The Danceworx comprises of The Danceworx Academy and The Danceworx Student Repertory Company.
The Danceworx Academy was set up by Indian-Australian choreographer Ashley Lobo in November of 1998 to teach dance along the lines of dance institutes overseas. Currently, its curriculum consists of styles such as
Jazz, Classical Ballet & Contemporary Dance.
Today, The Danceworx Academy has over 5500 students & 18 studios between New Delhi, NCR and Mumbai.
The Danceworx Student Repertory Company was set up with senior students hand-picked by the Artistic
Director Ashley Lobo. These budding artists are given opportunities to perform, teach and choreograph. They have a special curriculum set by the Artistic Director.
The philosophy of The Danceworx is and will always remain Helping people find & build their dance & themselves, to full potential, in an environment of fun, love & values.
The vision of The Danceworx is to create a higher awareness & understanding of international dance and to facilitate & help in developing constantly evolving artists.
The Danceworx believes in the facilitation of evolving artists. Students are taught that dance is not limited to steps alone, but includes a wider understanding of self, creativity, movement and physiology. This information is to enable them to create their own work and eventually discover & develop a movement style of their own.
The Danceworx Academy was set up in November of 1998 to teach dance along the lines of dance institutes overseas. Currently its curriculum consists of styles such as Jazz, Classical Ballet, Contemporary Dance and
Social Dance styles.
The aim of The Danceworx Academy is to develop the student’s creative potential to the highest possible level and to train and channelize young talent under the able guidance of well-trained teachers in an atmosphere of love and values.
Experience has taught us that under performance in any area of life does not necessarily mean a lack of aptitude, it may be lack of interest in that subject, caused by lack of success or lack of confidence. We truly believe that if success principles can be taught in a fun way through dance, all of us would be able to discover our own successes in other areas as well.
The guiding principles of every teacher at The Danceworx:
 Everyone is a 10/10 . Teachers help youngsters discover that through their classes.
 Learning is fun!
Teachers help students to discover that there is no failure – only experience and information.
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To compete is healthy , but only with oneself. Teachers encourage students to break barriers within their own minds, to discover new possibilities and new paradigms.
It’s more fun to grow to a position rather than to be gifted one
. A principle that is valuable in everyday life. Vision, struggle & prize – is the teaching mantra.

All teachers of the community classes and the Dance-in-Education programme are selected from The Danceworx
Repertory Company, based on their ability.
These teachers have to undergo an extensive training programme, comprising of:
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Specific dance syllabus designed by the Artistic Director
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A leadership development in education programme
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Special dance & theatre workshops conducted by invited experts from India and overseas
Listed below are some of the names that make-up the visiting experts list:
1) Yuko Harada Japan Contemporary
2) Cecilio Godito The Philippines Classical Ballet
3) Jocelyn Hope Bowman USAClassical Ballet
4) Yehuda Maor USAClassical Ballet
5) Maria Teresa HouarUSA Classical Ballet
6) Marion Luise Buchman GermanyClassical Ballet
7) Irene Sposetti/ Johan Nilsiason Italy/ Sweden Contact Improvisation
2012 onwards
2010 onwards
2012-13
2013
2009-12
2012, 2013
2013
8) Sheela Raj France
9) Schean Perry
10) Vangelis Legakis
11) Johannes Eugen Boning
Germany/USA Choreography Composition 2013, 2011
USA Musical Theater 2012
USA Flying Low Technique
Germany Classical Ballet, Limone
2012
2012
12) S. Shetty
13) Chelsea Beamish
India Theatre Workshop
Canada Classical Ballet
14) Ellen Teri Davis USA Classical Ballet
2012
2012
2012
15) Estaban Olives France Contemporary
16) Bad Boys of Dance USA Funk Jazz
