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Monday, 17 October 2016

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly dance Institute Mumbai - article in Mensxp.com

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Ritambhara Sahni - expert advise on Shbam Fitness

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - her article in Mensxp.com in the Health section.

Ritambhara Sahni's expert advise on one of the popular fitness trends Sh'bam fitness

Ritambhara sahni of belly dance institute Mumbai - expert sdvise on SHbam fitness

Ritambhara sahni - advise on Shbam fitness

3 Fitness Trends That Are in Rage

by Ismat Tahseen

You may be bored with the gym, but don't throw your fitness routine off gear just yet. Try something new. Here are three fitness trends that are becoming a rage the world over. Choose the one that best suits your body and health. And consult a doctor and a fitness expert before trying any of them.

Muay Thai

A combat sport from the martial arts of Thailand, Muay Thai is also called the Art of Eight Limbs. Says Amit Lalwani, who has brought this martial arts form to Mumbai, "Muay Thai was a battlefield sport, in Thailand. They have huge stadiums built to conduct Muay Thai matches. It's done using the elbows and knees to strike out." Why is it called Art of Eight Limbs? "You use two fists, two shins, elbows and knees and throw a combination of punches and kicks. When we start a class, you do it solo, then, as you progress, you learn to practise with partners."

Benefit: Besides being a fitness technique, it's a great stress buster because you're hitting out. Says Lalwani, "Muay Thai is a great self-defence technique too, where your body becomes the weapon. It requires a great level of concentration. You can shed around 600 calories, build reflexes and become flexible - all in a 45-minute workout on a daily basis. Plus, with time, your body gets conditioned to take hits, and strengthens in the process."

Slacklining

If you are out early at a park in Pune or Bengaluru, you'll catch a group of fitness buffs trying this new fad - walking a tightrope! Called 'slacklining', this involves a person balancing himself/herself on a nylon or polyester webbing tensioned between two anchor points. The aim is to attain balance and build the core. And judging by the number of people signing up, it's getting quite popular.

Benefit: Says instructor Aalok Bharadwaj, "Walking on a slackline builds concentration and balance, and tests your willpower. You have to keep at it until you learn to stay on the slackline. There are no props, you have to use your own body weight to balance, which tones and builds the small muscles too." There are also other versions such as tricklining (performing jumps and stunts on the slackline), waterlining (walking on webbing stretched across a body of water), highlining (walking a slackline assembled at a great height) and yogalining (performing yoga on the slackline).

Is it safe? Totally. The rope is at least one inch wide, and just two feet off the ground. Plus, there are crash pads on the ground so that you don't get hurt if you fall.

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Sh'bam

Shimmy your way to a smaller waistline with this fun, sociable form of fitness. For those who love dance, Sh'bam is perfect. Already becoming a huge hit abroad, this is a 45-minute dance-based workout will have you grooving to simple dance steps set to catchy Latin and hip-hop soundtracks. Apart from enjoying the stressbusting dance, you can bust over 600 calories in a single class. You do not need to be a good dancer as there are no rules, you just follow the trainer and stay with the class. Who knows? In a few sessions, you may discover the star in you.

Benefit: Mumbai-based dance expert Ritambhara Sahni vouches for it as a boredom buster. "Sh'bam has dance moves that are blended with aerobics workout. It's very effective because when your body moves to the beats of the music, you start to enjoy it. That's what kills the monotony of a normal gym workout session. It increases a person's stamina and cardiovascular fitness, and burns calories. At high intensity, you can burn up to 800 calories per hour," she says.

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Read a student Review / Testimonial on Ritambhara sahni and Belly Dance Institute Mumbai.

I have known Ritambhara Sahni for more than 15 years . Joint her as a student for bollywood Hip - Hop at her Ritambhara Sahni's institute in 2001. I was also always very keen to learn belly dancing. It was a dream for me to learn this beautiful dance form and i was so excited when Ritambhara told me at that time that she was getting trained in belly dancing. I was really waiting for her to start and was really excited to attend her 1st belly dance workshop and the first ever belly dance workshop in Mumbai in the year 2003. Watching Ritambhara Belly dance made me go crazy. I just wanted to belly dance like her. Ritambhara Sahni belly dance institute Mumbai was established since 2005 and i have been a part of it since then. Belly dance institute Mumbai is like my 2nd home. I also always dreamed of wearing the belly dancing belts and i am so happy to own so many belly dance belts as of today. I totally believe that for me it is important to belly dance with a belly dance belt. I worship my belly dancing belt just like i worship my tap shoes . Did Tap dancing with Ritambhara Sahni and that was an awesome feel. Cant wait for her to start tap dancing once again. For me Ritambhara Sahni is best dance teacher i could haveever had and belly dance institute Mumbai is the best belly dance class in Mumbai. If you are looking to join belly dance classes in Mumbai , there is no other place like Belly Dance Institute Mumbai. - Jigna Davda

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IN THE PRESS - click on the following links to read

Times Of India - Belly Dance and Its Health Benefits by Ritambhara Sahni

Bombay Times - Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - interview on 'Dance workouts that keep you party fit'

