Mumbai: American dancer Lauren Gottlieb, who was also seen as the runner-up in the sixth season of “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa”, is excited to perform on the song “Naatu Naatu”, which has been nominated for the lead role at this year’s Academy Awards. has been nominated. Female Dancer at Oscars 2023.
Talking about the opportunity, Lauren shared: “I feel extremely grateful to have been given the opportunity to represent India on such a global platform. The Oscars is one of the biggest stages.To be represented and nominated on such a large scale for n the world and India is incredible.”
She further added, “The fact that I have been chosen as the lead female dancer and to connect Bollywood and Hollywood, both things closest to my heart, is genuine. I feel very strongly that the piece is authentic and does India proud.”
Lauren insists she has been working hard with her choreographers Napoleon and Tabitha Dumo to strike the right balance between the crispness of a western platform and the freedom of India’s street style.
He said, “Before India ever happened to me, I had the opportunity to assist Napoleon and Tabitha in a big production dance job in Hollywood. So this is a big homecoming moment for us. experience of.”
She further added, “I am helping fine-tune the steps and I also convinced Nappytabs to lip-sync the two lead male dancers for the song. At first they thought it would be too difficult, but I Said it’s Bollywood, so lip-sync.” Gotta syncing.”
She also shared how she trained other dancers, “I have shown them songs of Ranveer Singh and Allu Arjun to get them to know the essence of Bollywood music. Much bigger exposure than the way we dance in Bollywood I also taught everyone how to say Namaste and bow my head after the performance. I got emotional to know that in just two days I will get a chance to perform ‘Naatu Naatu’ on one of the most iconic stages in the world will get.”