17) Tobi Mcgregor Spain Acro-Yoga
18) Heidi Lynn Weiss Germany Modern
19) Sheila Ann Coleman USA Modern
20) Asha Imani Thomas France Modern
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011-12
2011
21) Gabor Sziraky Hungary Classical Ballet
22) Tino Sanchez Spain Jazz, Classical Ballet
23) Anthony Noa USA
24) Raymond Esterhuizen
Classical Ballet
The Netherlands Limón technique
2010-12
2009-11
2009-11
2010, 2006
25) Robin Merchant Canada Jazz, Hip Hop 2009, 2008
26) Ivan Pulinkala USA Contemporary, Classical Ballet 2009, 2005
27) Ronnie Shambik Ghosh Hong Kong Jazz (Matt Mattox) 2009, 2005, 2004
28) Mitul Sen Gupta India Kathak Ballet
29) Mandeep Raikhy India / U.K. Laban Contemporary
30) Jacquelyn Bird
31) Yulia & Dymtro
USA Street Jazz, Hip Hop
Kiev, Ukraine Latin Style
32) Becky Bradbury
33) Soraya Franco
34) Jaan Freeman
U.K. Classical Ballet
USA Horton technique
2009
2009, 2008, 2006
2008
2007
2007-09
Dominican Republic Yoga Ballet, Yoga Dance Therapy 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005
2006, 2003, 2000, 1999
35) Nik Hills
36) HaviKoro Dance Group
37) Ceasar Augusto Moniz
38) Susan Buirge
Australia Contemporary
USATap, Break Dance, Hip-Hop
2006, 2001
2006
Portugal Contemporary, Classical Ballet 2005
France Composition of Dance 2005

39) Mahesh Mehboobani
40) Garima Batra
41) Santosh Nair
49) Satya
50) Fernando Aguilera
India
India
IndiaChau
Contemporary
Yoga
Folk Dance
2005
2005
2004, 2002
42) Compagnie Mulleras France Jazz, Contemporary
43) Franziska Rosenweig U.K. Gyrotonics, Classical Ballet
2004
2003, 2002
44) Isabella Andrea
45) Anna Huber
U.K. Martha Graham Technique
Germany Contemporary
2003
2003
46) Dilip Shankar
47) Eefa Shroff
48) Anastacia Flewin
India Theatre Workshops
India Yoga
Australia
2002
2002
Classical Ballet, Neo-Classical 2001-2002
India Yoga
Argentina Classical Ballet
2001
2000, 1999
The Danceworx Student Repertory Company is set up with senior students hand-picked by the Artistic
Director Ashley Lobo and it currently stands at a strength of over 100 artists. These budding artists are given opportunities to perform, teach and choreograph. They have a special curriculum set by the Artistic Director.
Their dance repertoire consists of pieces varying in styles from the various Jazz forms to original Contemporary movement based on a strong understanding of the classical forms – both eastern & western.
The Student Repertory Company also provides a platform to dance, choreograph and direct. In pursuit of creating thinking artists, selective senior students are also given classes in Indian classical dance forms, Indian folk dance forms, yoga and theatre. The purpose is to give each dancer a chance to experience the various forms
& methodologies of dance to enable them to develop a movement philosophy of their own.
Their training includes:
 Dance Instruction
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Leadership Development
Choreography
 Production
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Show Direction
 Personnel Management
Administration
Over the years, The Danceworx Student Repertory Company has done numerous performances. Listed below are some of the more memorable ones.
Festivals & Special Projects
Experimenta (2012 & 2013): A project of The Danceworx conceived and mentored by Shohini Dutta. It is a workshop for composition of choreography for students with a showcase at the end, where studio pieces of The
Danceworx are also featured.
The Cascade Project (2012): A platform for collaboration of artists and companies from all over the world with
Indian dance companies. The idea is to create an avenue of cultural exchange with a contemporary view point, not only for dance but also for allied fields like photography, music, stage design, company management, etc.

The Chrysalis Project (2011, 2012 & 2013): set up to showcase upcoming talented artists, dancers, and choreographers. The project serves as a cocoon for these budding artists to be supported towards their discovery of dance and a new language of choreography.
Bhoomika : Narendra Sharma Festival for Dance (2012): Founded after the demise of renowned choreographer
Narendra Sharma, founder director of Bhoomika, the festival is an exciting array of nationally and internationally acclaimed choreographers, dancers and artists. The Danceworx opened the festival in 2012.
