Speed is of key importance. It is performed without a harness and one needs to rely on his/her own strength and skill. Hence, when I begin to train in silk I had to relearn everything. I always came first. In Mallakhamb we have to perform 20 elements in 1min 30 sec and hold positions for a few seconds. The variety of moves, drops, wraps, twists and turns are practically endless and create an ever-intriguing challenge. I played almost 10 district, state and national championships and achieved numerous Gold,silver and bronze medals. And then, due to personal reasons, I got an opportunity to visit USA, for a duration of 3 months.

Sandip Soparrkar is a well known Ballroom dancer and a Bollywood choreographer who has been honoured with two National Achievement Award and one National Excellence Award by the Govt of India.

Aerial Silk, also known as tissue or fabric is one of the newest, yet most awe inspiring and versatile art form.The championship was organised by the affable Aditi Deshpande. That got me excited. Aditi has trained aerial enthusiasts from Germany, UK, United States of America and Mauritius. Having learnt ‘Rope’ from the age of 5 under the guidance of the respected guru, none other than her father Uday Vishwanath Deshpande while taking inspiration from her mother’s artistic background, Aditi passionately pursued her career in the field of Aerial Arts.She has been teaching ‘Rope Mallakhamb’ for over 15 years and ‘Aerial Silk’ for 4 years at Shri Samarth Vyayam Mandir, Dadar. 

Nothing was challenging or exciting me.Rope and silk being similar what is more difficult and challenging out of the two?Yes, it is similar with respect to the skill set required, but very different in terms of the sport. This super flexible artist is the founder of Fly High Aerial Art, who is a trained gymnast and professional Mallakhamb performer. He can be contacted on sandipsoparrkar06@gmail. I even tried my hand at working in a bank but was not satisfied as I am not suited to a desk job of 9-5. I enrolled and trained for 3 months and found my new passion which is similar to what I always did. It gives a completely different adrenaline rush as you are performing all the moments in the air and against gravity. Mallakhamb also Nonwoven Machine-made Bags suppliers gave me lovely experiences to travel the world and teach students abroad. Since I had so much free time there, I chanced upon finding classes for aerial silk. She has also trained Bollywood Diva the sensational Sushmita Sen, Smilly Suri and many more.

She does have a few international performances under her belt in addition to being a winner of 20 Gold, 15 Silver and 10 Bronze Medals in District, State and National level Championship with the most prestigious state level award, Shri Shiva Chatrapati Award in her cabinet all at the age of 21. Her thirst for learning and further improvising on her skills took her to San Francisco to further evolve as an Aerial Silk instructor.However, after reaching my goal of receiving the Chatrapati award, I needed something else to motivate and energize me. Since then, there was no looking back. Mallakhamb further helped me to be the best in all the other sports, to name a few, are running, high jump,long jump etc. And since then my journey began to achieve it. 

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