News HKE Vol. 2, Issue 14 | Page 47

Harshita Chawda

I started dance at the age of Six . Looking at my passion for dance my mother directed me to join Bharatanatyam classes. Now it’s been 14 years that still I am learning Bharatanatyam.

I have completed 6 exams in Bharatanatyam those are:

Prarambhik

Praveshika Prathama

Praveshika Poorna

Madhyama Prathama

Madhyama Poorna

Vishrad Prathama

At the end of this year I will be finishing my last exam i.e Visharad Poorna so that I will be able to graduate in Bharatanatyam under Akhil Bharatiya Ghandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal Mumbai.

I have given many stage performances and have participated in several competitions and won many prizes and titles.

I was called as the “DANCING QUEEN” in my school.

One of the biggest achievement of my life till now was winning State level Dance competition which was held on a large scale .

Now I am choreographing a kannada movie song.

Nivedita Deshpande

I started my Bharatanatyam training at the age of 4. Soon I started giving exams which were conducted by Bharatiya Sangeet Samithi which are

Bal Junior

Bal Senior

Foundation Junior

Foundation Senior

Elementary Diploma

Junior Diploma

Seeing my growing interest and passion towards dance my Guru suggested me to attempt government exams and I successfully cleared two of them with first class result .

I never missed a chance in my school days to showcase my interest towards dance. My active participation was appreciated by my teachers, friends and family.

So now the actual journey of our passion begins from our life in Engineering. We met with an opportunity where we could showcase our talent through the most trending channel and the big platform YOUTUBE . We then then decided to get more exposure by uploading our dance videos on social media (Facebook, Instagram).

This was the time when our friendship grew more stronger. We then started getting more opportunities through our college.

Now our talent is appreciated by the most well known club of Kalaburagi ZEST CLUB. We choreographed for the summer camp for two consecutive years. Later on we were given an assignment to choreograph for the Flash Mob.

Now came the most amazing and memorable part of our journey where our dreams acquired wings, we conducted several workshops for Garba and other different styles .

We were given the title of BEST COUPLE AND BEST ENERGETIC GARBA PLAYERS.

Soon after this the most unexpected thing happened to us and it was judging for the several Garba events conducted in different cities.

Now after having got these golden opportunities hope we see our future will be bright. Ultimately we are happy to say that our dreams were always supported by our parents.

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