The SHIAMAK Summer Intensive Dance Program is designed to give students from all across the world the opportunity to train and study dance and performing arts in a professional environment in Mumbai. The program is for students of the age 15 years and above and is structured to advance the technical skills of dancers in a wide variety of techniques and improve their dance vocabulary.

 

Classes are 6 days a week from 10am to 7pm and over the course of 3 weeks. Students attend a daily ballet class, a daily modern technique class of Contemporary and Shiamak Style (Shiamak’s signature style of movement and choreography), supplemented with various other styles such as Hip Hop, Shiamak’s Bollywood Jazz, Shiamak’s Inner Dance Movement, Salsa and Creative Movement Therapy. Additionally, an array of guest teachers and lecturers are called in to add that extra spice to the entire experience.

 

The intensive culminates with a recital that brings great joy and shows what the students have accomplished over the course of this workshop.

Modern & Contemporary, Ballet, Hip Hop, Salsa, Bollywood Jazz, SHIAMAK Inner Dance Movement,Creative Movement Therapy. Shiamak will be taking master dance sessions and his master faculty will be teaching students "The Shiamak Style".

 

Shiamak Style

Shiamak Style is a creative amalgamation of indo contemporary and modern movement, strong ballet grounding with influences of Indian classical and folk dance. With a strong focus on technique, each class consists of exercises, passes and choreography in a structured syllabus set by Shiamak. The choreography in Shiamak Style is a collage of breathtaking visuals.

 

Ballet

Ballet is a highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It's techniques are used in many other dance forms. Ballet requires years of training to learn and master the form. It lays a strong foundation in technique that helps a dancer perform any dance style better.

 

Modern and Contemporary

This style is based on ballet technique but still rejecting the typical ballet stances. It does not involve upright and straight movements and isn't always anti-gravity. The dancer expresses their emotions through dance and has the freedom to search the capacity and limitations of ones body in expression.

 

Shiamak's Inner Dance Movement

Shiamak's inner dance movement combines elements of Yoga asanas, breathing techniques and dance. The almost meditative class of Inner Dance Movement is peaceful aligning the mind, body and spirit blended together through a musical retreat and dance transitions.

 

Hip-Hop

Hip-hop dance refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hiphop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. it includes a wide range of styles like breaking, locking and popping amongst others. cool, urban, and young , this form of dance requires a lot of style and spunk. it is the most popular style amongst the youth today.

 

Salsa

With Cuban origins, an extremely popular style, Salsa is as spicy as the name suggests. With shines, partnering and technique, Salsa helps improve style, strength and flexibility.

 

Bollywood Jazz

Shiamak revolutionized the dance scene in Bollywood with his national award winning work in the feature film Dil Toh Pagal Hai. Keeping the spice of Bollywood intact, Shiamak enhanced it with the technique of jazz. Fitness, finesse and finery became synonymous with Shiamak's choreography in Bollywood. Shiamak's Bollywood Jazz™ is a super hit amongst all age groups.

 

Creative Movement Therapy

Creative Movement Therapy is the psychotherapeutic use of movement as a process which furthers the emotional, social, cognitive and physical integration of the individual. There is not only the use of movement but other artistic mediums such as visual art , drama and voice which helps individuals explore their being, thereby gaining insight into one’s own self, patterns and functioning. It helps broaden one’s understanding and empowers the individual on all the above levels of functioning.