Belly Dancer Sonia Shil Makes India Proud Internationally

Belly
dancing
is
one
art
form
that
doesn’t
get
its
due
credit
when
it
comes
to
appreciation
and
accolades.
But
on
a
mission
to
make
India
and
Indians
proud,
and
respectfully
look
upto
belly
dancing,
artist
Sonia
Shil
has
been
representing
India
globally.
Performed
in
Australia,
Abidjan,
China,
Kazakhstan,
Sri
Lanka
and
Bhutan.
She
won
the
first
prize
in
2017
Mediterranean
Delight
Belly
Dance
Festival
that
was
organised
in
Prague.
She
even
represented
India
in
Spain
!!
She
started
her
journey
in
2014.

Speaking
of
all
the
challenges
that
she
has
faced
till
now,
she
says,
“Challenges
in
the
industry
is
between
authentic
belly
dancers
who
had
their
training
from
various
teachers
vs
the
one
who
are
reel
or
tiktok
belly
dancers
with
zero
training.
What
they
do
is
not
belly
dance
but
their
videos
are
viral
because
people
think
that’s
belly
dancing.
The
art
form
is
somewhere
missing!”

Sonia
has
learnt
belly
dancing
from
Tommy
King,
Oscar
Flores,
Sadie
Marquardt,
Kami
Liddle
amongst
the
rest.
Currently,
she
is
a
full
time
dancer
and
performer,
owning
a
belly
dance
institute
named,
Khal
Belly
in
Kolkata.
She
even
performed
a
belly
dance
number
in
Bengali
series
Senapati.
We
wish
her
much
luck
and
success
ahead…