Harmony Magazine - Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by RitambharaSahni - our article

Hindustan Times - Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni - our article

Dna Newspaper - Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni - Our Article

Bombay Times - Ritambhara Sahni's Article on Belly Dance Awareness

Mumbai Mirror - Ritambhara Sahni from Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - Article

Ritambhara Sahni's article in the Afternoon Newspaper

Bombay Times - Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni articles on Belly Dance and Dandiya Fusion

Bombay Times - Ritambhara Sahni - Her article on Sh'bam Fitness

About Ritambhara Sahni and her Articles-click on the following links to read

All About Ritambhara Sahni - Her story with dance and belly dance

Ritambhara Sahni - Her story Making Belly Dance being her childhood dream into a reality

Ritambhara Sahni talks about Women Empowernment

Ritambhara Sahni - Her Battle to change the viewpoint of Belly Dance

A Girls Broken Engagement - Real Life Review Of Ritambhara Sahni's Student

A Failed Love Story - Real Life Review Of Ritambhara Sahni's Student

20 reasons to belly dance today by Ritambhara Sahni

7 Things About Your 1st Belly Dance Performance by Ritambhara Sahni

Ritambhara Sahni - Her Article in The Near Fox App

Ritambhara Sahni's Insterview In Local Turn On App

Review by Students - click on the following links to read

Review on Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni - by Our student - Rinky

Testimonial by Students - click on the following links to read

Testimonial on Ritambhara Sahni's Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Sangita Shetty - Our Student

ABOUT BELLY DANCE INSTITUTE MUMBAI - Student information - click on the following links to read

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni -Frequently Asked Questions

All About Our Beginners Course - Belly Dance Institute Mumbai

Ritambhara Sahni on Belly Dance Belts , Accessories, Costumes and Props

Belly Dancing Belts, Costume, Props etc

Belly Dance Belts, Costumes, Props etc

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Thursday, 15 September 2016

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance Institute Mumbai choreographed India's 1st Flash Mob for Channel 'V'

CLICK TO WATCH - Full Music Video of India's 1st Flash Mob

I, Ritambhara Sahni, got the opportunity to choreograph India's 1st flash mob for channel 'V' and the experience was spectacular. 21st, 22nd and 23rd August 2009 were 3 memorable days. Students of my institute ' Ritambhara Sahni's Institute For The Performing Arts ' and Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni' participated and performed in this flash mob for Channel ' V'.

This is how it all happened ......

So, I get this call from channel 'V' asking me to choreograph a flash mob for them . I was like 'this sounds great- a flash mob has never happened in India and i would be honored to do this.' But i started to wonder as for a flash mob to happen , there has to be a reason and so i called them back to ask them as to why are we doing a 'Flash Mob'....and the answer was - ' Channel V is changing ' to ' Channel V is Bloody Cool'. Wow, this sounded too cool and i was excited. On meeting with Channel 'V' we decided on creating a flash mob similar to the mob that happened for Micheal Jackson. I had wanted to always choreograph a flash mob earlier but getting permission for venues in Mumbai was not easy. However , i was really curious to know the venues as i had really tried my best to get venues in the past and i was happy to know we were performing at Pheonix Mills Compound, in cinema halls and a few malls in the city. We were given a limit of 50 students totally for the mob and we had just 3 weeks to organize and execute the same. A day went in informing and bringing my students to perform from both my institutes which were Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni and Ritambhara Sahni's Institute For The Performing Arts. We rehearsed daily and waited each day for the day to come to perform. It was 3 days of performances happening all over Mumbai. With the video footage , a music video was to be made which had to be telecast-ed soon on Channel 'V' several times a day. What excited me the most that my institute - ' Ritambhara Sahni's Institute For The Performing Arts ' would be credited each time it was telecast-ed.

The event was amazing. It was 3 days of unforgettable fun and we still cannot stop talking about it until today.

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly dance institute Mumbai choreographed India's 1st Flash Mob For Channel V - Selfies on the last day

Colour changing mugs given by Channel 'V' to each participant. We love our mugs :)

Ritambhara Sahni's Belly Dance Institute Mumbai

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly dance institute Mumbai choreographed India's 1st Flash Mob For Channel V - Selfies on the last day

Ritambhara Sahni - received a letter
to Judge a Flash Mob school
competition

Ritambhara Sahni's Belly Dance Class in Mumbai

Certificates Received by Participants of the flash mob for Channel 'V'
at Ritambhara Sahni's Institutute

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - KHAR

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Review / Testimonial by a student at Ritambhara Sahni's Belly Dance Institute Mumbai

