Jainil Mehta x Rangeela Dance Workshops

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Originally from Mumbai, India, Jainil Mehta, a 24 year old dancer & choreographer began his

dance journey at the age of five, performing in his living room. Building short phrases with his

house help at such an early age ignited a passion in him for dance composition, direction and

performance. He is a former company dancer with Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company & is currently

freelance teaching, creating and performing across the United States, predominantly New York

City.

He was recently selected as a choreographer at the Playdate Residency, funded by National

Endowment of the Arts. He has choreographed and designed 4 dance productions - Ctrl Alt

Delete in 2023, DECODED in 2018, Alankar in 2017 & Chimera in 2015.

Before moving to Los Angeles for college, he trained at Shiamak Davar International in Mumbai,

India for thirteen years. Jainil graduated Summa Cum Laude and received his Bachelor of Fine

Arts in Dance from the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance with a Discovery Scholars

Distinction, and has acquired a variety of skills including budgeting, accounting,

entrepreneurship, stage lighting, tools for digital design, sound editing, motion picture

cinematography and video editing, to name a few. He has learned and performed works by

esteemed choreographers like William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Jodie Gates, Barak Marshall,

Alejandro Cerrudo, Dwight Rhoden and Matthew Neenan.

Jainil Mehta has a current following of more than 295k on Instagram, trending on #Meninskirts

which breaks the barriers of gender categorizations. He has been featured on various national

newspapers & pages like BBC News, Good morning America, India times, Brut India, Elle India,

Hindustan Times, Official Humans of Bombay and Quint to name a few for his confidence and

courage to break gender stereotypes, especially within the Indian community.

Jainil has choreographed for Big Wild’s music video “6’s to 9’s” and Falguni Pathak’s “Jode

Rahejo Raaj.” While also being a social media influencer, he has taught many dance classes

online and in person across India as well as Pakistan, China, Singapore, United Kingdom,

Europe, Australia and the United States to over 1000+ students.

Jainil wants to create the first-ever accredited higher education dance program in India through global exchange, interdisciplinary learning and partnerships. His goal is to give dancers, dance-makers and creators a chance to develop their own artistic choices and artmaking process, hence helping them create a unique identity and career for themselves. Jainil continues to grow and constantly pushes the bar of excellence with his strong focus and unparalleled passion.

Jainil is excited to be teaching again at Rangeela Dance Company!

Please note: no refunds are accepted for this workshop

Host or Publisher Rangeela Dance Company