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BEEN AWHILE - MUCH NEEDED UPDATE.

Hello World,
So alot has happened since my last post, do not know where to begin.

Urbanista update - We had an eventful Gig along with Kundu And Ninja at Bacardi Nh7 Weekender which is the most well known Music Festival in India. We performed at the Pepsi Dub Station and will appear in a Short Docu Video for UTV Bindaas, a popular television channel in January.

http://nh7.in/weekender/

Pon De Floor Dancehall

Giselle Simone & Payal

Kez, Priya Lisa & Payal @ Pepsi Dub Station

We also performed at Celebrate Bandra Festival with Ninja & Blaize ,Check out the video below.....................

OLIO SHOW - 2011- Neon fun.

After a few mishaps like the props being left on the stage and the videographer editing out the sound on the professional video, we still managed to pull it off.
We performed on sept 7th and sept 10th, where on the same day we had a PUMA gig and rushed to the next venue spending and hour in a jammed up car! Thank you Dwayne for the drive and the footage.

Kezia almost lost her costume! lol and we all pretty much lost our minds trying to get ready in 8 minutes. 5 girls , one mirror, not pretty.

Anyways after weeks of hard work, and fun.. we really enjoyed ourselves on stage. A few hiccups here and there, but no mistakes at all.

Our legs were giving way but our hearts were full of energy.
Here is the video.. we are always pusinh to improve, knowing that being the best is not a real concept, but dancing with joy and freedom to keep our sometimes troubled lives seem magical.

PUMA EVENT -Major Lazer posted our video on his twitter account!

So the Puma Gig was a Huge Success with Major Lazer,producer of the hit Track we danced to "Pon de Floor"posting our video up on Twitter, thanks to Reggae Rajahs! 

Major lazer consists of Dj's Diplo and Switch and have worked with artists like MIA, Beyonce, Kid Cudi, Shakira, Snoop Dogg, Bruno Mars etc

Feels good to be recognised by internationally influential artists!

We got 1600 views in a day and a half!

Here is the video they posted!

Dancehall/Reggae practice for Puma Gig (Urbanista)

September Looks Good

Had a great day today, seems like many exciting projects in the pipeline.

DJ Uri is doing a presentation in Berlin on Hip Hop culture in India, and key people involved in it and he will do a presentation of Kundu, Ninja and myself amongst others.
This is exciting and am glad to have met Uri, nice to have a Dj that can play at our parties/events and understands what we like to hear, and welcomes us to his events.
Ghettoblaster is a fun party , which Uri throws at Zenzi, Bandra.

I will get more details from Uri when I speak to him about the event as I have been super busy.

At some point next year Kundu , Myself and Ninja will also be featured in a small scale documentary on street dance in Mumbai made by Isaac Carne from Spain, who runs a "FUN" website called www.funproject.org. Him and his girlfriend Georgie were real sweet people and we became friends along the way.

Some other projects seem promising, but one can only hope.
Urbanista has 2 shows next week at St Andrews auditorium which should be a new and fun experience.

Also I have been asked to put two dance pieces up for Celebrate Bandra at the outdoor stages of Carter road and Bandstand, I am quite happy about the versatility of venues we are getting.
Still waiting to hear about the PUMA reggae/dancehall gig.. lets see.

All in all,this seems like a good patch of positive momentum.. I ride it as long as I can.. the downs also serve their purpose for silence and contemplation, but im not complaining about the highs.

2011 what's up!

So I do not think many people even read the stuff I write at erratic intervals, but I guess it is enough for me to share with myself and few passer bys.

2 years have passes since my last blog and ALOT has changed in the underground dance scene in India.
India is swarming with street dancers. One of my posts in 2009 was talking about one of the very first organised B-boy battles in India, and now in 2011 we had Battle Of The Year Qualifiers in Chennai in India. The crews have all amalgamated and dissipated and been recreated into a giant entity.

My friend Hera in Delhi, has started representing the B-boy scene out there getting attention and funding from the west , by sticking to his roots and representing the art form in its true essence.
The kids all over India are mobilizing and throwing events, jam sessions etc.
Documentary films are being made by the minute!
So as far as the B-boys are concerned the scene has exploded.

My partner Kundu is now a Judge on India's first street dance reality Tv show called Footloose that has introduced me to some crazy talented dancers like Sambo and Blaize! So inspiring and so young.

I started India's first All Girl Street Dance Group called Urbanista, and we have done 2 shows and have 4 shows lined up in the next few months.
www.Syntheskillz.com our dance community was born.. taking baby steps.

So things are moving fast.. until we meet again.