I am here to describe my lovely experience with belly dance institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni. I definitely want that everyone should read this and gain from my experience. So, here goes... As a professional model we are expected to always look our best and appearance s is what matters the most. So, in order to live up to the image our profession demands and also feel good about ourselves, yoga, Pilates and aerobics is part of our daily regimen. We socially engage ourselves and keep ourselves entwined with the entertainment fraternity. I was offered a role in a TV series which required the actress to do a belly dance sequence. Though I’ve a knack to pick choreographies easily, I took this as an opportunity to learn from a belly dance professional. If I wanted to learn belly dance the authentic way, the instructor himself suggested that I enroll myself in Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni for the beginner’s course. I took his advice and acted on it immediately by calling Ritambhara's belly dance classes in Mumbai. After outlining the situation, she gave me a brief about the beginner’s level. I must credit Ritambhara Sahani for her professionalism and I found her to be very congenial, just like how the instructor said she would be. The course is structured completely on a learner’s interest and the student has a lot to gain from this institute - Ritambhara Sahni's institute. She has given the student an upper hand by offering a flexibility in timing and the opportunity to practice in all the batches and in all the venues which are Colaba, Bandra Khar and Andheri. Making the most of this opportunity, I went on to practice whenever I got the chance for my betterment. I love belly dancing with my belly dance belt, belly dance belts give you a really 'good' feel. Not only me, but all my batch mates adore their belly dancing belts and always want to belly dance with their belly dancing belt. Ritambhara Sahni is a wonderful belly dance instructor with a capacity of making a non-dancer, dance too. I’ve seen this change she has brought about in so many students with optimism and a winning attitude. I only hoped that when I had to perform for the silver screen, I would be half as good as she is. Under her guidance and with her encouragement, I got better during that short span of time. I aim to pursue the further levels at Ritambhara Sahni's Belly Dance Institute Mumbai and dedicate a lot more time learning from this exceptional belly dancer - Ritambhara Sahni. Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - what an incredible Belly Dance Class in Mumbai. - Janki Mehta - Television Actress

Friday, 26 August 2016

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - Zee News Interview

Ritambhara Sahni -

1st ever female to start a Western Dance Institute Mumbai with her institute - Ritambhara Sahni's Institute For the
Performing arts [ since 1996 ]

1st ever female to create, choreograph and direct India's very 1st flash mob for channe 'V'.

1st ever female to bring Belly Dance To Mumbai in 2005 and establish her Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni .

in Ritambhara Sahni's words

Ritambhara Sahni's Institute For ThePerforming Arts [ since 1996 ] was what i started with back then. Not many dance schools around that time. People were really only aware of ballroom dancing, Shaimak Davar and nothing else.
Dance itself was considered as a forbidden career and a female going out there to make a career for herself was also not accepted really.
But I am Ritambhara Sahni who does what her heart wants to back then and even as of today did and does exactly that . I always had the support of my father who always discouraged me from doing law and C.A and encouraged me to dance and persue performing arts which i would eat , breathe, sleep and repeat. My father assured me that i would never be persuing law and C.A even if i passed all the exams.[hahah..he was so right !!! ] . So after one year of passing law and one year of passing my CA foundation Course, i quit both and simply continued Ritambhara Sahni' s Institute For The Performing Arts which was allready going on really strong since 1996. I started to teach initially at my own house and started with teaching only females. i use to teach right from the time i was in school and because i had the intelligence and capability to teach back then , i encourage anyone at any age group to teach even today when i feel they know the techniques correctly . All you need is a positive heart and if you feel happy and accomplished after teaching someone, then you are are great teacher...be it anything.
This interview of mine was taken back then when i had so many centers across Mumbai and i had been running my institute for a good amount of years. I began Ritambhara Sahni's Institute For The Performing Arts {since 1996.} This is my interview on Zee News around that time when dance schools were very few and I was the first female to start a dance institute in Mumbai. My institute is featured along with my interview and with glimpses of Mr. Sandip Soparkar's and Mr. Shaimak Davar's school of dance as well. I, Ritambhara Sahni was not only the 1st female to start a complete western dance school in Mumbai but also the 1st female to teach old school Hip Hop [Popping and Locking ] and the new style hip hop back then. I was also the 1st female to bring belly dance to Mumbai and choreograph India's !st flash mob for Channel V. I, Ritambhara Sahni got belly dance to Mumbai and soon established Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni which has been going strong eversince 2005 along with my institute Ritambhara Sahni's Insitute For the Performing Arts.

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance Institute Mumbai in a photo shoot with her instructors at Ritambhara Sahni's Institute For The Performing Arts.

Ritambhara Sahni's Institute For The Performing Arts [ since 1996 ] taught all free style western dance forms back then like Hip Hop and Funk, Jazz, Contemprary and Bollywood of course. As of today i also run Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni [since 2005 ] and teach all forms of belly dance and its various forms , fusions and props.

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance Institute Mumbai with her instructors at Ritambhara Sahni's Institute For The Performing Arts.

Do read about how i got belly dance to Mumbai by making belly dance my childhood dream into a reality and then my battle at every point to change the view point of belly dance which has changed a great deal in the following links :

How Ritambhara Sahni made Belly Dance her childhood dream into a reality

Belly Dance - A changing viewpoint and Ritambhara Sahni's battle to change it

Also read --All about Ritambhara Sahni's story with dance and belly dance

Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni