Dance Identity (www.Danceidentity.com) and Almaden Yoga (www.Almadenyoga.com) present:

ALMADEN’S BEST DANCE CREW!
Dance classes in HIPHOP, JAZZ, CONTEMPOARY for ages 5 to 15

Mondays 3 pm to 4 pm (Ages 5 to 9)

Mondays 4 pm to 5 pm (Ages 10 to 15)

8 classes starting April 19th and endng on June 14th.

$120 for 8 classes

Classes taught by Shaira Bhan (www.shairabhan.com), a long time professional dancer, choreographer and teacher.

All classes held at Almaden Yoga (next to PW Market at Via Valiente & Almaden Expressway)

Exercise does not have to be boring. It can be fun, exciting and something you want to do and not have to do. Join us as we dance our way to fitness to some of the latest and greatest Bollywood Hits. Learn from the company that's offering classes at Google, Intel, SAP, YMCA, JCC and more.

You know that feeling you get when you are about to begin a fitness class with DI, the feeling of "oh man this class is gonna kill me" well you bet! You sound terrified but you are back for the next lesson, why? Because you know, that you are better than the last lesson in terms of stamina and strength. We work our way through bollywood masala songs, bhangra, salsa, rock n' roll, any music you name that can make you jump, twist and run and you will hear the genre in class and you will watch the sweat drip down and feel you are running out of breath.

Exactly a year ago on March 10th 2009 is when Dance Identity had it's first class ever. Tuesday 8-9pm 20 students dancing and singing "Bachna Ae Haseeno". From that day DI has come a long way not only in terms of number of students, classes or locations but as a company we are creating "Artists".

A friend asked me what was the difference between my experience with DI and other places that I worked before. I told her that Shaira can make anyone a dancer, absolutely anyone! as long as you are dedicated. I personally never believed that I could dance the way I did that day :) Shaira, you know exactly how to bring out the dancer in us, how to bring out those moves, those expressions in us.

And what can I say about DI, being a part of this team has been an inspiring experience for me. Our team members constantly work hard on improving not just themselves but each other. This is what is TRUE TEAM SPIRIT. Together, we have achieved so much and we will achieve much much more!!!

Love you Shaira and DI :)

Post Dance Show Syndrome can be a very enjoyable and a very annoying disease. The medical research community has only recently started to tabulate and research this syndrome in greater detail. Though it has been found to be very common in the populace. It is specifically named Dance Show Syndrome due to its large occurrence among dance show dancers. Though these cases have been reported among stage actors, social dancers and practitioners of many other physical art forms.

Occurence:
It has been found that symptoms are usually prominent within the first 24 hours after a dance show. The symptoms are said to intensify over the next 48 - 72 hour period following the initial 24 hour kick in. This period can last from up to 7 days to 1 month. Though some sufferers of this syndrome have known to never fully recover throughout their lives and they jump from doing one dance show to another incessantly or fully involve themselves in some form of dancing throughout their lives.

Symptoms:
- Dance show tunes still playing in head all day.
- Legs occasionally moving to dance show beats even while walking to meetings.
- Ability to think about things other than dance severely reduced.
- Unsure of how to fill rehearsal times with other "meaningless" activities.
- Reliving the harrying moments on stage in the head.
- Laughing hysterically at the stupid mistakes while getting wild stares from coworkers.
- Insatiable appetite for dance show pictures and videos.
- Having to try very hard to control yourself from not commenting on every photo and video on every website.

Treatment & Care:
These treatments have NOT been known to completely cure these ailments but can be helpful in alleviating symptoms
- Watch movies.
- Sleep
- Try to stay in face to face meetings with boss all day (this is a very severe form of treatment and NOT recommended for everyone)
- Work out incessantly.
- Listen to music that makes your head explode.

The only known successful treatment in fact more DANCE, which is the cause of the syndrome in the first place. This type of treatment is a rather rare for a syndrome since it is not caused by a virus whereby a virus's DNA can be modified to combat the said virus.

Prevention:
No known prevention methods are known at this time.
Though living in complete isolation from society has been debated among experts as a form of extreme prevention technique but has never been successfully tested.
Therefore, eventually the rhythm WILL get you whether you dance or not.

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I would please invite sufferers of PDSS to comment on this post with their personal experiences, their treatments and their coping mechanisms as it might help the rest of the sufferers find their own solutions as well. There is no substitute to real world data when diagnosing these syndromes.

Do we think of jazz squares or bus stops when we watch a Bollywood dance number? Most probably not. Dance identity, led by Shaira Bhan is using the fun, jumpy, energetic numbers from her much familiar Bollywood to shed light on the basics and fundamentals of jazz dance. Shaira has worked with Bollywood actors, danced and choreographed in many famous numbers, Dhoom, U me aur Hum, No smoking are just to name a few. Her dance fitness workout is still running on NDTV Goodtimes. However, there is more to her classes and Dance Identity than just those statistics. Dance Identity is about the dancers who are interested in learning the fundamentals and the technique while still enjoying the exhilirating Bollywood beats.