Zürich

Danny always has goals for DBDC. Sometimes his goals seem to be out of this world but somehow we always manage to reach them and go beyond. Our own dance school and the tv shows are just few of the targets we have hit. Going abroad is the next step.

Earlier this autumn we had our first show outside Finland in Tallinn, Estonia. Unfortunately not all of our dancers could go there so even if that was the first show abroad, our second one in Zürich on November 8th was definitely the more special one.

Considering it was our first bigger show abroad our journey went surprisingly smoothly. As our flight was very early in the morning we stayed in a hotel at the airport the previous night. Some of us didn't get much sleep but not because of partying but because some were still stitching lights to costumes and doing some other last minute preparations until late hours. We managed to almost miss the flight as well but that was only because yours truly had some problems parking the car… We already had the picture in our mind how we would have to call Danny and Rami who were already in Zürich that they would have to come up with a duo performance quickly. But after all we did reach the flight in time and had a chance to catch up with sleep. Although some of us rather played with Vuokko's photo booth application...

Flying DBDC Style... :P

In Zürich we had a warm welcome first by Danny and Rami the Photographer who were waiting for us at the airport and later by our lovely hosts from the Indian Association of Greater Zürich (IAGZ). IAGZ had invited us to perform in their yearly gala that was held in the beautiful Congress House by the Lake Zürich. It always brings a little extra excitement to a show when you know the audience is mainly Indian and other artists performing at the gala (Gyansundari's Dance School who performed beautiful Bharatanatyam dance and singer Nitin Shrivastava who performed Bollywood hits from 1940's to 2014) were amazingly talented. We really had to give everything to stand out. But we definitely got the feeling that it would be a good night when we saw the waitresses joining our dance during our practice session. It was wonderful to notice that our performance touched people and made them happy. We can really export our show outside the Finnish borders and make our message universal. This show was a proof of that.

Dancing waitresses 

Zürich show was not special only because we went there with the whole crew including Rami. The show we prepared for it was something we had never done before. It consisted of two parts. First one was theme performance dedicated to everyone who ever lost their loved one to cancer. Danny and Kati were playing the lead roles and such amazing job they did! It was truly heartbreaking.

Kati and Danny were shining like stars!

The second part was more traditional DBDC style: breathtaking half an hour full of Bollywood hits. We did a number of new songs including burlesquey Asalaam- e-Ishqum and recent hit number My Name is Ranveer Ching. So a lot of new songs, new props, new costumes and all together one hour show - we could really feel it in our muscles!

It's DBDC showtime!

This show took more practice hours than any other show before. For the theme performance we had to come up with the plot, record the voice over, practice with new props (like HUGE white fabric, heart shaped umbrellas and illuminated dresses). To make the show flow smoothly with all the costume changes we divided the group so that not all of us were dancing in all the songs but people were running on and off the stage all the time. 



Big part of the performance day is practice, getting ready, posing with friends and of course fooling around a little. :)

This time around it was time for Kati to take a bigger role as a choreographer as well – Asalaam-e-Ishqum-medley, Yaro yarodi and Sara sara saara kathu were all Kati’s choreos. I actually don’t know how she pulled through everything! She designed the new costumes. Some of them were made by our tailor Kristiina, some were ordered ready made online. So she looked all over internet for proper dresses and when not all of them arrived on time she stayed up all night to stitch dresses for us. As we were practicing our group numbers every evening and Kati had her own classes to teach as well, her and Danny only had the nights to practice their duos and solos. Not to mention they also had the after school kids club to take care of every day so they probably managed to add more hours to their day somehow or else I don’t know how they made it! So big HUGE thank you to Kati, our multitalented, beautiful, hard working superwoman! Without her dedication none of this would have been possible.

AMAZING Kati! <3

The next day we had the chance to walk around Zürich and admire this beautiful city from close. Some quality DBDC familytime before heading back to Finland.

Sunday walk :)

At home we have quite a busy pre-xmas party season going on so still many gigs to go this year. But we will definitely remember our special show in Zürich for a long time and all the new friends and memories we made.

Thank You Zürich!!