Bollywood-backed Indian ballet prodigy finds feet in London

 Four years ago, 17-year-old Kamal Singh, was just finishing school and taking his first ballet class. Now 21, the son of a rickshaw driver has become the first Indian dancer to win a place on the English National Ballet School's professional trainee programme.


Living in Chelsea - a world away from his family and home in Vikaspuri, Delhi - Kamal spends his days, masked and socially distanced, training in a dance studio in Battersea with just 12 other students.


They all share the dream of joining a major international ballet company and making it to the role of principal - of treading in the footsteps of Nureyev and Fonteyn.


For Kamal, none of it would have been possible without the support of his teacher, Argentine dancer Fernando Aguilera - and a dusting of Bollywood star power.


"When I heard I had got a place at the English National Ballet school I was so happy, but at the same time, I was a little sad because I knew my father could not pay the fees," recalls Kamal.


"But my teacher tells me not to worry about the money, to just focus on the ballet - and dance."


From the moment Kamal walked into one of his free trial classes at the Imperial Fernando Ballet Company in Delhi, Aguilera knew he had discovered an exceptional talent.


But the teenager could not afford to study ballet. His home was two hours away from the ballet school. His father works two jobs, and all hours, to support his family. Luxuries - like ballet tuition - were not an option.


So it fell to Aguilera to convince Kamal's parents - and find a way forward. Over three intense years of training, he provided Kamal with free tuition, a room in his home in Delhi and, ultimately, helped raise the fees that would allow Kamal to travel to London to take up his place at the prestigious English National Ballet school.


Fees for the year-long course at the ballet school cost £8,000, and then there are living expenses. It was out of Kamal's reach - until the pair turned to crowdfunding.

https://hcde.instructure.com/courses/92088/pages/123movies-watch-after-we-collided-2020-full-free-hd

https://hcde.instructure.com/courses/92088/pages/watch-after-we-collided-2020-full-movie-online-version-%7Chd

https://hcde.instructure.com/courses/92088/pages/watch-after-we-collided-2020-online-movie-free-version-full-netflix

https://hcde.instructure.com/courses/92088/pages/123movies-watch-after-we-collided-online-2020-full-hd

https://hcde.instructure.com/courses/92088/pages/full-watch-after-we-collided-2020-online-movie-free-hd

https://hcde.instructure.com/courses/92037/pages/123movies-watch-the-new-mutants-2020-full-free-hd

https://hcde.instructure.com/courses/92037/pages/123movies-watch-come-play-2020-full-free-hd

https://hcde.instructure.com/courses/92037/pages/123movies-watch-come-away-2020-full-free-hd

https://hcde.instructure.com/courses/92037/pages/123movies-watch-freaky-2020-full-free-hd

https://hcde.instructure.com/courses/92037/pages/123movies-watch-rebecca-2020-full-free-hd

Komentar

Postingan populer dari blog ini

Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman hailed as ‘a hero

Uganda elections 2021: What you need to know

How a contested election could affect the stock market