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| B Feb - Dance Competition |
Dance Xplosion… BFAB!! Students of DU & IP Colleges Set Stage on
Fire ... If
You Believe You Can.. Dance is masti, Dance is life, Dance is career…
New Delhi : India
is never been short of talent be it any field, the unmatched talent has proved themselves
on both national & international scenario. All they need is a strong
platform and opportunities to showcase their skills. In other countries,
colleges are adopted by corporate houses and sports brands for promotion of
talent, but in India that is not the case. To provide a strong platform &
opportunities, Delhi based dancer Bhavini Mishra initiated a first of its kind
performing arts competition in Delhi called DANCE XPLOSION… B FAB!!! three years ago, as an initiative to
recognise and promote young talent that usually goes unrecognized. After
two successful endeavours, Urshila Dance Company organized the 3rd edition of
their annual Dance Saga at Shri Ram Centre of Arts & Culture, New Delhi,
where over 400 students from 25 colleges of Delhi University & IP University performed
in front of International celebrity dancers.
Our whole sole aim through this competition is to help youth
feel a sense of direction and motivation towards the performing arts. Specially
the NGO' dancers and the soloists out of whom some come from very poor
backgrounds, says Bhavini Misra, Director of Urshilla Dance Company.
Most of these youth manage to save funds and
participate in competitions on their own initiative. Even though the acumen for
dancing is of international standards, the facilities and platforms available
are not. Dance is still not treated as an industry in India and most
importantly many youth who aspire to take dance up as a career have to battle
parental pressure, financial struggle, lack of dance education due to lack of
resources and above all lack of clarity so as to how to make it a fruitful
career for themselves. BFAB is the platform that addresses all these issues for
students, Bhavini added.
There were different categories
for the competition with solo and duet categories; the
category also had some underprivileged children coming together. The
whole focus was to wipe the status bar and develop mutual respect and
appreciation for artists whether from affluent strata or humble backgrounds. This
was followed by performance of NGO Salaam Baalak Trust.
After duets a professional
category was there wherein choreography teams of Delhi University
participated as also professional performances by leading dance companies
including Shubhamani
Shetty (Bharatnatyam Performance), Sadhya Unit of Performing Arts, Sanjay
Khatri, BADA, Charlie Frost , Dance Fun, Ram Pradeep, Rahul Goswami Dance
Company, Carolina Prada, Beeware, Subhashish, Dance Rulz, M PAC and Nanda
Kumar; that enthralled the audience with an inflow of some
amazing dance performances.
The performance were mentored and judged by
Sahil Aneja a.k.a
Sazzie, Fernando, Sanjay Khatri, Ritika Chandra, Mr. Santosh Nair, Padmashri
Astaad Deboo Sir, Nathaniel Parchment from London, Yuko, Swag Gang Crew
(international Hip Hop Championship Runners up), Nikolina Nikoleski, The
Danceworx ( Ashley Lobo ) & Guru Rama Vaidyanathan.
“I congratulate the Urshilla Dance Company for creating a
platform for young and budding dancers. It was really exciting and I can see a
lot of young talent and unique concepts. It was a nice blend of dance
techniques. I will not reveal who were my favorites but I will just wish
everyone the best of luck and keep doing better” says Ritika Chandra.
“It is amazing to witness the
kind of versatility we have in Delhi for now. I can see a bright future for
dance through them. They are much ahead to what we were when we had just begun,
said Sahil Aneja (Director and head
Bass Crew [Dance plus fame])”
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