Shivani Thakkar filmography and biography
Date of birth: 22 December 1982, Calgary, Canada
Shivani Thakkar biography
Shivani Thakkar, Associate Artistic Director of Manu Kala Mandir Dance
Productions and Founder and Choreographer of the "MKM BollyStars" has
garnered international recognition for her performances and
choreography.
Shivani, Winner of the 2008 Verizon Wireless and Saavn Bollypop US
National Dance Competition, has notable credits as a performer. She has
performed with Shahid Kapoor and Akshay Kumar; worked with
choreographers Marty Kudelka, Jamal Sims, Mary Ann Kellogg, and Ganesh
Acharya; and been in numerous television and film productions. She has
appeared on The CW's Valentine and CBS's BBQ Bill. She is also a
featured soloist and opening shot of the Disney Feature Film Step Up
3-D scheduled to be released in August 2010.
She has performed bollywood dance at International Fashion Designer
Christian Audigier's (Ed Hardy line) International Distributors' Event
and 50th Birthday Party live with the Gypsy Kings and performed with
Bellytwins International, Karmagraphy, Dakshina Dance Company, and
Bollywood Step Dance.
As a Bollywood choreographer, her recent credits include: the Bollywood
themed National Intel Print Ad "Our Superstars" currently running in
India, and instructional Bollywood DVD entitled Let's Dance Bollywood.
Shivani has choreographed bollywood numbers for several dance companies
including Karmagraphy, Dakshina Dance Company, and Alberta Dance
Alliance.
Besides Bollywood, Shivani is an established Bharata Natyam (Indian
Classical) dancer and well-trained western dancer. She has performed
and toured internationally including shows at the Smithsonian Museum,
New York's Downtown Dance Days, and Alberta Dance Alliance Feats
Festival of Dance. Shivani was the lead in the Canadian National tour
of Dvaya: A Confluence of Male Female Spirits and is scheduled to
reprise her role during the India tour in 2010.
She is the recipient of an Arts Study Fellowship from Shastri
Indo-Canadian Institute, and grants from Alberta Foundation for the
Arts and Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, USA.
Shivani Thakkar filmography
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Dead Americans | 2010 |
| Chance Pe Dance | 2010 |
| Step Up 3D | 2010 |
| Valentine | 2008 |
| The Ode | 2008 |
| BBQ Bill | 2006 |
| Dance Can Do All That | 2002 |