SAMPLES
WEDDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Wedding: Ayushi Patel Bansal and Sachin Bansal
SANGEET DANCE, PART 1/2
(taught and project-managed 100% remotely)
Wedding: Ayushi Patel Bansal and Sachin Bansal
SANGEET DANCE, PART 2/2
(Sachin surprises Ayushi by joining dance at end)
TESTIMONIALS
WEDDING CHOREOGRAPHY
(TAUGHTÂ VIA LIVE ZOOM SESSIONS, RECORDED VIDEOS, AND/OR IN PERSON)
Wedding: Rajiv Kumar & Swetha Ramjee
"My wife and I and a large group of our closest friends worked with Praveen for a medley dance during our sangeet. They overwhelmingly raved about his incredible choreography, teaching abilities, organizational skills, and motivational abilities. He not only designed a beautiful dance that we will remember forever — he also worked hard to keep everyone on track throughout the planning process, engaged even the non-dancers in the group, and made the entire process fun for all. If you are trying to organize a group dance with family and/or friends for your wedding celebration, put your trust in Praveen — you simply cannot find a better choreographer." -Rajiv Kumar
Wedding: Ayushi Patel Bansal & Sachin Bansal
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Video testimonial by Sachin Bansal
Wedding: Ami Naik & Sushil Jacob
"We were so lucky to have Praveen organize a dance for our Sangeet/Rehearsal dinner. It was a highlight of our wedding weekend. Praveen helped us to organize a dance for all our friends (30+ people) with separate dance segments for different groups of friends in our lives that flowed seamlessly together. Our friends had different levels of dance experience from beginner to advanced and Praveen was able to construct a dance where everyone was comfortable, felt challenged and most of all - had FUN! We even had friends who had never participated in a choreographed dance before tell us how easy it was to learn and how proud they were that they participated! He even organized a special surprise section where my husband/the groom jumped into the dance, which energized the whole audience.
We are blown away by Praveen’s talent, the level of effort he puts into making sure everyone is having a good time and how amazing the dance looked. It also was a complete joy to work with Praveen too. In fact, we provided him with a list of our friends and he did the rest in terms of designing the dance, putting together videos that would help our guests learn the dance, and determining a practice schedule that worked for the group. We barely had to think about the dance, and could truly enjoy it on the day of the Sangeet. We can’t recommend Praveen highly enough, and you would be lucky if you could snag him!" -Ami Naik & Sushil Jacob
Wedding: Danika Cooper & Ashwin Kumar
"Praveen choreographed a big group dance for our Sangeet -- it included all of our friends and was a complete surprise to me! The choreography itself was beautiful and the performance was fun, lively, and entertaining. It set the tone for the entire wedding weekend -- definitely one of my favorite moments during the entire wedding. Now, even five years later, I've heard repeatedly from friends how much they loved learning from Praveen. He created video tutorials that walked through the dance step by step, and even showed the dance from both front and back -- even our friends who aren't particularly comfortable learning choreography were able to participate, and I attribute that largely to Praveen's care and attention as a teacher. Praveen's dance was the final Sangeet performance and was the perfect transition to the rest of the evening of dancing, eating, and celebrating! We were so incredibly grateful to work with Praveen and would unequivocally recommend him for any one looking for an enthusiastic, kind, and extremely talented choreographer." -Danika Cooper
rehearsal for Cooper-Kumar sangeet
SCOPE OF WORK
WEDDING CHOREOGRAPHY & DANCE INSTRUCTION
CHOREOGRAPHED DANCES
Each dance, whether for a group, couple, or soloist, can include any or all of the following:
custom choreography - includes brainstorming music/choreo, creating the choreo, and revising as needed based on live practices
​wedding choreography mixes various styles - Bollywood, bhangra, pan-Desi cinema/folk, hip-hop, pop
music editing (i.e. "putting the mix together")
songs can be in the client's preferred genres - Bollywood/South Indian/Desi cinema, hip-hop, pop, bhangra, soul, R&B, alternative, house, classical, etc. Song selection can be a conversation with the client if they have suggestions and preferences.
project management (e.g., communication with clients and dance participants; scheduling practices; facilitating an ongoing positive, healthy experience to keep participants engaged, excited, and encouraged)
recording video tutorials (front view, back view, w/ music, w/ counts)
teaching live practices - via Zoom calls or in person. 60-90 min each​​
​I recommend scheduling at least 5-10 live practices via Zoom (or in person if I'm in your area). For projects with an accelerated timeline (1-2 months' notice), it is understandable that some participants may only be able to attend a couple practices.
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A standard dance is about 2 min (ranging from 1.5 - 2.5 minutes), comprised of 2-3 segments/songs. At minimum, I budget around 20-25 hours to create a dance and record its tutorials (not including live practices or intensive project management - these additional hours depend on clients' and participants' needs). I highly recommend live practices (Zoom or in person), especially for mixed-level groups and participants with minimal experience or less comfort learning choreography. 100% of my clients have asked for and valued live practices.
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PRIVATE LESSONS
Private lessons (60-90 min each) are offered for the following:
learning freestyle moves (hip-hop, pop, Bollywood, bhangra, South Indian or pan-Desi cinema/folk) to gain knowledge and comfort on the dance floor for your wedding and beyond; and/or
receiving additional support to learn your choreographed dance