Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - article in the Afternoon D & C





Ritambhara Sahni 

 in an interview as a belly dancer with  Monarose Sheila Pereira
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni
Ritambhara Sahni
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai


I, Ritambhara Sahni am absolutely excited as my interview has been published in The Afternoon Despatch and Courrier which speaks of how the stigma attached to the viewpoint of belly dance in India is now a thing of the past. Do read the entire interview. It was surly my aim and mission to change the viewpoint of belly dance when I established Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni in the year 2005 and the newspapers affirm in an interview with me that the stigma attached to this dance form is now a thing of the past...
Ritambhara Sahni belly dance institute Mumbai
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni


Afternoon Despath and Courrier,  december14, 2016


JELLY BELLY

Belly Dancer Ritambhara Sahni speaks to Monarose Sheila Pereira about her unusual choice of vocation, asserting that the stigma surrounding this performing art is now a thing of the past ....

 What are your educational qualifications?
I have done B.Com. I have passed my C.A Foundation Course and did one year of Law. I have also studied various forms of dancing.

 What does dance mean to you?
I had started to perform and teach right from my school days. I want everyone to experience the joy i receive from dance. I started to teach on a professional level during my college days and went on to establish my institute - Ritambhara Sahni's Institute For The Performing Arts. [RSIPA] which taught many free style dance forms such as Hip Hop, Funk , Jazz, Contemporary, , Tap, Flamenco etc. I acted in T.V serials, did voice overs and dubbing, even compered and performed as a mimicry artist, choreographed many events and taught dance and dance fitness for several years. However, my heart just wanted to dance and teach dancing. Teaching my students and watching them grow as dancers made me really happy and i decided that this is what i would want to do forever and i was not wrong.  I also shared my love through dance in charity events for YWCA and the Rotaract Club Of Mumbai. I worked ceaselessly and judged dance performances for college events. I had achieved a lot by the time i had touched my 20s and dance had become the air I breathed and a way of life for me. I also won the ' All-Rounder Award' in my college H.R College of Commerce and Economics and brought a lot of glory to my college in the field of performing arts and sports.

 How did you get into belly dancing ?
Belly dancing was a childhood dream for me to learn, when i first saw it in a James Bond movie. I attempted to imitate the belly dancer in the movie and tried to imitate her moves in front of the mirror, but never really succeeded. 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 because of academics. I could not travel for a long time. With no you tube and internet back then, I still managed 75 percent of it. My family arranged for a specialized belly dancer from abroad to come and teach me here in Mumbai.
CLICK HERE To Read about my struggle with with the viewpoint that belly dance had and how it gradually changed


 What are the difficulties in your field ?
When I started belly dancing in Mumbai, a percentage of people did consider belly dancing to be taboo. But now the viewpoint has totally changed and i really don't face any difficulties. However many young girls and women have a misconception that belly dance can only be done by a young girl having a perfect body which is not true. Belly Dancing can be done by girls and women of all age, shape and sizes. You do not need a toned belly to belly dance , its coz of belly dancing that your belly gets toned. Belly Dance makes a girl feel like a woman and a woman feel like a girl. Though i did pass a CA course and graduated as a law student, i continued to hold private dance classes and choreograph dance sequences for colleges and corporate events.

 What are you future plans ?
I love teaching and in the future would love to see my students create their own careers in terms of a belly dance performing artists, belly dance teachers, and belly dance choreographers or also see my students start their own belly dance schools. A few of my students have already started to work with me as assistant instructors; some of them even choreograph for semi-professional events . We have even created a platform for them to perform with our show " Hip-nosis Mumbai".

 CLICK HERE To Read about my struggle with with the viewpoint that belly dance had and how it gradually changed



Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni
Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance

The 1st ever belly dance class in Mumbai since 2005



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

 Belly Dance Class 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's Institute

Ritambhara Sahni - interview in the Afternoon News - Jelly Belly

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

Ritambhara Sahni - Dance Workouts that get you party fit

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

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



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 Blog











Ritambhara Sahni on Belly Dance Belts , 

 Accessories, Costumes and Props

Ritambhara Sahni -  Belly Dance Belts Mumbai




Ritambhara Sahni Belly Dance Institute Mumbai
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai



INTERESTING - DID YOU KNOW
Ritambhara Sahni

 acted in T.V serials - here are a few links -





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Tuesday, 12 April 2016

RITAMBHARA SAHNI'S BATTLE WITH CHANGING THE VIEWPOINT OF BELLY DANCE.

 RITAMBHARA SAHNI’S 

 BATTLE WITH CHANGING THE VIEWPOINT OF BELLY DANCE AS AN ART AND ALSO WITH LEARNING THE ART OF BELLY DANCE.

IN RITAMBHARA SAHNI’S WORDS……
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni
Ritambhara Sahni

Ritambhara Sahni director at Belly Dance Institute Mumbai
RITAMBHARA SAHNI


Belly Dance became my childhood dream when my mom, my brother and I were watching this movie at home called ‘From Russia With Love’. A James Bond classic which had a belly dance scene in it. The movie is a MUST WATCH everyone cause of this belly dance scene so please do watch the movie or you tube this scene in the movie. Here is the link to the scene.


 My family use to love watching James Bond movies and so I also got hooked then. Another James Bond movie that had a belly dance scene was this movie ‘The Man W Bogarts Face’. However belly dance was portrayed in both these movies for the entertainment for Men. That actually dint bother me much, the moves made me go crazy. I was but of course mesmerized by the moves being a female and dancing professionally other free style dance forms even back then.

