Amit Patel is a professional dancer, choreographer, and teacher living in Fremont, California.

 

As a first generation Indian American, Amit strives to fuse his cultures by bringing together different disciplines of dance. He is a pioneer of an unconventional style of dance called "Indian Contemporary," something Amit discovered when he fused his Eastern culture with his Western training. Amit is equally notable for his rebellious pieces in heels, known as “Bollywood Heels,” which challenge the norms of sexual identity in dance. 

 

Features

 

KQED - If Cities Could Dance

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Estela Magazine

 

His dance training consists of Bollywood Fusion, Hip Hop, Jazz, Ballet, and an extensive training in Contemporary and Modern Dance.

His professional experience includes 10+ years as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher for the Mona Khan Company, as well as a professional dancer and choreographer for Bliss Dance Company for 6 years, and the Pieter Dance Theater in Los Angeles. He has also taught on an international platform at the Nordics Biggest Indian Dance Festival in Tempere, The London School of Bollywood, Spain, France, Canada, as well as a teaching tour in India; teaching both Indian Contemporary & Bollywood Heels. 

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London School of Bollywood - Workshops

Indian Dance Festival 2018, Tempere 

Indian Dance Festival 2018, Tempere 

His work at MKC earned him a place to perform on many national platforms, including: the Indiaspora Inaugural Ball in Washington D.C honoring President Obama’s second Presidential term; the top 48 of America’s Got Talent out of 70,000 acts; the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival; and a performance shoot for the international Emmy award winning show “India” on the Spanish T.V Network, Univision.