The Womenz team had an opportunity to interact with Ms. Svetana Kanvar, Founder, The BOM Squad, India. Here is what she shared with us
Can you please tell us something
about The BOM Squad –
The BOM Squad is an all girls Jazz crew based out of Mumbai. We are trained Jazz , Contemporary Dancers who are trying to promote Jazz and it's different forms and keep it from fading out. We represent the different moods of a women through our Dance and Dance choreographies.
How you all members met together?
They used to be a part of Svetanas team at some point of time at our academy that we trained from. We all used to Dance together and that's how we're all connected.
Meet the squad-
Svetana Kanwar - Founder
of The BOM Squad, Svetana has been dancing and training for almost 10years now.
Dance for her is her life and passion. Being a strong independent opinionated
woman, she wanted to build other women to be the same because she strongly
believes in what her mentor taught her. How you are is how you'll Dance.
Virali Parekh -
Co-founder of The Squad, Virali started as a Jazz , Contemporary Dancer who
then went to Broadway Dance Centre for a year and found her love for Funk,
heels and Hiphop. Passionate and determined, Virali is the sturdiest pillar of
support.
Roshini Nair - A Dancer
from the industry, who also has a hunger for formally Training herself, Roshini
is the most hardworking of the lot. Her Tom boyish nature doesn't stop her from
being super sexy and femine while she moves to a Beyonce song.
Hemanshi Choksi - A
Hiphop lover, Hemanshi though trained in other forms as well cannot stay away
from Hiphop and funk for more than a few hours. Sexy and with a style of her
own, Hemanshi is famous for her spicy hair flips.
Arya Mehta- The youngest
member, at 16 Arya is pretty much sorted and focused about her future as well
as her present. She balances her school with Dance beautifully and excels
in both.
Radhika Mayadev - A born
performer, Radhika has a body made of elastic that can me twisted in any
direction. She's crazy and has a strong mind of her own , always hungry
to learn more and constantly growing herself.
Sharvani Pandey - The
pretty diva of the group, Sharvani is extremely talented and a very fast
learner. She's the new and very eager to be the best.
Natasha Shetty - Natasha
is a kathak dancer who also went ahead to train herself in other western forms.
Grace and subtly are her calling.
What inspired you to begin with The BOM Squad? How did you coin this
interesting name?
When we saw that Jazz as a form
is not very popular anymore and seems to be dying, we were determined to keep
it alive. Also we wanted to spread the Importance of training yourself the most
as a Dancer. All our strengths being Jazz and versatility we decided to come
together as a crew as Jazz has many various forms. The name was thought of by
Bansi Mehta who is Arya 's Mom in her sleep. She immediately messaged us and we
all loved it. It actually means Bombay squad. So BOM is actually supposed to be
short for Bombay.
As Jazz Dancers we have always
been told that we need to be soloists not chorus dancers. We all have to
enhance our personalities as we dance. Which is all true and great but if we
want to perform as a crew looking identical was very important. It was hard to
find the balance initially. Also the form we do is not very popular since
it's not Hiphop or bollywood we needed to be smart and innovative in our
approach. But with all our heads together, we have only gotten better with time
as we always have each others back.
All the time, specially since we
do Jazz , which is naturally a sexy
form. So we're generally typecast. Also we get inspiration from Dancers
overseas and even there dressing sense
which is constantly questioned in our
country. Also when you do a form like Jazz and contemporary, showing your lines and training
is very important so we're generally in
right or short clothes. And anywhich way we're confident girls and have the
freedom to wear what we want without being questioned. For every sexy
choreography there is a quirky one and for every elegant choreography there is
a strong and emotional one.
That we are trained dancers and
each of us have different and strong personalities that when brought together
can create magic.
We try to just train and stay
for and eat well.
An article about us was in the
paper. Full page. We're not even a year old so for us it was a huge
achievement.
Have you done any live shows? How many?
Yes, atleast 12 together.
Does The BOM Squad got any opportunity to perform in other countries? If
yes, which?
Not yet, we would love to though
and as I mentioned we're not even a year old we are sure there is a lot in
store for us.
Ofcourse. We
would love that.
Further growth plans of The BOM Squad for the coming years?
We plan to continue training and
start taking a BOM workshop Tour so we can spread our knowledge to whoever else
wants it all over the country and if needed even outside. Also do as many shows and shoots as we get to
because we love performing.
Please never stop trying. Please do not
give up on your dream. The world is not always supportive, you have to be your
biggest support. As an artist the struggle is always there but so is the
satisfaction. Also never stop learning and always be a student first.
We The Womenz team thank her for sharing The BOM Squad story with us. We are sure that the squad will certainly inspire our readers.
The BOM Squad can be reached on Instagram
Have a look at The Bom Squad's video
First Published: 07-Apr-2017- 19:24
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