Sunny has over 14 years experience in Bollywood’s Film Industry, where he has worked in over 52 films performing with top stars both from Bollywood and Hollywood.He has founded the first professional Bollywood dance company in Europe: “SUNNY SINGH BOLLYWOOD DANCE COMPANY”.He has participated in many prestigious International Dance Festivals around the world such as in Venezuela, Mexico, Zchec Republic, Germany, Italy, India, Colombia, Spain, Rusia, England. He also gives master classes and organizes workshops in Europe and Latin America, building a cultural bridge between India and the host country through the art of Indian dance.
OSAMA EMAM
Dance Teacher & Choreographer of Egyptian dance Art based in Cairo Egypt, the land of oriental dance…Osama Emam is a Teacher and Director of the Kaoumeya
Troupe for folkolore dance.He is representing Egypt in many festivals all over the world, to mention a few: In America, France, Japan, China, Germany all the Arab World and more.He also has his own dance group for folklore dance in Egypt called “Layali El Sharq”.In May 2006 he was visiting the annual Stockholm Belly Dance Festival in Sweden where he was teaching and performing.Osama is also a regular teacher at the popular Nile Group Festival in Cairo at the Pyramisa Hotel, where we also occasionly can see his Folklore Group perform.
CAROLINA RUBIO
Carolina Rubio started her first steps in 2008 in Barcelona.
In 2009 she met Sunny Singh, dancer, choreographer and actor of Indian film industry, with whom she has been training at advanced and professional level. She continues receiving intensive training from him both in Madrid and in Barcelona.
In 2010 she started her training in Indian classical dances and folk, traveling to India to improve her knowledge and technique, especially in Kathak (classical dance of North India) with Pandita Uma Dogra (Mumbai).
In May 2011 in Madrid, she had the pleasure of attending master classes with the living legend of Indian cinema, Saroj Khan, at Indian Dance Weekend event. That same year she went to the Saroj Khan Academy, in Mumbai, for bollywood style classes.
Also received master classes at the IDW 2012 event, with choreographer Caesar Gonsalves (BoscoCaesar), winner of the most prestigious awards in the Indian film industry.
Bellydance teacher, from introductory to advanced level in different centers and schools, workshops in the province of Barcelona.
Bollywood teacher from introductory to advanced level in various centers and schools, workshops in the province of Barcelona.
Qualified teacher in Sunny Singh Bollywood Dance.
ERIFILY NIKOLAKOPOULOU
Erifily Nikolakopoulou has been involved with Tribal Fusion since 2003.
Sha has attended in many workshops given by Rachel Brice, Sharon Kihara, Zoe Jakes etc.Teacher and main influence for her is Mira Betz. In her personal fusion style she mixes dances she loves: Flamenco, Odissi and Graham.
In her technique she includes the methods she teaches: Yoga and Feldenkrais Method.
She has recieved the yoga teaching diploma with scholarship by the Kripalu Center in USA and has been taught the Feldenkrais Method with scholarship in Switzerland. In addition, she has participated in many dance festivals in Greece (Vyronas, Lykavettos) and abroad (Oerol, Bansko).
Since 2007 she has been a crew member of Palyrria
CHRISTINA MARKOPOULOU
Christina Markopoulou was born in Athens in 1984 and her first contact with the Orchestral Art was with the traditional Greek dances, emphasizing on those coming from Minor Asia (especially from Cappadocia) and Crete. After years of exercising ballet (vaganova method) and contemporary dance (basically Limon with traits of the release technique), in 2006 she entered Grigoriadis’s professional School, where she studied for an academic year.
She has successfully acquired the I.S.T.D Academy’s professional ballet and modern jazz Diploma.
Her four-year studies on Literature (specialized in Glossology) and her interest on languages and various civilizations – mainly those of the Asian inland – pushed her to learn and study Dances of Middle East-including Egypt- and India. She is still being taught the “bahrata natyam” classical Indian dance and through her journeys she researches various dances’ roots, present in the Western world (e.g. Roma dances) giving multinational performances abroad. For about 7 years she had been taking part in “Kameras Zizanio” artistic activities, an Organization creating medium and full length films for both adolescents and young people, as well as in poetry-related writing groups, considering art to be a holistic combination that leads to our spiritual development…
THALEIA MARI PAPADOPOULOU
General & Artistic Director of Stagecoach theatre arts school of Greece (performance school for children and adolescents).Thalia-Mari Papadopoulou is a graduate of the University of Athens where she studied archeology and art history and continued with postgraduate studies (MA) in Social Anthropology of Art at Goldsmiths College, of the University of London.As a musician, dancer and choreographer she has collaborated with renowned musicians and dance groups, theater, and music bands concerts in Greece, England, Scotland, Italy, India and she is the artistic director and choreographer of the new dance theater ‘Intravenous’.
