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About us
Our Founders Mr.Shannon Benjamin & Dr.Priti Gupta made history by being the first Indian couple to participate in the International World Latin DanceSport Championship held in Singapore in 2006 and at the Indoor Asian Games 2007 with blessings and sponsorships from Mrs. Jaya Bachchan. And ever since, they haven’t looked back. .
They are the ones who introduced anew sport in India – The DanceSport. A sport that involves Latin & Ballroom Dancing which has recently been included in the Asian Games and is bidding to be the next big Olympic Sport.
The couple have been competing & training in UK, Hungary, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Colombo etc they are steadily improving with their international rankings and have been the only couple having won a Gold medal internationally for India in DanceSport.
With over 15 years of teaching experience the duo together established the school DanceSport India in 2008.
They are amongst the founder members of a sports organization – The DanceSport Association of Maharashtra where-in they hold extravagant Championships and examinations for dance enthusiasts. Certificates provided to all the candidates who have participated in the competition & examinations.
Shannon & Priti have trained over 5000 students and dance enthusiasts along with a seriesof celebrities from the glamour world – including Shekhar Suman, Gunn Nayar, Onjalee Nair, Kunika Lal, InderMohan, Neena Gupta, Adhyayan Suman, Jennifer Winget, Rajesh Shringarpure, Pony Verma, and many more.
Dr. Priti Gupta has been the key choreographer partnering Shekhar Suman in Jhalak Dikhlaja Season 4 Sony Television 2010-2011.
The duo won at the All India Latin Special Competition at the Sansui Boogie Woogie on SONY Television in Jan 2008.
The duo along with their dynamic troupe, have set the stage on fire at many recent events for various brands like Shaadi.com, Cinthol, Lux, Kala Ghoda Festival of India, Lakme India Fashion Week (Neeta Lulla), GRT Grand Chennai, Reliance Mutual Funds, ICICI Prudential, Rudra Spa, MTV, The Indian Navy NWWA/ Navy Ball, Shipping Corporations, Grand Prix Awards and Hindustan Lever.
They have also appeared in Print and Ad films for prestigious brands like Star Plus, Reliance, Close Up and Mantri Builders.
What We Teach
Our young and enthusiastic team specializes in dance forms like
Latin – Samba, Rumba,Cha-Cha,Jive,Paso Doble
Ballroom – Waltz, Foxtrot,Quickstep,Tango, Viennese Waltz
Club Dances – Salsa, Merengue, Bachahta, Boogie, Rock-n-Roll
Flamenco – a Spanish Gypsy Dance.
Our Beginners course includes 3 dance forms : Salsa, Cha-Cha, Jive & Social dancing etiquette. Classes Are conducted on weekdays & weekends so you can pick a suitable batch.
Duration of each Level – 12 Hrs
(In addition, DanceSport India offers an additional set of 12 hrs free classes in the consecutive batch to all our students, for practice.)
Age is never a bar – So far our we have had students from age groups right from 11 yrs upto 78yrs (even beyond is welcome). Very soon coming up with cources for the tiny ones as well(4-12yr olds)
No prior dance experience is required.
2-20 left feet most welcome.
No partner??? NO PROBLEM!!
NOTE: Personal lessons occasionally are always helpful in improving your dancing skills.
If you are looking for advance level training or would like to try hands at competitive dancing… dont think twice…. just give us a call.
Contact Details :
Call : 9920053329 – Beverly (Operations Manager)
Email : dancesport.india@gmail.com
Roll of Honor for Shannon & Priti
Roll of Honour:
- 19th Lion City DanceSport Championship – Singapore, Aug. 2006: Quarter Finals
- 1st National DanceSport Championship – New Delhi, Dec. 2006: Grade A – Ranked 1st - Gold Medal
- Creative DanceSport Championship – Malaysia, Jan. 2007: Ipoh Ranked 9th
- Hong Kong Open DanceSport Championship – July 2007: Ranked 5th
- 2nd Indoor Asian Games – Macau, Nov. 2007: Quarter Finals
- Hong Kong Open DanceSport Championship – March 2008: Ranked 2nd - Silver Medal
- Sri Lankan DanceSport Championship – Colombo, Nov. 2008: Ranked 2nd - Silver Medal
- Supremacy Awards UK – London, April 2009: Semi Finals
- Sri Lankan DanceSport Championship – Colombo, June 2009: Ranked 1st - Gold Medal in 4 categories & Ranked 2nd - Silver Medal in 4 categories.
- ISIS Cup – Hungary, Sept. 2009: Szombathley Finals – Ranked 6th
Mitali Adakmol
September 21, 2011
hi, my name is mitali , i am intrested in learning salsa, and all latin american dance forms, as u said u have your classes in worli, andheri, malad etc please tell me about the classes in andheri, and malad. and if u conduct your classes in kandivali, please let me know that also, timing and fees etc…………….. please tell me
Sonali M
May 12, 2012
please let me know the fees and timings on weekends