Chaiya Chaiya
This was our first choreography together and originated from the film "Dil Se". It is a fun and happy dance which utilises Indian mudras, floorwork and "fully developed Bollywood hips " thanks to Samantha Riggs of Boom Boom Bollywood. The other moves also have names but most are too rude to mention - ask us about DSF !
Our love of Bollywood dance was born during our first trip to Tribal Ford in 2005. After just one Bollywood workshop we were hooked. In this class we learned the first 30 seconds of the Chaiya Chaiya rountine in just over 2 hours - we still had 3 minutes to fill ! We built on what we had learned, gained a few ideas from the film "Devdas", and eventually had a dance. Claire & Barbara stumbled across some Indian style tops in a bargain bucket at "joy" and Diane rustled up the rest of our costume - We were ready !
We first performed this routine at Amnesty International in Nov 2005. It was a hit and will always have a special place in our hearts.