Quarterfest (2011 & 2012): The annual contemporary dance festival held at the Indian Habitat Centre, New
Delhi, featuring companies from around India.
Delhi International Arts Festival (2011): This is the first multi-art, multi-venue annual cultural festival of Delhi, show-casingall forms of art.
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival (2006 & 2012): The country's largest multicultural festival, created to draw attention to this unique and beautiful area. The festival draws visitors in the thousands, not just from the city but from all over the country, and, indeed, the world to experience a kaleidoscope of music, dance, theatre, literature, street stalls, films, workshops for adults and children, visual arts and heritage walks.
Celebrate Bandra Festival (2010, 2011 & 2012): A cultural festival of Bandra, Mumbai that showcases the best the suburb has to offer in heritage, music, sport, theatre, literature & poetry, food, art and film.
The Times of India Wassup! Andheri Festival (2012): A 3-day festival showcasing art, music, dance, theatre, films, photography, literature, shopping and street food.
Fontys Dance Festival (2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008): The Dean of Fontys Dance Academy, Tilburg, The
Netherlands, invited The Danceworx in 2004 for their Annual Dance Festival. It was one 18 academies invited from across the world - the only one from India to participate & perform 4 years in a row.
Mundial Festival (2005): A multi-city cultural festival held across Europe where performers are invited from
Europe and other select countries. Senior members of The Danceworx Student Repertory Company were invited to perform jointly with the Repertory Company of The Fontys Dance Academie (in a piece choreographed by a European choreographer) at the closing ceremonies of the Mundial Festival 2005.
Workshops & Collaborations
Bad Boys of Dance (2012):The Bad Boys of Dance was founded by dance superstar Rasta Thomas in 2007.
Today the company brings its magic to the masses, with its hit show 'Rock the Ballet'. The famous USA dance troupe visited India in March 2012. The Danceworx had an opportunity to do a workshop as well as share the stage during their performance at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi in 2012. The Danceworx was invited to open the show.
National Dance Company of Wales (2012): NDC is an artist-led company with a wide-ranging international programme of contemporary dance. The Danceworx in collaboration with the British Council did a workshop with the NDC. The programme included Artistic Director Ann Sholem's talk, a master-class by Lee Johnston and Karol Cysewski and a master-class by Neus Gil Cortés and Ygal Tsur. This collaboration was a part of The
Cascade Project 2012 of The Danceworx.
Paul Taylor Dance Company (2011): PTDC, established in 1954, has long been one of the world's most highly regarded performing arts companies. The Danceworx did a workshop with the PTDC II in 2011.

Other Events & Achievements
Homelands (2013):A flagship arts project of the British Council India, where The Danceworx performed for the opening night. The performance was conceived by Shohini Dutta, and choreographed by Ragini Bhajanka and
Meghana Bharadwaj.
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (2012): KCDC,one of the leading dance companies in the world, is identified with the works of its Artistic Director Rami Be'er. On the India visit of KCDC in 2012, The
Danceworx collaborated with the Israel Embassy to facilitate their shows in New Delhi and Mumbai.
The Spirit of America (2011): To mark the passing of a decade since the tragic events of September 11, the
American Center, New Delhi celebrated the September week. The Danceworx put up a joint effort in showcasing performances by Asha Imani Thomas, guest faculty teacher from the US, along with senior members of its student rep company.
Spanish National Day (2010): Since 1987, Spain has celebrated the anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the
Americas as its Fiesta Nacional or "National Day". A small event was put up at the Spanish High Commission by guest faculty teacher Tino Sanchez and select members of the academy to mark this day.
Sole representation from India at the 'Choreographic Improvisation & Composition Workshop', France (2005,
2006 &2007): Two senior students, Shohini Dutta and Pankaj Guglani were selected 3 years in a row by the
French government and Alliance Française to participate in a 6-week 'Choreographic Improvisation &
Composition Workshop' held at Fondation Royaumont, France. Twelve dancers and/or choreographers are selected from across the globe by a committee on the basis of their dossier. This prestigious workshop is directed by Susan Buirge, American-born choreographer and the grand old dame of contemporary dance.
