Toolbox 2.0 – Urban and Jazz
The Course
Teachers
Aastha Gulati
Aastha is a professional dancer-choreographer since 2000 and is a versatile dancer having learnt various styles including Kathak, Ballet, Contemporary, Lyrical Jazz, Latin and Belly dance. She has traveled far and wide to places like Broadway Dance Centre, New York, to Thailand integro 2016 for 30 days for flying low and passing through training with David Zambrano, to Edinburgh to train under Tess Letham and under Cristina in dance Italia for one week. She has since choreographed, performed and taught widely across a wide variety of prominent organisations, stages and countries.
She collates technique with a lot of narrative, expression and experimental movement. Contemporary technique, floor work, cathartic movement etc remain a favorite of hers and her classes will center around them.
Junaid Shariff
Junaid is one of the most gifted yet hardworkin talent in Indian Dance fraternity. He is capableof moulding himself into any dance forms and carriers a professional experience of 6 years in dancing.
He started his journey at Attakalari center of movement and art and HipPop India. Later on he joined other professional companies to expand his teaching skillset. He also worked as dancer/choreographer in kannada Film Industry. Adding feather to his cap, Junaid got Shortlisted for Dancing star season 2 and Bindass Naach to showcase his talent on National Television. He was also an integral part of DESI HOPPERS Crew who won first place at World of Dance 2015. He also been a collaborative part of Nritya Shakati Tour workshop 2016 and 2017.
Junaid is adept in urban and contemporary dance forms and has been shapening his skillset under the guidance of many nationals and International artists since years together.
Manisha Agarwal
Manisha Agarwal has been dancing professionally for about 8 years. Ever since training extensively in various dance forms from few of the best dance schools around the world, namely Broadway Dance Center, Movement Lifestyle, Millennium Dance Complex, and the likes, she has been teaching and exploring movements outside the brackets of "dance genres". Manisha believes dance is most honest when the core of movement is music in its truest form, and not dance style or skill set. Her classes besides focusing on technique, emphasise primarily on discovering ones own style and movements.
Hari Haran
Let your ideas do the dancing”-this is the motto of Mr. Hari haran. He kick started his dancing career by learning a classical dance form KATHAK, under the guidance of GURU Smt. ROOPA RAO at NATYA INSTITUTE OF KATHAK AND CHOREOGRAPHY.
He excelled in the field of kathak for five years and completed his exams for being a certified kathak dancer and choreographer. His passion for dance took him to London to pursue his dance career in few dance styles, namely JAZZ, BALLET, and CONTEMPORARY & MORDERN DANCE. He also attended jazz and contemporary workshops conducted by the task master Mac at PINEAPLLE DANCE STUDIO in London.
He is also trained extensively in contemporary form by Terrance lewis dance academy, TARANTISMO CREATIVE DANCE COMPANY and Jazz on HEELS by YANIS MARSHALL.
Veena Narasimhan
Veena graduated from Attakkalari in the year 2015 and has been training in Himalayan Yoga under the guidance of Grand Master Akshar since then. A certified instructor with Akshar Yoga, she is currently on her Level III training.
Ryan Martyr
This man needs no introduction! Coming from Delhi, a contestant in So you think you can Dance India.
" I want to make people realise that they are actually free. And that freedom is what will lead to an expression which would light up the world."
--Ryan Martyr.
Mohith Thapa
Trained for 4 years at The Danceworx, New Delhi with the company (2011-2014) Styles trained in - jazz, contemporary, modern and ballet.
Currently associated with Thats Dance company, New Delhi as a regular jazz faculty. Have toured around few countries around the world as a performer in various musicals and shows with some of the best companies namely Nritarutya- Indian contemporary dance company, Natya Nectar, teamwork arts Pvt Ltd, RGV studios and That's Dance.
Take your Urban and Jazz to the next level
With 7 teachers, 3 months and 100 hours of training, you just need to commit yourself for 8 hours (at least) a week and you will wonder how you got there when it's done. So, jump in. :)
The course is on. If you are interested in attending classes of particular teachers, do reach out to us.