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Marzi Pestonji
Marzi Pestonji (born 30 October 1979), fondly known as ''Udi Baba'' (a positive surprise), and popularly known as Master Marzi, is an Indian dancer and choreographer. He was a judge on Zee TV’s reality dance show '' Dance India Dance ( season 6)'' (DID) along with Geeta Kapoor and Terence Lewis on Zee TV and on Season 7 of '' Nach Baliye''. Pestonji is currently a judge on '' Dance Deewane Juniors (season 1)'', and recently performed at IKF in Milpitas, California along with a group of local dancers. He is a member of Shiamak Davar‘s dance team and has been working with him for over 20 years. He has choreographed many music videos and for various movies in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... References Indian film choreographers Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujarat
Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories of India by area, fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the List of states and union territories of India by population, ninth-most populous state, with a population of 60.4 million in 2011. It is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Gujarat's capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujarati people, Gujaratis are indigenous to the state and their language, Gujarati language, Gujarati, is the state's official language. The state List of Indus Valley civilisation sites#List of Indus Valley sites discovered, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choreographer
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer creates choreographies through the art of choreography, a process known as choreographing. It most commonly refers to dance choreography. In dance, ''choreography'' may also refer to the design itself, sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. Dance choreography is sometimes called ''dance composition''. Aspects of dance choreography include the compositional use of organic unity, rhythmic or non-rhythmic articulation, theme and variation, and repetition. The choreographic process may employ improvisation to develop innovative movement ideas. Generally, choreography designs dances intended to be performed as concert dance. The art of choreography involves specifying human movement and form in terms of space, shape, time, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance India Dance
''Dance India Dance'' (also called by the acronym ''DID''; tagline: ''Dance Ka Asli ID D.I.D.'') is an Indian Hindi-language dance competition reality television series that airs on Zee TV, created and produced by Essel Vision Productions. It premiered on 30 January 2009. Here the judges are called ''Masters'' and Mithun Chakraborty was called ''Grand Master (until season 6)''. Season 7 premiered with a different concept. This show is a remake of the Bengali show Dance Bangla Dance which premiered on 2007. After 3 successful seasons of Dance Bangla Dance, Zee TV remade this show for all-over Indian participants. The show features a format where dancers from a variety of styles enter open auditions held in Indian metropolitan cities to showcase their unique style and talents and, if allowed to move forward, are then put through mega-audition rounds of auditions to test their ability to adapt to different styles. At the end of mega audition, the top 18 dancers are chosen as f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geeta Kapoor
Geeta Kapur (born 5 July 1973) is an Indian choreographer and television personality. She recently judged '' India's Best Dancer'', a dance reality show on Sony TV, along with actress Sonali Bendre and choreographer Terence Lewis. Career Kapur started her career when she joined the troupe of noted Bollywood choreographer Farah Khan at the age of 17. She later assisted Farah Khan in many films, including Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Mohabbatein, Kal Ho Na Ho, Main Hoon Na, and Om Shanti Om, and the musical Bombay Dreams (2004). She led choreography in many Bollywood films, including Fiza (2000), Asoka (2001), Saathiya (2002), Heyy Babyy (2007), Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008), Aladin (2009), Tees Maar Khan's Sheila Ki Jawani' (2010), Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (2011), and Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi (2012). She has also choreographed award ceremonies and concerts like Temptation Reloaded, and has also choreographed the openin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Lewis (choreographer)
Terence Lewis (born 10 April 1975) is an Indian dancer, singer and choreographer. He is known for judging the reality dance shows '' Dance India Dance'' (2009–2012) and '' Nach Baliye'' (2012–2017). He runs his "Terence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company" in Mumbai (Bombay) & holds dance workshops both in India and abroad. He has choreographed in Bollywood films like, '' Lagaan'' (2001), '' Jhankaar Beats'' (2003) and '' Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela'' (2013), apart from doing musicals, stage shows, ads, music videos and national and international dance competitions. He was a contestant on '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3'' (2010) on Colors TV. He was last seen as a judge on '' India's Best Dancer'' (2020–2024). Early life and training Terence Lewis was raised in Mumbai in a Mangalorean Catholic family of Xavier Lewis and Teresa Lewis. Lewis is youngest of eight siblings. He studied and started dancing in St. Theresa's Boys High School, and St. Xavier's College, Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee TV
