The 23-year-old dancer has no plans on becoming a full time dancer. In fact, he would critique my performance and tell me where I could do better.”
He never said he was tired if I messed up and had to do another take. He used to come back, late at night and help me shoot. This went on for three week and I had to constantly record videos of my dances. She was the on that got me started in dance by enrolling me into the classes. The dance battles also go on till late at night and having a deadline creates a lot of pressure on a girl that they end up giving it up.”Īsk her if her family is supportive of her dancing, especially in such a male dominated field, she says yes, absolutely. “We perform in gardens and other open spaces and, sometime in studios.
Nidhi AchhaĪchha says while she knows many amazing women in the dance community, one of the reasons we don’t see a lot of female tutting dancers is because people are still conservative. I was stuck doing the math and I wasn’t even sure I had even won till they had officially announced it,” says Achha. I was travelling home in the metro when the results were announced and there was so much of tension. During the last round, the results were very cut to cut and just a matter of few points. “There were two rounds in the final battle and three judges. It also includes poses seen in Egypt art and is a play on the name of the child pharaoh King Tut. It involves creating geometrical shape and 90 degree angles with your hands and fingers. Tutting is street dance style that originated from popping. She as the only Indian to participate in this dance battle. It is an international dance battle that saw women tutting dancers compete from US, China, Russia, Britian and South Asian countries as well. Nidhi Achha, is a dancer from Kurla, Mumbai and she won the Geometric Lady’s Tutt 2 Competition.
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