People always ask "How do you come up with choreo?". Every dance teacher has their own method and style. After listening to the song countless of times in the car or while I'm doing chores, I'm someone who needs to write down my steps. It helps me remember and also visually see it play out...

Here at ZIND Academy, we encourage our students to perform on stage as much as possible. The reason being, is that this is where we see the most growth in our students. Performance time is a fun, chaotic hodgepodge of emotions and experiences. I know we have all been there with the butterf...

Do you ever wonder how the dancers in Bollywood, Hollywood, or any music videos ever, have very vivid facial expressions? Starting at the age of 4, I was trained in Bharatanatyam. For those that do not know, Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance form that originates in South India. It ...

Stretching is often overlooked, seen as unimportant, and as the couple of minutes that takes away from dance time. However, it is actually an integral part of dance. Stretching helps elongate our muscles and often prevents injuries.

When I first started dancing, it took me some time to re...

ZIND Academy offers weekly, structured dance classes for kids 5 years all the way to adults. In the last few years, we started weekly dance workshops with a different instructor and style. These workshops are designed to be low commitment, focused on having fun, meeting people and getting ...

Dear ZIND Family,

As we gather around the table of life to celebrate the spirit of gratitude, we extend our warmest wishes to you this Thanksgiving. At ZIND Academy, we are grateful for the love for dance that connects us, the teachers that support us, and the students that fills our danc...

We had a guest instructor last month who hosted a Bollyhop workshop. This was the first time we had a workshop of this style and it was a blast. I could immediately tell that he’s had teaching experience. Not every great dancer is a great teacher but he definitely had skills in both.

As h...

We have our winter recital coming up next month so I sat in on all of our classes to review and provide feedback to our instructors. For a lot of students and a few teachers, this would be their first performance. As this is the first time I'm not teaching a class, I had the time and focus...

People always ask me about the start of ZIND. Sometimes it feels like  ages ago and sometimes it feels like it was yesterday. I'm going to add every tiny detail of what I can remember from over 9 years ago to today.

At the time you're reading this, I am currently a practicing Pharmacist at ...