La Dance E Motion

Up in Andheri West, we have this space called La Dance E Motion. It is basically a place where we clear the floor and get moving to whatever music we have playing that day. Being in Andheri, things are always fast-paced, but inside the studio, we just focus on the steps. The mirrors are usually a bit smudged from people leaning on them and the floorboards have some scuffs from all the shoes, but that’s how a real dance space should look. We aren't a high-end academy with a dress code or anything like that. We just have people from the neighborhood coming in to learn a routine or just to get some exercise. Some days it is really loud with the bass thumping through the walls, and other days we are just working on small movements in silence. The Mumbai humidity makes the studio pretty warm, even with the fans going full blast, but nobody seems to mind once they start dancing. We spend a lot of time choreographing or just trying to find new songs that don't get annoying after hearing them fifty times in a row. It’s a simple life here in Andheri West. We don't have any big corporate goals; we just like seeing people get better at moving and having a bit of fun. It’s just us, the music, and a lot of practice every single afternoon.