We thought it would be great to hear a bit more of you! You are doing a lot of things next to teaching in your studio. You are also teaching internationally, you are a dancer and performer and of course entrepreneur. Let us zoom in on the teaching on an international level. Every month you travel to a special zouk … Read More
Bess we would love to know more about you, your work and of course the Theatre Production you are preparing with the team! We all know you of course, you’ve been a part of DA Studio for a long time, but tell us more about you. Like how did you start dancing? Your interests are into dance but also into … Read More
Who is Asees Chadha? I was born and raised in India, New Delhi and I’ve been dancing for the last 16 years. I started with an Indian classical dance and after that developed myself in several dances like Bollywood, belly dancing and a lot of fusion. Five years ago I started my own dance school, that I named ‘Nachanshah’: which … Read More
Willem, where are you when you are not teaching class of DA and we miss you? Well, quite often now for the last few years I’ve been going to the Canary Islands! The first time I went, was to regain my sanity and get away from it all. But I kept going back and the last few years I‘ve been … Read More
You are back in Holland, back with DA Studio again! That is so nice! Tell us, what is the connection between you and Willem? Thats amazing, how did I meet with Willem? My first time in Holland I was here teaching Samba de Gafieira in Amsterdam and I think I met Willem at a party. What I think of Willem … Read More
And what is the latest adjustment you did, that is important for all members? The latest adjustment I made is, we created a new membership registration! We were using an external system through Google and we wanted to offer more service to our members. So we built a system into our website. People can go online and make a new … Read More
Sometimes we see you make drawings in class, what is it that you are doing? The drawings help me to remember the poses and turns on the pole. It seems easy to repeat, but it is not that way. Especially when you are upside down, it is harder to remember. I make drawings of the teacher showing us the pose … Read More
What is it that you like about teaching? When you are performing as an artist, i’ts great to be on stage, to do your own thing but it’s all about you; your performance and what you are trained to do. It’s also a way of expression. But when you are teaching and working with people I think this is a … Read More
How did you start dancing? A Russian friend of mine who also joined Onefit, she is so enthousiastic, she tries everything. She asked me to come to African class. She never went again but now I go every week! I love it, it has so much energy and power. It’s really a workout class. I think I showed the film … Read More
