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Bollywood Dance Competition Scheduled for London!

London’s ‘Move It,’ dance festival proved once again this year that London is the place to be to celebrate the diversity of dance. And in keeping with this ethic, Honey Kalaria (who is best known for her role as a choreographer on ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’) has announced an exciting dance contest. The Bollywood Dance Championships will take an X-Factor style format and will be an amazing opportunity for Bollywood style dancers to win an excellent prize of £30,000 worth of tuition and a very real opportunity to land roles in film and stage productions.

Kalaria has her own dance school in London and wants to encourage dancers of all backgrounds to take part in the Bollywood Championships, saying, “The idea is to encourage people from all dance genres and cultural backgrounds to participate and compete: Indian Classical to Bhangra; Salsa to Belly dancing, right through to Hip Hop and Street.”

Bollywood is a spectacularly colourful form of dance, incorporating traditional dance styles from India with Western dance – with consistently spectacular results!

The auditions kick off in London in April and there will be further heats for those who make it past the judges in May, with the final stages scheduled for later in the year. The competition is divided into four age categories, catering to 4 – 7 year olds, 8-12 year olds, 13 – 17 years old and then the over 18s. Full entry conditions and audition schedules are available from the Desitara website.