Is it me or was it just everyone who had there feets shaking when they saw Dance India Dance. Well I don’t know about all of you but it did boost up my moral to become a choreographer. For me dance has been like a soul for a body. I don’t know what happens to me when I hear a song slow, fast, rocking I just start grooving no matter what. I don’t know how my passion for this thing started but as far I remember I have always been ready to dance whenever I got the chance during school I used to take part in all my annual functions. And the funny part is that ever since those days till now I have always started practicing standing at the last and ended up performing in the front.
I remember once there was a cultural week in my school and I had given my name in all the competitions from singing, dancing to fashion show. It was going to start on Monday and I was eagerly waiting for this week as I was sure that I am going to win a lot of prizes. But as fate would have it I had an accident and got stitches under my left knee. I was not allowed to move from bed for next many days to come as each day of my cultural week passed I cried I never felt sad about something such as this even with stitches I was pleading my mom to let me go and dance. But that is when I realized that I had lost a huge opportunity and by the time I got fit I had become fat and I couldn’t move as I used to. After that I hardly took part in any of our annual functions but I was still the king of the dance floor during SOI functions( people from army background know about it it is service officers institute). When ever I used to be on the dance floor everyone just wanted to dance with me. I remember once my friends got jealous of me for during one of the New Year’s bash I was the sole guy dancing in between girls. God I know how I saved my neck that day.
I never gave a full stage performance after 12th or should I say never got a chance. But when I joined SIMS it just came to me as if this is what I was waiting for I remember it was the day of auditions and I had given my name for being a part of the Vibes team the dance team of my college I still remember that feeling I remember one of our seniors Deepali Jamwal was playing the song “Soni De Nakhre” that day my feet’s just started bouncing on the song. When I was going towards the stage to perform one of the seniors sitting in the front row said to her friend “AAJ TO STAGE TOOTEGA”. I felt bad but still performed and got through the first round. The second round was a pair dance and when the dance started god the hooting and cheering of my batch mates I felt as I am getting the long last desire of mine. After the performance a senior of our Vibes team called me and said “your dance is good if you reduce a little weight you will be much better. Some of the steps you do are not that easy for many of the people to do.” And these words were spoken by none other than my best friend now AATISH DHANVIJAY. I cleared through the auditions and became a part of VIBES. We won competitions with the help of the most beautiful girl and the best choreographer who is now my idol and my closest friend DEEPALI JAMWAL. I joined shiamak after that to take my first step towards taking choreography as my profession. God I still remember when I finished my performance on the stage at shiamak one of the instructors came and told me” Deepaish your dance is damn good I would love to see you in the elementary batch. Just keep doing the good work and I bet one day you will be one of us.” God I just can’t forget these words.
Its my dream now and my goal to be a choreographer and open up a dance institute with the help of my closest friend Deepali and of course my star Aatish Dhanvijay. I just pray to god that he gives me the strength to reach my goal.
Nice post!!! sounds like me... and thanks for all the compliments...
ReplyDeleteI hope u make it big one day!!!
amen !
ReplyDeletehey Deepaish, well written yaar !
ReplyDelete....trsut Me u r already a choreographer... mujhe bhi seekha dena kuch..
ALL THE VERY BEST 4 all ur dreams ...