Entertainment
My goal is to do Bollywood: Emmy Award-winning choreographer
By Sugandha Rawal
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Mia Michaels has worked with Madonna, Ricky Martin, Celine Dion and Tom Cruise. Now, the Emmy Award-winning choreographer wants to make a mark in Bollywood and says she would like to work with Indian actress Deepika Padukone.
Michaels also expressed her love for the art of Indian filmmaking.
“My goal is to do Bollywood… I am putting it out there because I have loved the Bollywood world for many many years. I got familiar to it through ‘So You Think You Can Dance’. I love big production numbers and I love creating them,” Michaels told IANS over phone from Mumbai.
Often, the grandeur of Bollywood films are known for syrupy romantic sagas, laced with elaborate song and dance sequences. Michaels loves all the shades of Bollywood.
“My favourite film is ‘Bajirao Mastani’ and I love Deepika Padukone. She is my favourite. She is amazing because she dances with so much passion.
“There is something very authentic and very passionate about the work in Bollywood. My goal is to learn more Bollywood but also create some. I would love to see something where I can infuse my style into the Bollywood and explore or collaborate with a Bollywood choreographer.”
What about working with Deepika?
“That would be amazing.”
Michaels has been associated with the dance world since the age of three and excelled in tap, jazz, contemporary and ballet. She is best known for her stint as a judge and top choreographer on TV show “So You Think You Can Dance”, and earned the title of ‘Mama Mia’.
Michaels has choreographed for Celine Dion, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and late Prince.
She says she grabbed the chance to come to India and join dance reality show “Dance India Dance Season 6” as a challenger. The show is aired on Zee TV.
On her maiden India trip, she said: “The trip has been amazing from the moment I landed in Mumbai. It has just been incredible with such warm welcome and lot of love.
“I did know about the show. When I got an email and an invitation to come and be a part of the show, it was perfect timing for me and I was like, ‘Let’s go and let’s do it’. It was an opportunity to come to India and see the dancers, the culture, and see what is happening over here.”
Michaels keeps on working on her creative skills to be in sync with the changing times, and also keeps on conducting masterclasses and devotes time to dance enthusiasts to share her expertise.
She feels the dance world is evolving, but also finds some drawbacks of the booming digital world.
“Things are becoming a hybrid. I find all these different styles like contemporary. hip-hop and street, they all are fusing together. It is becoming like a big melting pot which I think it is interesting because different styles are coming out of this fusion of everything.
“I think with social media, people don’t train any more because they have access to videos and everything online that they don’t really get into the studio and train, which is a shame.”
On the other hand, the choreographer added that social media also is giving a platform to people looking forward to making a career in the dance industry.
Michaels says she is busy with her book “A Unicorn in a World of Donkeys”, which will release in 2018, and is looking forward to take up different things and experiment.
(Sugandha Rawal can be contacted at [email protected])
–IANS
sug/rb/mr
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
Content provided by Adverloom
Foodman Vishal Singh Honored for Hunger Free World Mission in Bangkok
Dr. Abhishek Verma Dedicates a Shelter in Memory of His Mother, Veena Verma, at KGMU; Inaugurated by Daughter Nicolle Verma
Cheers and Cheers: Barzilla’s Joyful Ode to Inclusivity and Celebration
Casino Days Reveal Internal Data on Most Popular Smartphones
Meghalaya Reserves Legalized Gambling and Sports Betting for Tourists
IPL 20202 UPDATE: KXIP vs MI IPL Dream11 Team Prediction for Today Match, Update Point Table of all Team.
In a Live debate AAP leader Syed Asad Abbas hurls abuses to BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
‘India’s Most Wanted’ trailer out Arjun Kapoor on hunt of Osama-Bin-Laden
Time to move on: Sonakshi on Shatrughan’s joining Congress
