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Academy Highlights

Year
Date
Highlight
2002
13/07/2002
Dance Yatra on 13th July in Manchester with Milap festival
07/07/2002
GLC Jubillee celebrations at Trafalgar Square
29/06/2002
Dance performance at Cafe Royal
04/06/2002
Year 2002- The Queens Jubillee parade
2001
10/11/2001
Satish was invited by Nritya Arts to give a performance at Walsall for their annual Diwali Function. 20 dancers and audience of 600 appalled throughout the evening performed the show.
10/10/2001
Satish was approached by the Asian Music Circuit to prepare dancers for their concert with the famous Gujarati singer PRAFUL DAVE. Satish prepared two Items Dandiya rass & a garba in two days rehearsals and performed the items very successfully at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in South Bank.
05/10/2001
An Annual student showcase was held at Brent Town hall and for the first time Satish introduced Disabled dancers who performed to a full house. The disabled dancers were the highlight of the show and worked for a year for a stage performance.
03/07/2001
Satish started training 60 boys & girls from Sindhi Association of north London for their annual Diwali ball, which was held on 3rd November at Radisson Governor hotel. The show was a huge success with 60 dancers from the association dancing for first time on the stage.
2000
01/09/2000
Fourty students from S.A.I.D. took part in a dance celebration 'COMING OF AGE' directed by Keith Khan at South Bank. Meera of Akedemi of South Asian Dance produced the show. This show was televised by Sony TV and top choreographers of all styles of Indian dance worked together for six months to put this show together.
1999
03/11/1999
The Academy was invited to entertain in a Dance Spectacular by Bavis Gam Patidar Samaj in their 25th Anniversary.
01/09/1999
The students from the Academy were chosen for video shooting for Bina's latest album release, Ho JE REY.
01/08/1999
Students from the Academy performed dances in High Wycombe, Newcastle and Leeds Summer Melas with Bina Mistry.
27/07/1999
The same show was presented at the Asian Millenium at Alton Towers with the presence of stars like Akshay Kumar and Ravina Tandon.
24/07/1999
Satish presented his top students at Asian Mela at Alexandra Palace where the main guest artist was Falguni Pathak, a very famous Gujarati singer from Bombay famous for her disco dandiya shows, but now very popular for singing Hindi pop and Filmi songs.
04/07/1999
The Academy was invited by Swaminarayan School in Neasden to perform Filmi dances at their Summer Annual Funfair. Zee TV interviwed the girls and Satiate for their out and about program.
02/07/1999
Annual student showcase held at St. Albans to celebrate the Millenium year. Over 300 students took part in this dance showcase to a packed house.
16/04/1999
Satish Shah was asked by the INSTITUTE OF JAINOLOGY to present a short story of Jainism at the Millenium Dome in McDonalds own town story theatre. The story was presented in English dialogue with 80 participants taking part in this dance extravaganza.
1998
29/11/1998
The Academy's younger children aged eight and nine were invited to perform folk dances with upcoming little stars from India and the UK, by famous radio and television personality 'SARITA SABERWAL' at her fund raising event 'WISDOM OF HOPE' in aid of Great Ormond Children's Hospital. The event was held at the the Wembley Conference Centre.
22/11/1998
The Academy was invited by 'SEVAK' community to celebrate its 15th anniversary with a dance extravaganza.
01/11/1998
The Academy was again invited by the Government of Indian Tourist Board to perform on central stage at 'WORLD TRAVEL MARKET' exhibition in Earls Court. In the same week the Academy was invited to give half an hour dance spectacular at the 'INDIA EVENING', which was held at the Portman Hotel in marble Arch.
01/09/1998
Satish was asked by the Oshwal Association to carry out a week of dance workshops where 60 children learnt complicated dance routines. This workshop was followed by another week of workshops organised by Bhagini Samaj of NAVNATH ASSOCIATION where 24 children learnt one complete dance within 5 hours.
01/06/1998
Satish presented another student showcase with 450 students at the St. Albans Arena. This program featured film dances, as well as classical and folk dances.
01/02/1998
Satish's dance troupe was asked by the Government of Indian Tourist Board to perform for 3 days in Germany at the Frankfurt Tourist exhibition in the Indian pavilion.
1997
01/08/1997
Satish's dance company was invited to perform folk dance at the Edinburgh Festival to celebrate fifty years of Indian Independence. This was followed by shows in Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol.
1996
02/09/1996
Students from the Academy were chosen to perform in an Indian Film Block Buster 'LONDON' in a dance sequence with film actress Karishma Kapoor.
01/09/1996
Satish was asked by BBC Education to write teacher dance workshop notes on Garba Rass and Bhangra. He aslo helped publish the music for this workshop.
01/08/1996
Satish was invited by Nrtiya Arts in Birmingham to carry out workshops for a week where he successfully taught around 50 people. He has also been invited by numerous schools in Basingstoke, London and Southend-on-sea to teach day workshops on folk dance.
02/02/1996
The Academy was invited by 'Blue Peter' to perform in their popular children's TV program.
01/02/1996
Satish produced a show at the London Palladium in aid of Child Line where Esther Rantzen of Child Line was present along with the
1995
01/09/1995
Another show was produced at Wembley Conference where the chief guest was the living legend of Indian cinema, Shree mati Vijyantimala Bali. Within the same week, two other shows were presented by Satish at De-Montford Hall in Leicester, again to full houses.
1994
02/01/1994
The Academy was invited to perform at a three-day exhibition 'Jewels of the East' at Wembley Exhibition Centre and in the Indian Pavilion at the BBC Food Exhibition, Olympia.
01/01/1994
Satish prepared 150 of his students for an annual show of folk dances from India to audiences of 900. Ashit Desai prefessionally recorded the music in India. Satish not only compiled the music but also designed the most colourful costumes ever seen by the general public. Six weeks later, he produced a show at Wembley Conference playing to capacity audiences.
 

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