NYC Masti: Flashes and Mobs

What's something that's all the rage right now, lets you surprise people, and act a fool in public? Give up? A flashmob, of course!  You know what I'm talking about...music comes on and people who just happen to be dressed alike (or not) start dancing in public and then little by little others join in until there's a mob of dancers there in a flash...flashmob!  I think they're fun to watch and would be great to participate in, but how do you go about finding that opportunity? I don't think you can google 'looking for a flashmob'...or maybe you can...

Luckily, I didn't have to go to such extremes...you just have to know the right people! Enter my friend, Madhura. She told me about the chance to be in a Bollywood flashmob and it was a no-brainer! Of course I was in!  It was sponsored by a dance company called Dooniya Dance.  I got the tutorial video off of youtube and was all set to go!

On the day of the flashmob, in true 'Shilpa style,' we got lost so we missed the pre-mob meeting. When we finally got to the mob site, we were surprised by how many people were there! It looked like everyone was in on the secret, but that didn't matter to us...we were ready to flashmob!  When the time finally came, we got in place and did our thing.  While I've been dancing and performing for years now, this was a totally different experience...I was totally thrown off by the lack of space and just doing a coordinated dance in a crowd...so, yeah, I messed up a couple of times...whoops! Lucky for y'all we caught off of it on video! Both, Madhura and I are in the back...I'm in the lime green shirt and she's the lady with the yellow scarf...Enjoy!