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Monday, 5 December 2016

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - Times Of India Article.



Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni
Ritambhara Sahni belly dance class in Mumbai
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni
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Article in Times Of India 
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Put on your dancing shoes,it's wedding time
   Indians weddings are well known for songs and dancing rituals.It is an intrinsic part of every wedding celebration in all communities and is full of joy and verve. For Christians, the pre-wedding ceremonies have a lot of folk dancing to traditional music and songs. Gracy Fernandes exclaims "Dancing is the epitome of our wedding celebrations."On the wedding day the reception begins with the 'Grand March'.It has a quick tempo that sets the mood and gets everyone ready to swing and shake a leg.In this form, the couple and the guest around in pairs.This is followed by the wedding couples first Waltz together and they are then joined by family and friends.Ballroom dancing continues througout the evening and winds up with lively free style folk dancing. Framroz Ghaswala, a Parsi from Mumbai informs.  "Today,even Parsis are dancing at their wedding receptions.There was no dancing in the past, but it's a recent trend and is catching up very fast." 
    Indian folk dancing have dominated Christian,Hindu,Muslim,Sikh and other religions.Functions like haldi, mehendi,sangeet,baraat and of course the main wedding celebrations.There is a lot of raas-garba in gujarat and bhangra in punjab. Elijash Gadkar says,"In Jewish weddings, we dance to English,Hindi and Hebrew songs." Indian weddings now have foot stomping Bollywood dancing.Film director Carlos D'silva explains,"We are Bollywood centric country and it has become part of our ethos. Bollywood dancing is popular because it is not formal and does not involve any rigid rules.Even little children can join in. It is not complicated and you do not need any training like ballroom dancing.In fact,many western countries now incorporate Bollywood dancing at their wedding receptions as a novelty."
     The big fat Indian wedding is getting bigger and dance sequences today are choreographed by professionals.Many Indian couples now prefer a white wedding reception and ballroom dancing has swayed its way into the Indian wedding scenario.Dancer and choreographer Sandip Saporrkar informs,"Families today want to make the event a grand and memorable affair.The maximum preparation is for the sangeet or the wedding day dance.Couples-to-be,their families and friends want to study the authentic styles of dancing and perfect their moves.The most popular dance for the newly-weds is the Waltz and Rumba,and now even Tango i catching up.For the family,there is Cha Cha Cha,Samba,Jive and more.Some prefer ballroom dancing to bollywood music and some like to keep it traditional."

      The cherry on the cake is very sensuous and interesting trend.Belly dancer Ritambhara Sahni says, Belly Dancing is now extremely popular and is recognized as an art form.Many brides want to give their husbands a surprise on their wedding night;or girls want to perform Belly Dancing at the wedding of their friends."Well, since the dance floor is getting hotter, put on your dancing shoes and get ready to groove to the rhythm of the night. 
                                - Monarose Sheila Pereira 


Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai
Ritambhara Sahni's Belly Dance Classes in Mumbai


Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni - Our Centers :

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - COLABA
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - BANDRA
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - KHAR
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - ANDHERI

To know more on Belly Dance Institute Mumbai and Ritambhara Sahni - Do click on the following Links






You Tube - Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - Ritambhara Sahni

Ritambhara Belly Dance 
Ritambhara Belly Dance Classes in Mumbai - centers

Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - COLABA
Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - BANDRA
Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - KHAR
Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - ANDHERI

RITAMBHARA BELLY DANCE - NEWS CHANNELS

Ritambhara Sahni on Zee News

Ritambhara Sahni on Star News - Her interview on Star News When Katrina Kaif was injured

 INDIA'S FIRST FLASH MOB - choregraphed by RITAMBHARA SAHNI

 INDIA'S 1ST FLASH MOB by Ritambhara Sahni

RITAMBHARA SAHNI BELLY DANCE - TRAINING CELEBRITIES

Ritambhara Sahni trains Jacqueline Fernandes in Belly Dance and Tribal Belly Dance Fusion

RITAMBHARA SAHNI - PRESS

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance Institute Mumbai in Hindustan - Times - Mumbai's 1st belly dance show with 200 Indian belly Dancers

Ritambhara Sahni - Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - write up in idiva

Ritambhara Sahni in Bombay Times - interview on Sh'bam Fitness

BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI - PRESS
Belly Dance Your way to A Flat Stomach - write up in Bombay times

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai in Harmony Magazine - Senior Citizens Belly Dancing

BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI BY RITAMBHARA SAHNI - PRESS

Belly Dance and Garba in the Bombay Times - belly dance institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni - in DNA NEWS- Belly Dance in South Bombay

RITAMBHARA SAHNI BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI - PRESS

Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai in Times Of India - Belly Dance Now Getting Popular in Weddings

Ritambhara Sahni - Bombay Times - Belly Dance Awareness

About Ritambhara Sahni and her Articles-click on the following links to read







20 reasons to belly dance today by Ritambhara Sahni

7 Things About Your 1st Belly Dance Performance by Ritambhara Sahni

Belly Dance And its Health Benefits by Ritambhara Sahni

Belly Dance and Yoga - Interesting Article by Ritambhara Sahni

5 types of belly dance styles by Ritambhara Sahni

Ritambhara Sahni - A Brief Self Profile

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai -  Reviews
Click on the following links to view

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - Reviews

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - Review by student Purvi

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai Reviews - by student Dr. Suchitra

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - Review by Dr. Bela

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai reviews by Valencia

Ritambhara Sahni Review
Review by Students - click on the following links to read


Ritambhara Sahni Testimonial
Testimonial by Students - click on the following links to read

RITAMBHARA BELLY DANCE CLASSES IN MUMBAI
All The Information a Beginner needs to know

 Our Beginner's Course at Belly Dance Institute Mumbai

Frequently Asked Questions by Students at Belly Dance Institute Mumbai


Some more Blog links to Ritambhara Sahni and Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni












Ritambhara Sahni on Belly Dance Belts , Accessories, Costumes and Props
Ritambhara Sahni -  Belly Dance Belts Mumbai



Ritambhara Belly Dance 
Ritambhara Belly Dance Classes in Mumbai - centers

Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - COLABA
Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - BANDRA
Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - KHAR
Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - ANDHERI

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni
Ritambhara Belly Dance Class in Mumbai


INTERESTING - DID YOU KNOW
Ritambhara acted in T.V serials - here are a few links -

Ritambhara Sahni in TV serial - Thief Of Baghdad

Ritambhara Sahni in TV serial - Alif Laila - Scene 1


Ritambhara Sahni belly dance institute Mumbai
Ritambhara Sahni's Belly Dance Classes in Mumbai

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Tuesday, 12 April 2016

BELLY DANCE – RITAMBHARA SAHNI’S CHILDHOOD DREAM – CREATOR AT BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI BY RITAMBHARA SAHNI



Ritambhara Sahni – in her words…


Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni

Ritambhara Sahni's belly dance
RITAMBHARA SAHNI




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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrsRapiOMn0
[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.
Ritambhara Sahni's belly dance Institute Mumbai
STUDENTS POSING AT RITAMBHARA SAHNI'S BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI

Ritambhara Sahni Belly dance Institute Mumbai
STUDENTS POSING AT BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI BY RITAMBHARA SAHNI
Ritambhara Sahni belly dance
Ritambhara Sahni - Students

Do read my ARTICLE IN HINDUSTAN TIMES about how i credited Shakira for changing the viewpoint of belly dancing all over the world.

 HERES THE LINK: Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance institute Mumbai - article in The Hindustan times 

TO WATCH THE SINGLE WHEREVER WHENEVER IF I GOT U NOSTALGIC...
HERES THE LINK AS WELL: 
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










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.
RITAMBHARA SAHNI BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI
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.
Ritambhara Sahni's belly dance institute mumbai
RITAMBHARA SAHNI

EXCITED

So Ritambhara Sahni posted from her profile page to all her students.on the occasion of International dance day and the response was overwhelming. We got some comments on facebook and some students called her and asked her if they could write her their stories and will she post them to her blog -Ritambhara Sahni - Belly Dance - a childhood dream.
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.

Ritambhara Sahni belly dance institute mumbai
RITAMBHARA SAHNI AND THE MAGIC OF BELLY DANCE

OVERWHELMING
Posted in all excitement and received an overwhelming response. Always love the positivity I receive from all my students.

RITAMBHARA SAHNI'S BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBA
RITAMBHARA SAHNI'S BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI


FEELING LOVED

DANCE IS POSITIVE AND TEACHING ALL MY STUDENTS BELLY DANCE HAS FORMED THIS MAGICAL POSITIVITY BETWEEN THEM AND ME . AN AWESOME FEEL.

RITAMBHARA SAHNI'S BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI
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.





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