Original upload date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 06:03:17 GMT
Dancing is a passion of the rich, believes Manish Chauhan , the 21 year old son of a taxi driver in suburban Mumbai. Yet he, like his friend, 15 year old Amiruddin Shah daydream of becoming principal
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ballet dancers in big American companies. Ballet arrived in their lives as a lucky accident only three years ago, when Yehuda Maor discovered their talent. A scholarship to study in New York’s prestigious Joffrey Ballet School doesn’t materialize after they are rejected for US visas. Today Amir Shah is poised to attend ABT (American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Onassis School). He is being funded by a billionaire Indian scientist Dr Yusuf Hamied chairman of Cipla Since this film was made Amir’s story has caught the global eye and he has been written about and filmed extensively. His BBC story got 2 million hits. Yeh Ballet is the boys’ story before they found global recognition. A Virtual Reality fairytale.
A Memesys Culture Lab production. Directed by Sooni Taraporevala.
