Dance Class in Delhi: Learn to Dance like a Bollywood Star

Traumatic experience!!

My cousin and I are both female, in our 60’s. We were so excited to go to this “class”! Our driver picked us up from the hotel as planned. In route, he gave us each a kurta (that was slit up the sides to our waist) with no pants and was made very cheaply. This was our “costume”. Upon arrival to the “Delhi Dance Academy”, we were immediately concerned as it was in a not so nice part of town (down a muddy side street with many men lurking around). The driver led us down a narrow staircase to a filthy room with peeling wallpaper, stains everywhere, a “front desk” and three men (two were sitting on filthy couches and just stared at my cousin and me). The “instructor” told us to change into our costumes, in a filthy dressing room. We expressed that there were no pants and the driver said that that was all he had been given. Needless to say, we left our slacks on. After dressing, we were instructed to sit on the filthy couch and told to fill out a form with all kinds of information, including our passport number, which we refused to do. We asked when the others were arriving for our class and were told that we were the only students and that the guy behind the counter was our instructor. Again, the other two men sat on the couch and just stared. We were VERY uncomfortable and told the instructor that we signed up for a “class” and were not comfortable being two women with three men. We asked him to contact our driver. We went back into the filthy “dressing room” and changed back into our clothes. The driver came to get us and handed me his cell phone. A man was on the phone and asked me what the problem was. I shared our discomfort and concerns. He said that he would be happy to have us return for a “group class” at 7pm. I told him that there was NO WAY that we were returning to Thai location after dark! I told him that I expected a full refund of $225.58.

Incredible experience with very welcoming and talented instructors

The class was amazing, just the two of us and the two instructors and they tailored it for us when we couldn’t do certain moves! They helped us so much we picked it up quickly and had such a great time laughing with them as well! They explained the culture and meaning of the dances and made us feel so welcome! Both such talented dancers! And gave us our saris to take home afterwards as well!

If you love to dance, you must do this!

A great experience, highly recommend! I was late and they still provided the whole class, a traditional outfit, and a welcome ceremony.

Oh what fun!

We had a great experience learning to dance with our Indian teacher! We learned 3 short choreographies. One was folk, one bollywood and one something else, ha ha!

Dancing Delhi Delight!

Wow! What a fun time I had with dance choreographer Manish Saini. In 2 hours he taught a non dancer, three Indian dances. It was a great work out. I was collected from my hotel by a very chatty driver called Mr Kalsi with whom I felt very safe as a lone woman tourist. He was very interesting, informing me of many local Indian festivals and pointing out local sites of interest. Arriving on time, I changed into the outfit provided by the studio and was given a very Indian welcome. Manish took me through, piece by piece, elements of each dance and when he thought I was ready, instructed the video to commence. He was very encouraging and great fun. The two hours went by very quickly. It was time to leave, but not without a little gift of a snack, to boost my energy levels. I was the take for lunch where I ate super tasty naan breads ad exquisite Dhal. There was an extensive menu though, but this was enough for me. Cant rate this highly enough. If there was a downside for me, it would be that it was too short and whilst it was fantastic to have one to one tuition I think it would be great fun to do it in a group. It is a must do and I will be back

Awesome class

7 of us women signed up for this class to have a little fun. Our instructor was young and energetic and VERY patient with us. It was a lot of fun and a good exercise. We got to keep the Kurti and scarf and after the class we were taken to a restaurant for lunch which was delicious.

I had fun learning Bollywood dance!

I had a great time on this experience. The instructor was awesome + I loved learning! Looking forward to seeing my video! My driver Balbir was amazing! He made sure I got to my class safe + on time! Lunch was great too! I recommend this experience to anyone!

Great class, got to keep the...

<p>Great class, got to keep the costume! I learned 3 dances and the video came within two weeks as a youtube link. Such a neat idea to have a video and dress with it!</p>

We had a blast! Bollywood Dancing...

<p>We had a blast! Bollywood Dancing is definitely a challenge, but the dance instructors at this academy made it possible to learn the steps while keeping a smile on our faces. This place is a must visit if your looking to add fun to your time while in India and not mention have your memories recorded since they create a video of you which is a nice added bonus :. This class has peeked my interested in Bollywood dancing and I plan to enroll at a local dance studio in my area that offers it! Thanks Delhi Dance Academy!</p>