLY DANCING BECAME MY DREAM.
[here is the link to the scene i am talking about ]
I use to try really hard in front of the mirror to imitate
the belly dancer from the movie scene but never really achieved all the moves.
My roots in old school Hip Hop helped me crack some of the moves but not all. I
had achieved a lot in almost all other free style dance forms but this surly
was a mystery. Trying hard to belly dance and look like these dancers was
making me insane. Some of the moves had become an unachievable dream. Because
of academics could not travel abroad for a long long time.
And finally one day I saw this beautiful mesmerizing pop
singer belly dancing to her song ‘ WHEREVER WHENEVER’ and I went crazy all over again. I totally give
Shakira the credit to not only popularize belly dancing all over the world but
also to change a lot of viewpoint about belly dancing which is there in this
blog if you click on the this link.
Yes,
Shakira got me insane to learn the art of belly dancing. I realized that there
is and could be so much more to belly dancing than what I saw in Shakira’s
video. Managing some moves was a piece of cake for me because of my strong
roots in popping and locking and old school Hip Hop but not all. I wanted to
and had to explore more in this beautiful dance art of belly dancing. I was
teaching and running my Institute Ritambhara Sahni’s Institute For The
Performing Arts [ RSIPA] at this point and time of my life which taught many
free style dance forms. My students all over my centers across Mumbai also kept
asking me to teach them belly dance. So as soon as I got the opportunity I travelled abroad to fulfill my childhood dream.
Learning belly dancing at various places all over the
world was a beautiful experience which I cherished and can never forget. I also
realized that I was so so right that belly dancing and popping and locking have
so many similar elements. Some moves that I could not figure out had a
different concept of doing from what they really appear and of course were easy
to do.
Must admit that being a dancer and a professional dance
instructor, Performer and choreographer back then in Mumbai, I learnt and
mastered the art of belly dancing and its various props and fusions quite fast.
Back then in 2001-2002 no one really taught belly dance In India forget Mumbai.
But I still dint start to teach this dance form in Mumbai. I taught a few
students a few moves and choreography’s doing belly dance workshops as I still
felt I had so much to explore in this dance form. So I kept travelling abroad to
explore each and every prop, fusion, style and every aspect of this dance art.
I finally launched Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni in 2005 and my dream to not only learn, learn more n more, to
teach , to perform , to choreograph, to create performers , to help people make
a career in this beautiful dance art has been going strong ever since and I’m
not going to stop. My dream is to keep learning belly dance and other dance
forms, keep teaching , help my students create a career as belly dance
performing artist, help them start their own institute, help them as belly
dance choreographers and whatever they wish to achieve in this dance from.
YES – BELLY DANCE HAS BEEN MY DREAM, I'M LIVING MY DREAM
AND WANT TO HELP MY STUDENTS ALSO LIVE THEIR DREAMS THAT THEY HAVE WITH THIS
DANCE ART AND I AM STILL DREAMING.
Belly dance for me is really a never ending
dream and reality.
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| STUDENTS POSING AT RITAMBHARA SAHNI'S BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI |
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| STUDENTS POSING AT BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI BY RITAMBHARA SAHNI |
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Do read my ARTICLE IN HINDUSTAN TIMES about how i credited Shakira for changing the viewpoint of belly dancing all over the world.
TO WATCH THE SINGLE WHEREVER WHENEVER IF I GOT U NOSTALGIC...
HERES THE LINK AS WELL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weRHyjj34ZE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weRHyjj34ZE
FOR MORE INFO ON BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI & RITAMBHARA SAHNI CLICK HERE: centers at Colaba, Bandra West , Khar West and Andheri West.
Ritambhara Sahni and her articles
Ritambhara Sahni - Her battle to change the viewpoint of Belly Dance in India and all over the world
Reviews by Ritambhara Sahni's students
Testimonial by Ritambhara Sahni's students
About Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni - student information
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - centers at Colaba, Bandra West, Khar West and Andheri West
AND SO....
Ritambhara Sahni shared her childhood dream story with her students and the response was overwhelming and Ritambhara Sahni was full with love and gratitude for all her students.
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| RITAMBHARA SAHNI'S FUN FILLED CLASS |
We have A blog on our website - BELLY DANCE A CHILDHOOD DREAM.
OUR WEBSITE
The blog is all about the students of Belly dance institute mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni and Ritambhara Sahni herself expressing how they made their childhood dream a reality and everything that they felt in that journey as well and feel in their journey to come.
So we posted Ritambhara Sahni's journey to make her childhood dream to belly dance into a reality.
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| RITAMBHARA SAHNI |
EXCITED
Well of course she will and why not ???? Thats what this blog is really all about. So students do write me your dream and journey you took to make belly dance your reality says Ritambhara Sahni once again to all her students.
Ritambhara Sahni says
As soon as my students read the story....my students started to relate my story with their story and so many of them called me shared their stories with me over the phone. Have asked them to email me their stories and shall post them on my website soon in my belly dance - childhood dream blog section.
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OVERWHELMING
Posted in all excitement and received an overwhelming response. Always love the positivity I receive from all my students.
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FEELING LOVED
DANCE IS POSITIVE AND TEACHING ALL MY STUDENTS BELLY DANCE HAS FORMED THIS MAGICAL POSITIVITY BETWEEN THEM AND ME . AN AWESOME FEEL.
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| RITAMBHARA SAHNI'S BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI |
GRATITUTE
I THANK ALL MY STUDENTS TO GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH THEM AND RECEIVE THEIR POSITIVITY.
