Dance For All
About Distance Dancing
Our Philosophy
What is distance dancing? We are a company that enriches peoples lives through Bollywood and Indian Classical Dance. Our choreography and classes engage students by making each class different while being curated for the individual(s) attending.
Distance Dancing had its first dance class at a local park on June 29th, 2020. Since then, we have grown to teaching over 200 people, ranging from 16 months old to 50 year olds in various community centers.
We started with the hopes of spreading light in a dark time and giving people, mostly kids, an outlet to express themselves and move their bodies. We started as an outlet for kids, helping them ignite their creativity when there was nothing else to do, and became a company. A dance company. In 2020, kids missed out on a real summer, however, we spooked in and helped bring connection and normalcy to these kids, and adults lives.
Founder & Director
Yanaiya Jain
Yanaiya is the founder of Distance Dancing, and podcast, What's On Your Mind. She is a full time student in New York's top highschool. Yanaiya has been dancing her entire life & in 2020 she began to share her passion with people around the world. She hopes to bring out everyone's inner dancer. With her culturally enriching and engaging classes, she encourages people to dip into creativity and truly make a difference in their lives.
The Teacher
On The Side
Bollywood, Kathak & Hip-Hop Teacher
Not only is Yanaiya the founder and the director he is also the teacher for classes at Distance Dancing. With more than 14 years of experience, she is now sharing her love for dance to kids and adults around the world. Her classes never fail to put a smile on the students' faces. Classes remain unique, engaging and fresh always.
Yanaiya is also the founder of What's On Your Mind a podcast that highlights powerful founders, entrepreneurs, creatives and leaders to inspire others around the world.
Yanaiya is a student at Townsend Harris High school and is a Hollister Brand Agent.