
Amina’s
parents are Hindus from the Northern region of India and were
not allowed to take dance classes growing up although they
wanted to. They lived through their daughter by enrolling
her in dance classes since the age of 3. Each parent took
their daughter to dance classes of their own choice. She grew
to love dancing so much that she dreamed of starting a dance
school. She used her name “Amina” which means
“Honesty”. Amina has studied Classical Indian
Dance, Flamenco, Middle Eastern Belly Dance, Tap, Hip-Hop,
Hula, Tahitian, Swing, and Salsa.
She has
performed at the Kennedy Center, Cultural Fairs, Nursing homes,
and Parades. She has danced Hip-hop~Indian Dance Fusion in
an upcoming (and yet untitled) South Indian movie as a lead
dancer. Amina performed belly dance in the movie Terror in
the Pharaohs Tomb as the role of Nadjia, an Egyptian character
who is the wife of one of the main characters. She danced
in the music video for the group "Smokers Only"
and also performed at the Bhangra Blowout Afterparty hosted
by Bollywood Tonight and shown on Image-in-Asian TV. She has
been teaching since she was a teen as a volunteer and has
been professionally teaching for 3 years.
Amina
is a writer, artist, dance performer, teacher, and choreographer.
She thought up the idea for Hip-Hop for NightClub Dancing
Class. Amina is also the creator of her own style of Belly~Indian~Hip-Hop
Fusion Dance and has in the past had a few dance performance
troupes and currently does solo performances of Belly and
Indian Dance fusion at parties and events.
She is a College Graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with
a double degree in Human Computer Interaction and Creative
Writing as well as a double minor in communication design
and multimedia authoring. In college she taught and took part
in the University's performance group for 4 years.
Contact:
To register for classes or ask questions email Amina at aminavohra@gmail.com
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