Episode Notes

Shivani Badgi is a New Jersey/New York based dancer with 20 years of dance experience in Kathak, Lavani, and Bollywood. She began her training in dance at the age of five under Guru Padma Khanna at Indianica Academy. She furthered her dance education to learn Ballet, Jazz, and Contemporary at Joffrey Ballet School, Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University, and Broadway Dance Center. She has had the opportunity to perform on reputable stages at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center during the 50th Anniversary of Lincoln Center, at Warwick Castle and Island Gardens for the American Alliance of Performing Arts London Invitational, Theatre for the New City in NYC, Philadelphia Museum of Art, NBA Halftime Show, and Times Square at Diwali. Shivani is currently furthering her Kathak education with Guru Syed Sallauddin Pasha of Ability Unlimited. She currently teaches Kathak and Semi-Classical at her dance studio, The Gurukul Performing Arts in New Jersey.

E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.shivanibadgi.com YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/shivanibadgi

Show Highlights (0:04:17) Teaching bollywood with a kathak foundation

(0:07:04) Deciding what's right for students

(0:09:59) Pushback for doing bollywood

(0:12:04) Timeline of learning dances

(0:16:51) Favorite Dance form

(0:18:01) Learning multiple dance forms

(0:26:38) Soorpanakha Backstory

(0:35:41) Flat feet and Kathak

(0:38:09) Teaching Style

(0:41:59) Performing Career

(0:45:23) Performing at Times Square

(0:52:57) Making high quality videos

(0:54:34) Pandit Gopi Krishna Ji

(0:58:13) Dance Practice