Sasha Mukhija, Switzerland // Hi there, great that you’ve stumbled upon our page! 🙂 Apart from my strong interest in science, I have always been trying to incorporate some style of dance to get away from everyday life. It started out with ballet and continued with an extremely long time of Hip Hop dancing. During college I joined a Salsa class but quickly became part of Gauri’s amazing Bollywood class. And to my surprise it’s different to anything I have ever experienced before. It gives me more energy, happiness, confidence and as cheesy as it may sound it added colours to my student life. My main motivation came from the Hindi movies and dances at festivals I’ve been watching all my life. It’s a great opportunity to dive into my own culture and experience a different part of the world. I hope that we as a group can spread this feeling among other people as well and am looking forward to how dancing is going to help me and maybe you express the beauty of life.Jag and Nitu Channa, Canada // With an abundant amount of energy and enthusiasm for dance, Gauri is able to engage her students in an exciting manner. Her passion for her craft and the mastery of her skills are portrayed in her lessons. Her love of dance is evident when teaching and her joy is infectious. Gauri is extremely patient and very friendly with children. Her humble and kind nature allows her to make an instant connection with everyone she meets. My two daughters had their first Bollywood dance experience with Gauri and thoroughly enjoyed their session with her. As parents, we ended up also joining in the session too! The kids (and the parents!) are already looking forward to enrolling in further Bollywood dance classes!”Mathis Reichel, Switzerland // Teacher & Master in Tango – Guitare – Chansons – songs http://www.mathisreichel.ch // The Guitare – the entry took place in the rebellious hippie years. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, The Beatles and many more have influenced my adolescence. My interest involved more and studied music at the Basel Music Academy, together with that a new discovery came “Tango “that has coloured my life! With the time trendsetting I created a dance school Tanzpalast where I teach Tango. Countless of students, over 300 Milongas and DJing shaped this time. Today, I mix everything together by setting up several centres of life: singing, playing guitar, managing, dancing, teaching accompany my everyday life, which makes me feel alive! Gauri, Founder of Lotus Dancers, probably the most beautiful Indian in Basel and beyond. We know each other since the time of TanzPalast, that is almost 15 years ago. She won my heart with her Dance, which is more than a dance. Her movements are graceful, snakelike, mythical, mysterious and it remains in memory. In addition a wonderful person. I am honoured to be on her Lotus Dancers page!
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