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Belly Dance Classes In Mumbai

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- Belly Dance and Dandiya

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Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni

- the leading and the first ever belly dance classes in Mumbai [ since 2005]

Belly Dance Classes in Mumbai
Now Belly Dance and Garba Fusion

Mumbaikars all set for the power garba and dumb - bell dandiya.

With Navratri starting tonight, revellers are giving an exotic twist to desi dandiya raas with hip hop,  cha-cha-cha and some booty shakin. 

This time do the BELLY DANCE DANDIYA 

Belly Dance Classes in Mumbai
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni [ since 2005]

Hey, it's Navratri once again. And Mumbaikars have not just been busy shopping for lehengas, chaniya cholis and Kurta-kedias, they have also been notching up the  dance moves. This time the festival of nine nights will throw in a bit of a western twist to their spin, as they battle it out for the coolest dandiya-garba steps.  That's right. It's no longer just the classical dodhiyu  ( one and a half steps), panchiyu ( five-steps ), dasiyu ( 10 steps ) and popatiyu ( reverse moves ). On the agenda are funky salsa-garba, rap-style, cha-cha-cha and more. City dance studios and classes are teaching revellers how to spiff up their moves for the big day! Here's what they have been grooving to. ....

Dance teacher Ritambhara Sahni says the craze for belly dance mixed with garba has really kicked off in Mumbai. "People are quite excited about this fusion, which started last year. What is interesting is that women who have never danced in their lives, want to try it out too. " A post on the garba- belly dance fusion by Ritambhara caught everyone's eyes. "Belly dance has a certain lure to it; it's one the most exotic and graceful moves and brings out individuals feminine side. Garba is as graceful, so an amalgamation of the two is a hit, "she says.






So how does one achieve a belly dance-dandiya raas blend on the dance floor?  "We first identity moves that can be merged, such as hip thrusts and lifts, shimmies, figure eights, certain undulations and infuse then into the traditional moves ," reveals Ritambhara adding "Both moves effortlessly blend while moving in a circle, where the entire sequence is 70 percent garba, dandiya with a little belly dance added to it." she explains. And guess what this dance form also tones you! "You can burn 300 calories an hour with belly dance. And when it's blended with garba, you burn around 500 calories an hour," she informs.

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni is the leading and 1st ever belly dance classes in Mumbai.

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