Pooja Uberoi is now recognized globally as a Bollywood dance director and choreographer and has been responsible for some of the biggest Bollywood musicals in India and the US. She has been part of some of the best Bollywood films such as Tamasha, Jab We Met and No one Killed Jessica. 

 

Classical Indian Dance is the South Asian science of dance, just as ballet is in Europe. Bollywood dancing fuses Classical Indian Dance with Jazz and Hip-Hop. It includes the popular Bhangra. It’s a mashup of many South Asian traditions, just as India is a mashup of traditions and so is New York City. Uberoi’s life dream is to put authentic Bollywood Dance choreographed and performed by South Asian Artists on Broadway.

 

Pooja born in Tamil Nadu [southern India] and grew up in New Delhi. Later she moved to Mumbai to work in the Bollywood film industry. From Mumbai, she came to New York to bring Bollywood to the world platform.

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Her company IKIGAI USA is working on expanding the Artistic Dance and Movement classes and setting up a school in Florida after establishing work and classes in New York City and India.

 

IKIGAI USA aims to develop and spread Indian Cultural and Bollywood Dance, Yoga and Movement through classes, workshops and events. IKIGAI USA was created to foster artistic collaborations and help artists follow their passion without being short of the resources or finances.