From Badminton To Hiphop – How Ms. Hetal got in Hiphop – From Threads – Instagram –

I am a former badminton national player (India). The badminton activity group at Mustang Recreation Center, Irving was newly formed and the activity had just began.

This begins the story of my 1st hiphop batch and people are raving about Balaji as if there was some issue. Why do people want to make everything-an issue?

This is story of how hiphop entered my life – One of my student – balaji is not grad. He just came for private package with bunch of other folks, co-ed adults private batch. I met him and all of them, at rec center. It was when i visited the center to inquire about badminton bookings. I went for court bookings to see if i can play after or before my classes or around my kids classes, in Irving-coppell areas, since i had moved to Lewisville areas.

Just that few weeks, my daughter did not quite click to hiphop back then and moved to ballet. As a parent would, i bought combo classes for the whole year (that’s 700$ value) at competitive level and thus, could not cancel. So, i used it for myself and learned it.

That was a whole 1.5 to 2 hours gap, and drive back home was 30mins. I had nothing to do but to wait for my daughter’s class to end across the street 5 mins off the road. So when i heard of badminton group, i went there to check about schedules.

Upon introductions, the whole batch expressed to learn Hritik Roshan dance moves. Hritik Roshan dances are not all hiphop so doable for most bollywood dancers. That exact Hritik Roshan group was formed from my that visit while awaiting coach for court and rest is history. Nothing more than that. The session concluded when mastered! They all are send emails often if available, they all work full time and one is ER nurse too, so unable to come by. Weekends too are busy. They reply often for something or the other. One of them dances on reels.

This whole process was side by side. i was learning something i just learned myself and mastered too few weeks ago. My own hiphop classmate-batch formed a group and then all adults-moved to Dancers’ Workshop(Lewisville) and that led to Grace Creations. I did not care, something new or badminton, just something for myself to use those 2 hours and thus use those $$$.

Either way, i did not have to additionally book anything so it somehow sorted well than i myself thought about it. I did not even have to drive anywhere. It was 5mins across the street. Balaji’s batch under me concluded on its own when mastered.

On other hand, my own hiphop class – me as dancer – led to grace creations. That too, solo founder.

I asked my hiphop batch mates with whom i was learning, if interested but by then, my own group was formed with my own kids and my own kids’ and my own friends. And those moms were much younger with younger kids (babies unlike me) so they could not commit.

Parents loved the idea and were tired of thumkas and mass dance bollywood. Pretty much this straight. It’s on my blog about formation of grace creations. Not that i had planned i would say but something that came in along the way i could infuse–include without any additional changes to my anything.

My own first batch of my own Grace Creations Students were not even fully Indians! Diversity.

That was not it. Balaji’s whole batch’s promo videos created a huge hype in DFW like a wild fire!

Next i knew I had seperate hiphop batches as well and then I continued signing up to next level for myself to learn through progressive workshops. That’s how Hiphop entered my life. I did not even have to take 1 new turn. It fell to me. My schedule, routines, everything was intact. This is how dance pulls me back. that’s quite a diversion :).

I did not even know what hiphop was prior to this whole interesting phase of life. I wonder till date how hiphop entered my life but a decision I do not regret to learn.

Hiphop took me to places, bollywood could not and I could make people aware of bollywood too by infusing these forms.

Name one student, Ms. Hetal has every history to this.

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