Dance Phenomenon BFUNK Talks About Building a Brand : The Dance Influence

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In this episode of The Dance Influence with Dana Alexa we sit down with BFunk! BFunk is a class Shivani Bhagwan and Chaya Kumar created in LA 3 years ago to fuse Bollywood and Bhangra dance styles with hip hop and jazz funk. After chatting about Dana’s experience with Oprah this week, we play a game of Would You Rather to get to know BFunk. Then, we talk about Shivani and Chaya’s working relationship, the pros and cons. We chat about how and why BFunk was originally created. Lastly, we learn more about their teaching tour, Funk Fair and what the future holds for BFunk! Shivani Bhagwan and Chaya Kumar are great friends who created BFunk in LA after noticing the lack of Bollywood style dance classes offered. BFunk is a dance style that fuses Bollywood and Bhangra dance with hip hop and jazz funk. They were both born in the states but are South Asian so BFunk is how they stay true to their identity by merging cultures! BFunk has over 1 million subscribers on Youtube and 197K followers on Instagram.

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The Dance Influence with Dana Alexa

In this episode of The Dance Influence with Dana Alexa we chat with dancer, teacher and choreographer Mikey DellaVella! We learn what it’s like to teach at huge Los Angeles dance studios, The Playground LA and Millennium Dance Complex. Mikey will tell us more about competing on season 2 of NBC’s World of Dance. Lastly, we will chat a little on his newly born son, Lorenzo and how his life has changed becoming a dad!

Mikey Dellavella, originally from upstate New York, lives and works in Los Angeles as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Teaching at world renowned dance studios such as The Playground LA and Millennium Dance Complex, Mikey’s goal is to make sure his students leave with better musicality and a stronger appreciation for dance. He also an active member and co-choreographer on the dance team SRank, who recently competed on NBC’S World of Dance!

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