Bollywood Master Class

The Miami Dance Festival offers an intermediarte level Master Class in Bollywood-style dance taught by Geeta Dias. *$15 in advance $20 the day of the event.

Bollywood, in India, is the world's largest film industry. Bollywood dance is a unique style that is frequently performed in Indian films.

Geeta Dias was born and raised in Bombay India the home of Bollywood movies and dance. In 1993 she moved to Miami. Beginning her dance training at age nine, she studied the classical Indian dance style of Bharatnatyam. She has won awards in several group dance competitions. In 1983 she began studying Kathak another classical Indian dance style while completing a BA from St.Xaviers College - University of Bombay. While in college she performed many other Indian folk styles of dance like Bhangra, Garba and Dandiya Raas. She received her teacher training at the Nritya Jyoti Dance Academy founded by Khurshid Vajifdar Chavda a disciple of Uday Shankar, she also studied under Jeroo Chavda and studied further at Nritya Manjari Dance Academy founded by Shirin Vajifdar. She and her students have performed at events held by the Chinmaya Mission in South Florida, the Association of Indians in America – South Florida, the Sindhi Association of South Florida and the Arya Samaj of Miami. She currently teaches Indian Classical, Kathak and Bollywood dance styles.