Upasana Adhikari
A self-taught Nepali-American MIT engineer turned dancer, on a journey of doing what excites me & makes me proud :)
A self-taught Nepali-American MIT engineer turned dancer, on a journey of doing what excites me & makes me proud :)
Thank you for supporting me in this competition. Your donations and participation will benefit the Why Not You Foundation in their mission to fight poverty through education initiatives that empower youth to lead with a why not you attitude.
I started as a self-taught dancer, learning from YouTube, doing Kpop and 1Million covers, and improving through self-critiques. Last year, I moved to Nepal for a year to focus on dance, exploring lyrical, Bollywood-influenced hip-hop. Now I am learning heels, ballet & contempt with work study at local studio. Growing up, I never got to take dance classes or saw Nepali people in creative fields in the US. So dance & performing arts is something I want to continue doing.
Being in Ciara’s music video would be a full-circle, life-changing moment, going from making dance covers to being in one. It would validate me dropping engineering career, push me to grow, and open doors in the dance industry. I also hope it would inspire the Nepali community to follow arts more. Most importantly, I’d be really happy and proud of myself.
As a first generation immigrant, I didn’t have the chance to take dance classes growing up. So, a lot of my dance journey was self learned. With the $20,000, it would allow me to keep dancing & pursue other performing arts—training more, attending workshops in cities like NYC or LA, and doing original creative projects.
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