I expressed as a child to my mother who supported me and actually was the one who gave me several opportunities to perform professionally back then that I wanted to learn this beautiful art of belly dancing. But my mom like all other people back then said belly dancing surly looks great and beautiful as a dance art but is considered to be a dance form only for the entertainment for men. I was heartbroken but my heart would not agree that this dance form was considered bad and can only be for the entertainment for men.

With small arguments with my mother every now and then to learn this art I eventually gave up on convincing my mother but continued to secretly try the moves. My mother always supported me in learning each and every free style dance form and gave me several opportunities to perform. She was unaware like all others about what belly dance really is. She was also mesmerised by the moves and also wished it would not have been considered in this bad light.
As I would keep trying the moves secretly I did achieve some of them because of my strong roots in popping and locking and both these dance forms have similar elements. But some of the moves were just impossible.

My dream was a secret with me until Shakira came alive with her beautiful single ‘Wherever Whenever’ and changed the viewpoint of belly dance to a tremendous extent. I was then running my Institute Ritambhara Sahni’s Institute For the performing arts [RSIPA] which taught several free style dances. I started to get calls from people all over Mumbai enquiring if we teach belly dancing. My students kept asking again and again for me to teach them belly dancing. So something big had happened here, something what I always wanted, ---I wanted everyone to say that they wanted to learn belly dance. Because if people said so, they would not consider the dance form to be taboo. It was finally happening. The view point of belly dance was changing. Some people were reacting to it to be taboo but my people who understood the language of dance were all in to explore the art of belly dance. My dream finally was to become a reality.

My mother had expired way before a little after my childhood days. When I spoke to my father about the same my father completely encouraged me and said my mother would have also encouraged if she would have been alive as her viewpoint was only because she was unaware. With today’s changing viewpoint she would have been in complete favor of me belly dancing because my mother herself was fascinated with this dance art of belly dance. That’s when my father arranged for me to travel abroad to USA and Europe where we have our family as well to learn and explore this dance art.
I kept study this dance form making several trips abroad and continued to run my institute Ritambhara Sahni’s Institute For The Performing Arts[RSIPA] . Did hold short workshops and belly dance courses also in that time span I finally launched Belly dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni in 2005 and it has been going strong ever since and the viewpoint about belly dance I feel has almost reversed.

TO VIEW MY ARTICLE ON HOW I CREDITED SHAKIRA TO CHANGE THE VIEWPOINT OF BELLY DANCE ALL OVER THE WORLD IN HINDUSTAN TIMES ...CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK.
Ritambhara Sahni - Hindustan Times Article...

 Also my interview is featured in the Afternoon Newspaper Dispatch and courier on how the stigma attached to belly dance is now a thing of the past . Happy day of my life to see me featured about this in the newspapers. Click on the following link.

 Ritamhara Sahni - interview in Afternoon News Despatch and Courrier
Events by Ritambhara Sahni
HIP-NOSIS --- OUR GRAND EVENT
Belly Dance classes in mumbai by ritambhara sahni
OUR BELLY DANCE KHAR BATCH
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's Institute

 Ritamhara Sahni - interview in Afternoon News Despatch and Courrier

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

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni - interview in Afternoon News D & C

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

Ritambhara Sahni's Institute







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

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
FOR MORE INFO :
ON RITAMBHARA SAHNI & BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI.....click on the links below:

 OLD WEBSITE

 NEW WEBSITE

FACEBOOK LINK

YOU TUBE LINK


YOU TUBE LINK :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr9nt4vl99r8HlJjkUZgQKA


INSTAGRAM :
https://www.instagram.com/bellydanceinstitutemumbai/

LINKEDIN:
http://bit.ly/1OcI1gD

Ritambhara Sahni's article in Bpmbay Times - Times Of India

Ritambhara Sahni's article in the LOCAL TURN ON APP

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - centers at Colaba, Bandra West, Khar West and Andheri West


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Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni

Belly Dance Classes in Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni
RITAMBHARA SAHNI'S GORGEOUS STUDENTS

 When i see 3000 followers on my instagram page, above 5000 followers on my facebook page and 100 subscribers in 3 weeks on my you tube channel and all only from Mumbai on my pages...i feel this beautiful belly dance art has  come a long way in Mumbai.

I want to spread the joy n love of belly dancing to each and every female who is fascinated  with this beautiful art of belly dancing.
- RITAMBHARA SAHNI

 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BELLY DANCE ARTISTS AND ASPIRANTS IN MUMBAI
BELLY DANCE HAS COME A LONG WAY IN OUR COUNTRY.
WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT JUST A DECADE AGO.
Belly Dance Institute Mumbai 
by Ritambhara Sahni 

 - Our Centers :

BELLY DANCE CLASSES IN COLABA

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - COLABA

BELLY DANCE CLASSES IN BANDRA

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - BANDRA

BELLY DANCE CLASSES IN KHAR

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - KHAR

BELLY DANCE CLASSES IN ANDHERI


Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - ANDHERI

 FOR MORE INFO ON RITAMBHARA SAHNI AND

 BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI. 

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:







Ritambhara Sahni's article in Bombay Times - Times Of India
Ritambhara Sahni's Article in the LOCAL TURN ON APP

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - centers at Colaba, Bandra west ,Khar West and Andheri West
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