Kalpana
Suseelan
Sen Business Tower
NanthanCode – Trivandrum
Kerala - India
T: 0091 99472 80044
E: kapzdance@gmail.com
PERSONAL SUMMARY
An energetic, physically fit and confident Dance teacher/ Choreographer who has a successful track record of improving student’s knowledge and understanding of dance.
Born in Madhya Pradesh from
childhood was very passionate towards dance. At an early age started choreographing
for functions and various events. This passion lead to start own dance troop
named ‘Xanadu’ along with siblings under the guidance of Sugitha Menon a well known
event organizer. During the collage days started performing in various star
shows and got opportunity to choreograph several celebrities in the industry as
well as perform along with them across India, United States, Singapore, etc. Passion
towards Salsa dance format lead to join ‘Quicksteps’ and learned salsa under
the guidance’s of renowned salsa instructor Anand Majumdar in Mumbai. Once completing
the course started ‘Kapz Dance Studio’ in Cochin and was the first salsa
instructor in Kerala and instantly salsa
course was very successful and training
students from different fields like
Doctors, Army, I.T professionals etc along with Celebrities. In a short span of
time ‘Kapz Dance Studio’ was well recognised and had students from different parts
of the South India joined for courses
As part of Journey in life, shifted to Delhi where interest towards
Fashion and Interior Designing developed and started working on it. This gave
opportunity to do interior designing as well as costume designs for various
celebrities as many others. Once shifted back to Trivandrum started own
boutique ‘Kashida Collections’ which is running successfully now. Again the
hidden passion leads to join International School of Dance (Dance For you) in
Dubai and completed their International certified course. Once revitalized
opened ‘Kapz Dance Studio’ in Trivandrum and currently teaching various dance
formats like Salsa, Bolloyfunk , Ladies work out ,Kids dance program, Event
Choreography etc.
During the span of more than 2o years in dancing career have
taught in various private schools, colleges, education institutions etc. helped
in gaining intense experience of teaching all age groups, understand the needs
of students, and also has the ability to quickly engage with them.
KEY
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES‘Creating a positive classroom environment which supports student learning.
·Training and developing
pupils in all types of dance.
·Planning and delivering dance
lessons.
·Choreographing full routines
to a high standard for beginners right through to advanced students.
·Delivering enjoyable,
structured and well-planned dance activities.
·Explaining and demonstrating
dance techniques and methods.
·Teaching the history of
dance.
·Choreographing and directing
dance performances.
·Controlling groups of pupils
and when required disciplining them.
·Teaching dance as a form of
recreation.
·Showing pupils how to
rehearse and exercise.
·Monitoring a pupils progress.
·Performing numerous dance
routines throughout the day.
·Abiding by all local
regulations as well as safety protocols.
·Building relationships with
pupils.
SPECIAL TEACHING SKILLS
·An expert at using movements,
gestures and body language to portray dance routines.
·Ability to inspire passion in
pupils.
·Confident teaching large
groups of children in a classroom setting.
·Excellent communication
skills, both oral and written.
·Physically fit and able to
sustain a high level of energetic activity for long periods of time.
PERSONAL SKILLS
·Genuinely excited about
student’s progress.
·Willingness to work with
others and responding constructively to feedback.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Dance Routines
Classroom Teaching
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors of Arts
Classroom Teaching
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors of Arts
LANGUAGES
English – Fluent Hindi –
Fluent Malayalam – Fluent Tamil – Basics
