City lad shines at Dance India Dance-5 auditions

SHILLONG: 20-year-old Michael Rajee Syiemiong has set an example for youths of the State to emulate by clearing the preliminary phase of the ‘Dance India Dance Season 5′ competition without any professional training, during the two rounds of auditions held in Guwahati and Kolkata.
After his selection in the Guwahati audition, he also cleared the Kolkata audition to enter the Mumbai Audition Studio Round scheduled to be held from May 15 to 30.
The young dancer from Meghalaya will now have to clear the Studio Round to get into the Mega Audition Round after which only 16 dancers will be shortlisted for the Choreography Round, where the fate of the dancers will be decided through SMS voting.
“On my own, I tried to develop my own style of dancing. Even though I can perform any dance form, my strength is popping and locking,” Michael said while speaking to reporters here on Wednesday.
The All Meghalaya Dancers’ Association (AMDA) which sponsored Michael’s trip to Kolkata for the auditions has urged the State Government to support the young dancer to take part in the Mumbai Audition.
“From the little resources that we have we managed to sponsor Michael’s travelling expenses to and from Kolkata. We would urge the State Government to come forward to support this young talent. Being an orphan, it is impossible for him to manage the finance to go to Mumbai,” Kitbok Thabah of the AMDA said.