Sneha Kapoor is an Indian

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r, choreographer, and instructor. She is popularly known as "The Indian Salsa Princess". Kapoor is based in

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, she began her career with a dance company in

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. It was the beginning of a career that embraced different dance forms like ''Salsa'', ''

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'', '' Merengue'', '' Jive'', '' hip-hop'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She was invited to

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on 25 May 2015 as a chief guest to watch the show of great dancing children.

Career

Popularly known as "The Indian Salsa Princess" or "SalsaSneha", Sneha Kapoor is widely credited with putting the Indian Salsa scene on the world map. Kapoor is the first Indian to represent India and win at many International Salsa Championships. Living in Mumbai, she began her career in dance with Lourd Vijay's Dance Studio in 2006. It was the beginning of a meteoric career that embraced different dance forms like Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Jive, Hip-Hop, Adagio and Bollywood etc. Kapoor originally was an athlete, but because of some causes after she met Richard Tholoor she decided to become a dancer instead, joining Lourd Vijay's dance studio in Bangalore. During her tenure at the school, Kapoor and her dance partner Tholoor won several awards and trophies in salsa championships across the world. Kapoor broke a

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for "Most Number of Swing Dance Flips in a Minute". The record of 33 flips in a minute was set four years ago in the UK, but Kapoor and her team of three dancers set the new record at 39 flips. She participated in Dance India Dance Season 3 and was eliminated on 22 January 2012. Kapoor has choreographed for the reality shows '' Just Dance'' and ''

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''. She also choreographed the South Indian movie, ''

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'' and

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's film, ''

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''. She performs and teaches

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nationally and internationally.

Personal life

Kapoor was born to Sunil Kapoor and Elizabeth Kapoor. She has a sibling, Neha Kapoor.

Awards

* Choreographer of the Movie

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2019 *2019 1st Runner's Up on DID Battle of the Champions Zee TV *2007, Winner of the Australian Salsa Classic, Sydney *2007, Winner of the European Salsa Masters, UK *2007, 1st Runner Up at the Asian Open Salsa Championships, Hong Kong *2007, Semi-finalist at the ESPN World Salsa Championships, Orlando Florida * Dance India Dance Season 3 Top 20 Finalist *Winner of the Australian Salsa Classic 2007, Sydney. *Winner of the European Salsa Masters 2007, UK. *1st Runner Up at the Asian Open Salsa Championships 2007, Hong Kong. *Semi Finalist at the ESPN World Salsa Championships 2007, Orlando Florida. *Winner of the Bangalore Central Dance Competition 2006 & 2007, Bangalore. *Jhalak Dikhala Jaa, Season 7 – Choreographer to Sreesanth (Cricketer) *

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Season 6, 2013 – Choreographer to Kanika Maheshwari and Ankur Ghai. *

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, 2010 – Choreographer to

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, 2013 – Top 3 Performed with Shantanu Mukherjee. *

, 2013 – Top 6 Choreographer to

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, 2012 – Top 3 Choreographer to

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, 2015 - choreographer to

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Season 3, 2011 – Top 15 contestants. *

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Holder 2011, Most number of swing flips in a minute. *

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Season 1, 2009 – Finalist. *

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season 1 choreographer, 2016 *

season 8, 2017 - choreographer to

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and Brent Goble with her boyfriend Ruel Dausan Varidani

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapoor, Sneha Indian female dancers Living people Artists from Bangalore 1986 births Dancers from Karnataka Women artists from Karnataka 21st-century Indian dancers 21st-century Indian women artists Salsa dancers