Online Hip Hop Training | Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Levels

This is a 30-week dance course on the western dance style of Hip Hop, taught to you by instructors from the Shiamak Davar's Institute for Performing Arts. This dance course is for all levels - beginner, intermediate and advanced level. This course will introduce beginners to the style, helping them adjust to the best and the body moves, making sure that they are inculcated with the vibes of the dance form. Intermediate and advanced level students will be brushing off their basics initially and will then delve deeper into the intricacies of the dance form. Hip hop, both a musical genre and culture, was developed in the 1970s when block parties in New York, especially in African American young people living in the Bronx, grew increasingly popular. DJs' percussive breaks of popular songs were performed at block parties, with two turntables and a DJ mixer, in which they could make intervals from two versions of the same record, rotating between the one and the other. The first developments in hip hop emerged with the large availability and affordability of recording technology and drum machinery.

About the instructor: Winner of the dance-based reality show, Dance Premier League, Prashant Mohan is a dancer par excellence. A fine teacher with 17+ years of professional and teaching experience, Prashant specializes in Hip Hop. His strength and technique make him a delight to watch. Fondly known as Pra, he has trained at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy and learned from the finest in the field of dance. As Shiamak’s dance assistant, Prashant’s technique and training reflect in his ability to pass on the joy of dance to students now. Pra has performed in Bollywood films choreographed by Shiamak and at shows including IIFA Awards, TOIFA Awards, Filmfare Awards, Femina Miss India, and many more. He is also part of Shiamak's contemporary dance show Selcouth. Prashant has also trained at the Urban Dance Camp in Germany.

About Shiamak Davar's Institute for Performing Arts: Singer, choreographer, performing artist Shiamak Davar is known as the “Guru of Dance” in India. The dance maestro is largely responsible for modernizing India’s dance scene, especially in the film and theatre industry. With an aim to provide quality dance training and making the art of quality dance available to all, Shiamak Davar's Institute for Performing Arts run throughout the year at multiple locations for students from ages four onwards, providing students with training in various dance styles by Shiamak’s expert faculty. The classes give them an opportunity to learn dance, express themselves creatively and perform on stage. Shiamak has revolutionized choreography in Bollywood. In 1998, he received the prestigious National Award for choreography for the film Dil Toh Pagal Hai and went on to choreograph blockbusters such as Taal, Kisna, Dhoom 2, Taare Zameen Par, Rab Ne Bana De Jodi, and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. With Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Shiamak’s choreography reached international shores. World-class shows on national and international platforms have made Shiamak the most sought-after choreographer. His latest contemporary dance production Selcouth has run to over sixteen houseful shows in Mumbai and is set to travel globally. Shiamak has been the celebrity judge/ guest judge for dance-based reality shows including Dance Ke Superstars (Superstars of Dance), Dance India Dance- Li’l Masters, Jhalak Dikhla Ja (Dancing with the Stars), Dance Premier League (DPL), Bollywood Star (Australia and Canada) and India’s Got Talent.