Young Ambassadors (2002): Twelve students of The Danceworx (all under 18 yrs.) were chosen by The Royal
Netherlands Embassy to represent India in a joint dance theatre production to celebrate 400 years of Indo-Dutch relations. This production, titled A Passage to Amsterdam, toured three cities in The Netherlands and two cities in India.
Musicals & Dance Theatre productions
JHUMROO, Kingdom of Dreams (2012): a live musical, celebrating the spirit of Kishore Kumar; choreographed by Ashley Lobo and Pankaj Guglani, and featuring dancers from The Danceworx Academy.
Jhumroo recently completed over 300 shows.
Danscapes (2012): an evening of moving art for Art Mart IV, New Delhi; conceived and directed by Shohini
Dutta and Amith Kumar; choreographed by Shohini Dutta, Amith Kumar, Ragini Bhajanka, Tanvi Gupta,
Meghana Bharadwaj and Sanchita Sharma.
Travelling Minds (2011): A journey of contemporary dance, performed for the Delhi International Arts Festival
2011; choreographed by Tino Sanchez, Jaan Freeman, Heidi Lynn Weiss, Shohini Dutta, Pankaj Guglani and
Amith Kumar.
Ji Saab Ji (2010): directed by Lushin Dubey; choreographed by Ashley Lobo and Shohini Dutta
Salaam India (2008 & 2010): an internationally touring production, inspired by Pavan Varma’s bestseller
‘Being Indian’; directed by Lushin Dubey; choreographed by Ashley Lobo Out of Sight (2008): a collaborative

dance production between senior members of The Danceworx Student Repertory Company and Mandeep
Raikhy, programme director of Gati Dance Forum; directed by Mandeep Raikhy; choreographed by senior members of The Danceworx Student Repertory Company.
The Box (2006): a dance theatre production, conceived, written & directed by Ashley Lobo; choreographed by
Ashley Lobo & senior members of The Danceworx Student Repertory Company.
About Nothing (2003 & 2007): a dance theatre production starring renowned theatre personality Barry John, conceived, written & directed by Ashley Lobo; choreographed by Ashley Lobo & senior members of The
Danceworx Student Repertory Company.
That’s Dancing!
(2001): a dance extravaganza, conceived & directed by Ashley Lobo; choreographed by
Ashley Lobo & senior members of The Danceworx Student Repertory Company.
The Chorus Line (1999): an adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical, directed by Ashley Lobo &
Vivek Mansukhani; choreographed by Ashley Lobo.
Other Major Events
 Tie-up with TV channel AXN to promote the dance program So You Think You Can Dance (Season 7) in
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India through cross-promotion and flash-mobs (2012)
 Godfrey Philips Bravery Awards (2006 & 2007)
NDTV Gadget Guru Awards (2012)
 EEMA Awards (2012)
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Global Indian Music Awards (2011)
 1000 Day Countdown to XIX Commonwealth Games , performed at India Gate, New Delhi (2008)
Worldwide Launch of Microsoft Vista , performed at The Taj Mahal, Agra (2007)
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International Film Festival of India , opening ceremony in Goa (2006)
 Tribute to R.D. Burman , musical concert with Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy in Goa (2006)
Music video of Love Sees No Colour: World Peace Day Anthem , endorsed by Nelson Mandela, involving 22 countries (conceived by Nassiri, an international singer, songwriter & philanthropist), shot at the Taj Mahal, Agra (2006)
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Commonwealth Games XVIII Queen's Baton Relay at the National Stadium, New Delhi (2005)
Bhartiya Pravasi Milan , a cultural evening organized by the Government of India, directed by
Muzzaffar Ali, performed at Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi (2004)
 The Taj Mahal Hotel Centenary Celebration , a show organized by The Taj Group of Hotels to celebrate
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100 years of The Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai, performed at The Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai (2003)
The United for Gujarat Concert , a show organized in aid of the victims of the Gujarat earthquake
 featuring bands from India (Euphoria & Silk Route), Pakistan (Junoon) and Bangladesh (Miles), performed at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi (2001)
The Republic Day Parade , at New Delhi for the Ministry of Textiles (2000 & 2001)
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