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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline JANUARY 07, 2022 | The Indian Eye 30

chicago’s best Bollywood dance academy

launches their sensational annual winter recital

CHICAGO IL

n Sunday, December 19th,
the most popular Bollywood
Odance school in the entire
Chicagoland area, S R Dance Acad-
emy, held their first ever Annual
Winter Recital at the prestigious
Hemmens Cultural Center. Rita and
Anshika Singh launched the academy
at the start of the pandemic as a way
for both kids and adults to get active
while needing to stay indoors. meet in person to practice the dances, beat tempos to soft melodies. Seeing
Rita Singh is an incredibly cre- the S R team thought it would be an the immense happiness in their eyes
ative entrepreneur, investor, and extraordinary experience for the stu- as they stood up on that grand stage
community leader based in Chicago. dents to perform and showcase what was simply heartwarming.
Her brand, S R, houses a variety of they’ve been learning on a live stage. The colorful LED backdrop,
her own companies that fall under studio locations all over the Chicago- After weeks of strategic planning, cos- bright lights, and talented dancers
the domains of IT staffing, real estate, land area. Students are taught dance tume fittings, multiple dress rehears- caused the crowd to go wild in excite-
and entertainment. Her daughter, classes in Naperville, Bartlett, Scha- als, and more, the team was able to ment. It was truly a wonderful expe-
Anshika Singh is a technology consul- umburg, Riverwoods, and Libertyville put on a sensational recital to an au- rience and overall, a very successful
tant at a Fortune 500 company. She is by two phenomenal celebrity Bolly- dience of over 350 people. The event recital. Parents were mesmerized
also a Purdue graduate, former Fem- wood choreographers, Elizar and Shir- was emceed by Richa Chand along with the amazing dance performanc-
ina Miss India finalist, and talented ley Rodrigues, who have been work- with Rita Singh and Anshika Singh. es done by their own kids. Definitely,
dancer. All their classes were initial- ing in Bollywood for the past 20 years. There were 23 different perfor- it is a challenging task for the parents
ly taught virtually over Zoom for the They have worked side by side with mances at the recital this past Sunday. to ensure the safety of their children
first 12 months to ensure the safety of iconic superstars such as Hrithik Ro- Students from all 5 locations and age as they join in person dance lessons
all students. As quarantine was lifted sha, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, groups 4-7, 8-11, 12-21, and adults and perform in public. S R Dance
throughout 2021, the students slowly Katrina Kaif, and many more. They had the opportunity to perform the Academy takes extra precautions to
moved to dancing in studios, while have even performed at highly exclu- dances they had been learning and follow the pandemic guidelines to
taking the safety precautions of social sive events, such as The IIFA Awards. practicing for several months. The ensure the health and safety of all
distancing and wearing masks. Since the choreographers and students danced to many popular students and their parents.
Now, S R Dance Academy has 5 students were fortunately able to Bollywood songs, varying from up- --Asian Media USA

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