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‘Dance+’ finalist ‘Ticko’ hopes to choreograph Hrithik
By Gaurav Chhabra
Judge of reality show ‘Dance+’ Shakti Mohan along with contestant and one of the finalists Poppin Ticko was present in Lucknow to promote their show which is approaching grand finale in coming weeks.
Remo D’ Souza is the super judge of this show that is aired on Star Plus and is getting a fine response from the audience in terms of TRP.
Poppin Ticko was in Lucknow and discussed his journey from being a science background student to the very different style dancer and expert of popping.
Excerpts from his conversation with Gaurav Chhabra:
What made you enter into the dancing career coming from a science background?
I had been studious and was very much interested in studying science. It was just after the school exams and before taking admission in college, a friend of mine came with a video on Youtube that had a different style of dance in it. Seeing that and doing few steps made me fall for the dancing passion.
You thought of making dancing as a career?
No, initially not but then gradually as I went for competitions and attended workshops conducted by various international talents and I felt this could be the route I want to take.
From where this “Ticko word came?
This is a very interesting thing to tell you. As I went to perform on stage the co-performers gave me this name and these kinds of names are said to be stage names.
At what point of time you felt you are growing as a dancer?
Initially I started this just for my fun and passion then while I was studying in DU I got the opportunities to take part in many of the inter college competitions and in fact I won many of them. Key boost for me was when in 2014 I went to Chennai for some dance competition from where I got chance to represent India in one of the big dancing competitions in which many Asian countries participated, from there on I got guidance from various international talents and the boost for my career.
You portray popping genre of dance, where lies the animation part in it?
Yes, I do have both things in my dance style and many people watching me dance free style do not know where lies the technicality between these two. An animation is something in human where as popping is creating steps like popcorn pops up when made gives the repelling kind of move.
What kind of music makes you get going with this kind of dance genre?
Not the entire songs but just the beats are the main base for popping. One has to move according to the beats to make this dance genre look presentable.
Which actor in the Industry would be perfectly suited to popping?
Not many actually, Hrithik Roshan I think will do this best when compared to others.
Apart from your foreign guides and mentors, which Indian choreographer you admire?
In India I really look upto Prabhu Deva sir, Ganesh sir as they have so much to offer to the audience and are very much professional in their field.
Where you see yourself in coming few years subsequent to this reality show?
I have got name and fame both by this show. I was looking for some kind of platform that can make me present this different style of dancing in front of the audience. I would like to go US and France to learn more technicalities of popping and then would make the dance lovers aware about popping.
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