{"id":8640,"date":"2021-02-22T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetalentedindian.com\/?p=8640"},"modified":"2022-09-08T12:52:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T07:22:01","slug":"moving-with-the-flow-the-story-behind-sneha-desai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetalentedindian.com\/moving-with-the-flow-the-story-behind-sneha-desai\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving With The Flow: The Story Behind Sneha Desai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A passionate teacher and a talented software developer, Sneha Desai has been through an interesting journey. A journey that she made on her own, reassured only by her own belief in herself. Perhaps, it was the first love of her life, that of dance<\/a>, that gave her the strength she needed to face the challenges that came along the way. Maybe, it was her mother constantly being a pillar of support in times of uncertainty and doubt. Whatever the motivating factor was, it was a journey of miles and consistent work, one that deserves to be recognized and applauded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a child, Desai remembers her mother encouraging her to take up singing and dancing. Though she tried both, dance stuck with her in a more tangible manner. Her first serious performance came at the delicate age of 4, when she performed a traditional Marathi folk lavani. While she was always interested in conceptualizing her own choreography as a child, often with inputs from her mother, Desai\u2019s first foray into dance choreography and teaching happened at the transitional period between 17 and 18 years of age. Hired as an instructor for belly dancing after she joined a studio, she discovered her love for teaching and instructing others in dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Desai\u2019s first real challenge came in 2018. After moving to India from the USA, Desai never thought she would have to go back. However, when she did move back to the states in 2018, she faced a whole host of hurdles. At the cusp of her departure from India, Desai had just started making a name for herself. Her choreography had just gained traction and was getting some recognition. When she left India for the USA, all of that had to be started over. A new country meant that she had no way of knowing where to look for videographers, props or costumes. All her familiars were not easily available to her. Still, she stuck with it. With a little bit of motivation from her mother, Desai juggled a full-time job and her own personal brand management and social media marketing. The challenge was real and she faced it head on. She started her own studio with 5 students and grew to teach classes of 60-80 students. The whole experience is one, as Desai claims, of the most courageous steps she had taken in her entire life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If I wouldn\u2019t have moved, perhaps I would have never become an independent Sneha Desai, standing up for herself.<\/strong>“<\/p>Sneha Desai<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Desai\u2019s major breakthrough came with her going public online with her visual content. A video of her choreography quickly garnered online attention and, soon, she was on her way to making a name for herself. Subsequent videos of her choreography got the same attention and people came to know her for her dance and choreography. Her personal ambition to teach as many as she can is a happy realization of this, a beneficial outcome of the love and recognition she, herself, received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is quite interesting to weigh Desai\u2019s successes against her general outlook on life. According to her, teaching dance was the only thing she had in her sights. Her current brand and the recognition she has now were all unplanned, happy offshoots. She dealt with the challenges and setbacks she faced as they came. For her, it was always about letting things run their course and deal with them in the present. Still, she asserts that the only thing that kept her able to face everything is believing in herself and knowing the limits she could push herself to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is, perhaps, this same approach that she takes to dance. Dance represents a form of meditation for Desai. It is in dance that she truly loses herself, believing it to be a truly untethered and creative medium of expressing one\u2019s self. Consequently, she believes that in conceptualizing a dance routine or any choreography, it is important, first and foremost, to capture the mood behind a track. Everything else comes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“\u00a0I definitely do believe in Whatever happens, happens for the best<\/em>“.<\/strong><\/p>Sneha Desai<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Her personal journey has taught Desai more than she could have learnt on her own. She knows the value of perseverance and persistent effort. As she states, talent is not something that is an unattainable, natural gift. It is something that is carefully nurtured and evolved with consistent hard work. Desai, truly, believes in cultivating one\u2019s own talent and skill set rather than relying on the idea of it being something innate. This is the same advice she would give to any aspiring individuals in their own personal fields. Work, work and consistent work. As she reaffirms, it is not beneficial to fall back on the idea of being \u2018tired\u2019. In fact, she suggests removing that word entirely from one\u2019s vocabulary. It is only then that we would learn the extent of our own capabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Remove \u2018Tired\u2019 from your dictionary<\/strong>!”<\/p>Sneha Desai<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Well, she must be on to something. After all, it has been working splendidly for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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