ZEE TV also known as Z TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 1 October 1992 as the oldest privately owned television channel in India. History In 1991, Li Ka-shing started his STAR satellite television network. At the end of the year, Subhash Chandra of the Essel Group finished a round of negotiations with HutchVision, after a series of rejections, and the condition that Chandra would pay US$5 million a year for the satellite transponder. Li signed the deal in India a few months later and approached interested companies, but nobody was interested in paying the transponder fees. Chandra was the last possible man to sign the contract, by gathering money from his non-resident Indian friends and in the creation of a holding company for the channel, Asia Today. Zee TV was launched on 2 October 1992, as the flagship channel of the Zee Telefilms Ltd. The channel initially broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nach Baliye
''Nach Baliye'' ( ''Dance Partner'') is an Indian Hindi-language celebrity dance reality television series that airs on Star Plus. It is loosely based on '' Dancing With The Stars''. Production Concept The show is a competition where 10 television celebrity couples compete against each other. Contestants dance to a different tune, different theme and different styles every week and their performance are evaluated and scored by the judges. Each week one couple is eliminated based on public voting and their scores. In Season 9, the contestant ratings were changed to be on a scale from 1 to 100. Reception In 2012, when season 5 premiered the show did very well throughout the season. The grand premiere has gained 4.1 TRP. Series Season 1 Nach Baliye 1 is the first season of the dance reality show, ''Nach Baliye''. It started on 17 October 2005 and ended on 19 December 2005 with Sachin Pilgaonkar and Supriya Pilgaonkar as the winners. The judges were Saroj Khan, Malaika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Deewane Juniors (season 1)
''Dance Deewane Junior'' is a spin-off season of the Indian dance reality television series ''Dance Deewane'' that premiered from 23 April 2022 to 17 July 2022 on Colors TV. Production ''Dance Deewane Juniors'' started on 23 April 2022. On 10 April 2022 a promo was released on Colors TV's official Instagram. The show is hosted and presented by Karan Kundrra and judged by Neetu Singh, Nora Fatehi and Marzi Pestonji. Gangs The choreographers of the show were Tushar Shetty, Sonali Kar and Pratik Utekar. Contestants The top 15 contestants were chosen. * Solo * Duo * Group : indicates Gang Pratik. : indicates Gang Sonali. : indicates Gang Tushar. Elimination chart * Week 2 to 6 judges decided which one contestant made it to the Top 7. * In Week 4 & 6, judges decided contestants to be eliminated. * From Week 7, public votes were opened and based on public votes eliminations took place. : The contestant was the Winner. : The contestant was the Runner-up. : The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milpitas
Milpitas (Spanish for or little cornfields) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, part of Silicon Valley and the broader San Francisco Bay Area. Located on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, it is bordered by San Jose to the south, Fremont to the north, and the Coyote Creek and Calaveras Reservoir to the west. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 80,273. The city is located at the junction of Interstates 680 and 880 and is served by the Milpitas BART station. Historically inhabited by the Ohlone people, the area served as a crossroads between Mission San José de Guadalupe in present-day Fremont and Mission Santa Clara de Asis in present-day Santa Clara. The city’s modern development began in the mid-20th century, driven by postwar suburbanization and its incorporation in 1954. Milpitas experienced rapid growth during the 1970s–1990s, fueled by Silicon Valley’s tech industry, and became a hub for manufacturing and corporate offices, hosting com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiamak Davar
Shiamak Davar is an Indian choreographer, noted as one of the first to bring contemporary jazz and western forms of dance to India.Shiamak Davar '''', 10 December 2002 He is known as the guru of contemporary dance in India. He is responsible for modernizing India's dance scene especially in the film and theatre industries. He is respected for his ever-evolving and very popular "Shiamak Style" of dance. He was the director of choreography for the , Melbourne and Commonwealth Games, Delhi. In 2011, he choreographe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
