Sangita shetty – My Review / Testimonial on Belly Dance Institute Mumbai and Ritambhara Sahni
Ritambhara Sahni mam has been my teacher for over many years now and she was the 1st dance teacher i ever knew. I was 10 years of age when My mother saw Ritambhara Sahni mam’s write up in the Bombay Times which spoke about her teaching many western free style dance forms in her institute back then Ritambhara Sahni’s Institute For The Performing Arts. My mother immediately enrolled me for Ritambhara Sahni mam’s classes. On joining Ritambhara Sahni’s dance classes in Mumbai back then all i can say is that i was extremely happy and at the age of 10 years i knew back then that this is exactly what i wanted to do all my life and just never never stop. I was with Ritambhara Sahni’s institute For the performing arts for 10 years perusing all the dance forms Ritambhara Sahni had to teach which were Hip Hop, Funk, Jazz , Contemporary etc.. I also performed in all of Ritambhara Sahni’s shows .
in 2005, Ritambhara Sahni launched Belly Dance Institute Mumbai and asked me if i would like to belly dance. There was just no thinking twice. I had always dreamed of belly dancing ever since i saw Shakira belly dance and i immediately enrolled with my best teacher ever to learn a dance i always dreamed to learn – belly dance. I attended class at all her centers which were Colaba, Bandra , Khar and Andheri west and I did several levels with Ritambhara Sahni mam in her belly dance courses at her institute belly dance institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni and being her student for so many years that is ever-since childhood , she even gave me the opportunity to assist her and work with her as an assistant instructor. I did work and perform with Ritambhara Sahni for a few years in belly dancing unless i started to work professionally outside and then did not have so much time to belly dance.
All i can say is that dance and its various dance forms and belly dance of course are a major part of life even now and they are within me. Ritambhara Sahni , my teacher will always be a part of my life. Unfortunately i dint end up making a strong career in belly dance but with Ritambhara Sahni mam’s support and vision , i may make a career in it real soon. I would also like to say that dance did make me confident about myself all these years but belly dance made me confident in a completely different way. It got me closer to my female side and today i feel extremely powerful being a female and yes i belly dance daily and i feel great and beautiful about myself. – I feel EMPOWERED.
Do watch my videos here that i performed at Ritambhara sahni’s show. Will add more videos as well soon. Would love to know what you guys feel about my performance , so do leave in your comments below.
Ritambhara Sahni’s student – in her show Hip-nosis Mumbai by Belly Dance Institute Mumbai
Belly dance institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni – our show – Hipnosis -Mumbai
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VENUE : RITAMBHARA SAHNI’S BELLY DANCE CLASS IN KHAR WEST MUMBAI
DAY : SUNDAY
TIME : 1.30 IN THE AFTERNOON
So it’s been a month almost of the beginner’s course at Belly Dance institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni and it’s early for the belly dance class to begin. Ritambhara Sahni is preparing for the class and 3 to 4 students are in early and warming up with their belly dance moves and techniques wearing their bright and glowing belly dance belts / belly dance hip scarves. And a student walks in very happily and excited into the class and says to Ritambhara Sahni. ..’ Ritambhara, I FEEL EMPOWERED’!! The remaining students in class simply smile to agree and Ritambhara Sahni as a matter of fact says ‘ Congratulations and welcome to the club’ with a not very surprised smile and here the discussion starts for this day at Belly Dance institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni.
The same girl says ‘ I can’t tell you how powerful and beautiful I feel being here since a month. I have actually not been feeling good about myself off late but belly dance at your institute has changed my life by giving me this feeling of empowerment. I never knew I could use my body and create such beautiful movements and feel so good to do them and feel so awesome about myself. I feel I rule the world very gracefully. ‘ She then paused and looked at Ritambhara Sahni who was happily smiling back at her. She then told Ritambhara Sahni. ‘ no wonder you always look very happy and so high on life always…I’m curious to know have you always felt like this?’
RITAMBHARA SAHNI
Ritambhara Sahni answers with a vibrant smile – ‘YES OF COURSE and much before I started belly dancing. Dance itself empowers you. I have been dancing and performing ever since I was 6 years old. Not belly dance back then but have done all other dance styles like Urban hip hop, Jazz, Contemporary, and have always felt strong powerful and confident about myself through dance and dance expression. However, Belly Dance came to me rather easily as I was hard-core always into popping and locking. The principles of both dance forms are the same. The attitude is however different. So yes when I danced earlier I use to feel powerful and unexceptionally super confident however belly dance empowers me in a very feminine way. It makes me feel more beautiful about myself and yes I feel powerfully beautiful and beautifully powerful.
Hearing this was so motivational to all the girls and ladies in this belly dance class in Mumbai on that day that they all quickly grabbed their respective belly dancing belts / belly dancing hip scarves and started to shimmy non stop. Yes we all felt empowered and belly dance is empowering, when we at Ritambhara Belly Dance Class in Mumbai wear our belly dancing belt / belly dancing hip scarf and belly dance the feeling of ’empowerment’ is at a magical high. Our belly dance belt / belly dance hip scarf motivates us all the more to belly dance and speeds up our journey to empowerment.
RITAMBHARA SAHNI’S STUDENTS TAKING A BREAK AT CLASS
Oh my gosh …i so agree to this. I have been feeling amazingly confident about myself and i fear nothing somehow and yes its coz of belly dancing. i see, believe and realize this like ‘just now’ says another student in the class.
RITAMBHARA SAHNI’S STUDENTS- OUR 2 MINUTES BREAKS CALLS FOR SELFIES AND QUICK VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS AND LOADS OF FUN.
So once again history repeats itself and makes several of our students realize how beautifully powerful they can feel being a female with the art of belly dance. Ritambhara Sahni explains exactly this about her experience with empowerment and belly dance and women empowernment to all new students who feel and realize the same. [ which makes up for all:)]. Ritambhara Sahni says that its her victory when her students feel empowered with belly dancing and her teaching them. One of Ritambhara Sahni’s biggest aim and mission is to make each and every female who is fascinated with the dance feel empowered by and with the art of belly dance at her belly dance classes in Mumbai.
