Celebrating International Dance Day - with Pooja Uberoi

Pooja Uberoi is the founder and owner of the Artistic Dance Company IKIGAI USA which operates in the U.S. and India. Pooja created her own dance classes using a form of dance called BollyJazz. BollyJazz originated with the combination of her training in Jazz and Bollywood Dance.

Pooja Uberoi is a professional dancer, teacher, and choreographer. ... Before moving to NYC, Pooja was head of a national dance school in India with over 800 students. She has choreographed full-length Bollywood Musicals with adults and kids

Pooja is a trained Jazz and Bollywood dancer and teacher. Pooja is also a trained 200-hour Hatha yoga teacher from Bangalore, India, and currently teaches at the Indian Embassy in New York. Pooja Uberoi is also the Producer for NYC Dance Week and founder of Funkar – an NYC10 initiative. She has more than 13 years of experience as a dancer and teacher in Jazz schools in India, the Bollywood Film industry in Mumbai, India, and New York City. She was a Board member and Head of a National Dance school in India before moving to New York City. Pooja has choreographed many movies, musical theatre shows, and the famous Sesame Street in India.

She is also the brand ambassador of Athleisure wear "Briones Life" and has recently launched her own dancewear called "Wear IKIGAI"

She believes in using Art and Dance as a means of Education and Happiness, which is also the meaning and vision of her Company IKIGAI - A Japanese term for a state of happiness where you do what you love and what the world needs.

 www.ikigaiusa.com

Instagram - @ikigaiusa and  @bollyjazzbypooja / 

FB - Ikigaiusa

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