SSGD Conducts Dance Lessons For Students Of St. Catherine of Siena School and Orphange, Bandra For 'World Dance Day' Performance
This World Dance Day
will be a special one for the students of St. Catherine of Siena School
and Orphange. The students will be performing traditional Gujarati folk dance
choreographed by the Sonis School Of Garba Dance.
12 girls and 4 boys
between ages 8-12 will perform the dance on a special folk song, the steps of
which have been taught by Jigar and Suhrad Soni, founders of Sonis School of
Garba Dance on their Garba night called 'Re-Live' Navratri organised
by the dance school every month.
9 year old Shabbo who
has always been loving dancing. She wanted to learn some sort of dance form and
perform somewhere in front of an audience. Her dream came true when she got to
learn from the Soni brothers and now can not just dance but is ready to give a
fantastic Garba performance. "I enjoyed learning Garba. I only knew a
little about it, but Jigar sir has taught me so much. I want to learn
more," she said.
Jigar Soni, mentor and
founder of SSGD said that kids are always quick learners. "Be it any dance
form, kids always absorb steps quickly. I was surprised to see these students
at St Catherine's, that with little or no knowledge about this dance form, they
learnt Garba steps so fast. I am proud of all of them with the kind of
dedication they have shown towards learning," he said.
Suhrad Soni, the
co-founder and mentor of SSGD said that teaching kids is the most special thing
for them especially for World Dance Day. "The amount of love we have
gotten from these children is overwhelming. These kids have made World Dance
Day special not just for them but for us as well as we look forward to their
performance," he shared.
Innovative Concept of
'Re-Live' Navratri
To beat the notion
that Garba can only be performed in Navratri, SSGD, has for the first time,
introduced the concept of 'Re-Live Navratri', where not just students of SSGD
but everyone is welcome to be a part of the celebration. This is a fresh change
for those who love Garba and Dandiya but only get to dance during Navratri.
About SSGD
Both being proud
Gujaratis, the founders and mentors Jigar
and Suhrad have contributed to the Indian culture largely,
and for this, they were honoured by the Member of Parliament in
United Kingdom Bob Blackman on September 2017 at the House
of Commons in UK’s parliament house.
SSGD has been recognized
by UNESCO for its contribution to Indian folk dance culture and
has performed in United Nations as well. The Soni brothers were invited
to perform at the Trafalgar Square by the Mayor of London, Sadiq
Khan.
Sonis School of Garba
Dance, that started about 20 years ago is the world's biggest Garba dance
school based in Mumbai. They have taught more than 10,000 students across the
world. SSGD
has its presence worldwide in countries like UK, UAE, Switzerland, Ireland and
USA.
They
recently bagged the Transmedia awards as “Best Dance Directors” for Gujarati
movie “Mad for Each Other” in February 2018.
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