Since 2000 she and her sister and arpista Maria-Christina Papadopoulou they formed the harp-piano duo, giving concerts in Greece and abroad. Alongside she teaches music, choir and move to New School C Malliara and piano at the National Conservatory.
She took her piano diploma with excellence and degrees in music theory.
She studied modern dance at London Contemporary Dance school ‘the place’ where she expertise in Indian classical dance Barhrata Natyam .After 9 years of study in Athens she continue in ‘Kalaksetra’ school of Madras in India.
GIANNIS & GIORGOS MEGALAKAKIS
Georgos and Gianni’s family origins stem from Chania and Rethymnon. Their family played a vital role in their effective involvement with Cretan Culture.In 1998 they founded the ‘Expression of Cretan Dance Group’.
In 2002 they performed with their dance group at a large concert held in memory of Nikos Xilouris which was organised by ‘DIFONO’ magazine. This took place at the Lycabettus Theatre in Athens.
In 2004 they performed at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens at the Olympic Stadium.
In 2005 they performed with their dance team at the New Benaki Museum in Athens where they presented their show ‘When I hear Crete’.
In 2006 they inspired the director John Smaragdi in setting up the dance scene in the film El Greco.In 2010 Giannis Megalakakis undertakes in the teaching of Cretan Dance as the leading role in the series ‘The Island’ which aired on MEGA television. It is a transition from book to TV of the bestselling author Victoria Hislop.In 2010 the brothers performed with a select few dancers at a show entitled ‘A journey to the heart of Cretan Tradition’ at the Nouveau Theatre de la Sorbonne in Paris.They have held Cretan Dance Seminars in the following cities; Athens, Thessaloniki, Kozani, Kilkis, Veria, Tripoli, Kalamata, Corfu, Icarus, Rhodes, Kos, Heraklion, Monaco, Brussels, Luxemburg. France, London, Zurich, Paris and other cities.
WILLOW CHANG
Willow Chang Alléon is committed to the creative process, learning experience and sacred practice.Trained in music, dance, design, choreography, costume creation and integrated arts, she’s devoted to celebrating humanity via teaching, performance, producing events, creating dialogue, writing and practicing daily compassion.She started dance early, studying hula for 10 years with Kumu Alicia Smith, and later dancing hula in Egypt. Returning to Hawai‘i, Willow started belly dance studies, while completing a BA in Dance, with a minor in music. For the past 19 years, she’s focused on Middle Eastern dance, recognized for her elegant, emotive dance, her musicality and exceptional costumes of her own design. As Hawai‘i’s premier Middle Eastern dancer, she studies and performs with master teachers, having taught and performed globally since 2005, in Egypt, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, France, Japan, Austria and Canada.Willow creates dynamic Bollywood dance, from high energy music to devotional gazals (poetry) expressing the supreme importance of love. Since 1996, she’s danced with Vedic Empire Indian Dance parties, including the Bhangara Bashment, Cheb I Sabbah’s Krishna Lila CD release, DJ Rehka (NYC), the Singh Brothers, Bollywood Nights Parties. Since 2006, she’s the dancer at Raj Kumar’s International Gandhi’s birthday festival. Willow’s ability to express the flavors of classical inspired dance, the ways of the dessert, the nuances of the Mughal era dance and vibrant energy of today make her a favorite among both Desi and fans of India!She’s sponsored Meera, Meissoun and Colleena Shakti, and co-produced the Bollywood and Beyond party. With her 19 years as a Middle Eastern dancer, Willow’s also studied Classical Indian dance with Gurus Sandra Chatterjee (Kuchipudi), Jhoti Rout and Colleena Shakti (Odissi), and Bharatanatyam with Rohini Acharya. Willow’s Bollywood classes are inclusive, fun, and emphasizes safety, cultural sensitivity and the diversity of Bollywood dance.
