Neha Patel is an award winning Bharatnatyamand Indian Folk dancer, choreographer and teacher. She is an artistic Director of SarjanNartan Academy India & UK. She has conquered her Bharatnatyam- Alankar (M.A.in Dance) with first class in her sack. Also she is specialized in Folk dances of India, Bollywood and fitness programs. She has been trained in Indian classical and folk dances for many years by her Kalaguru, Mentor and well-wisher Gujarat Gaurav Smt. Kasmiraben Trivedi at “SargamNartan Academy”, a highly reputed dance academy in Ahemdabad- India. Neha has started her training at early age of 5 years and till date she is adding up her knowledge by adapting new styles and blends them with Indian Dances to spread her love and knowledge for worshipful Indian art.
Neha works closely with so many reputed art organisations charities, communities like Shree Kadwa Patidar Samaj, Kutchh Leva Patel Samaj, Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Kingsbury, Int. Siddhashram Shakti Temple, UK, Sangam Centre, Sai Ram Villa and so many other temples and organisations in UK to promote Indian art and culture. To make people understand all about cultural Indian Dances, She puts immense hard work by organising workshops in local Schools, community settings and temples to spread diverse Indian art.
Performance meets the Perfection when Neha performs or teaches folk dances of India, particularly of Gujarat, her dearly Garba, Tippani, Raas, Rasdo, Hudo Beda no Garbo, Rabarigarbo, Supadu, Sambelu, Manjira, Talwar raasand many more.. It is always a great pleasure for art loving audience to watch Neha playing Garbasteps at her Morden yet authentic styles. She wowed national and International audiences with her précised folk dancing in many prestigious events and competitions like Vibrant Gujarat, Kite Festival, Kankaria Carnival, Garba mahotsav of Sports club Ahmedabad etc. in India as well as Diwali on Square, Diwali celebration in House of Common UK, Navrati celebration in Harrow, Rangeelu Gujarat, Chalo Gujarat-Harrow, International Yoga Day, Travel & Destination Show and World Travel market-London etc . She has created rows of achievements throughout years and still on…
In year 2016, 20th & 21st August she has organised the whole stage show of RangeeluGujarat Event in London, UK with her team. That event actually brought the Gujarati cultural storm to UK. She has proved her potential by presenting amazing flash mob which has boosted the whole event and also created awareness about Guajartifolk art in enthusiastic art loving young Gujarati artists of UK.
Her Kalaguru also came from India with her International dance troupe to perform on the event which has won many hearts by spectacular Gujarati dances for people of UK to experience for first time. More than 30,000 people visited this unique event and praised Neha’s work.
Apart from classical and folk dances of India, Neha has a great command on Bollywood dancing. She has been trained under very well-known Ms. Honey Kalaria in Honey’s Dance Academy, UK and worked as a Head of the dance Department in Honey’s.
Neha is also trained in Dance Therapy for people with Dementia and special need. By taking this training she wants to make difference for many lives. Dance can be used as a therapy which can be beneficial for people with special need. What can be better than serving society and needy people that is her main intention of having training for?
Neha’s work is well recognised by AKADEMI-South Asian dance Academy, Arunima Kumar Dance Company, Oriental Dance Exam board, Incredible India, Indian Tourism board in UK, Indian High Commission, UK and also by so many prestigious institutes and organisations in UK as well as in India by many reputed organisations.
Her organization is called Sarjan Nartan Academy. “SARJAN” means “Creation”. The prime aim of the academy is to offer a progressive work of art which can educate and bring well-being and happiness, through dance, in the lives of people all over the world. Principle of the institute is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes the shape of achievement. As a proof of this she has many students who have been participating in various prestigious events, competitions and dance shows in India and the UK. They have even won many hearts by marking high in all the aspects of performance and perfection with victory in sack.
Recently she has adapted Zumba Fitness and added knowledge of Fun way of exercise with dance. She is working on a project “Zumbollic” to bring fusion of Bollywood dance and Zumba exercises together to give a different way of keep fit with Zumbollic.
Sarjan Nartan Academy is renowned for its best services in teaching, performing and delivering something spectacular each time. Also involved in so many activities for charity organization and working towards making difference in many lives through dance. Neha believes- “Dance is an eternal language of soul.” And motto of her academy is to make each work as “A progressive creation of Dance”. “Folk Indiana” – is a new wing of Sarjan working on project to work on spreading Indian folk culture to the world.