Call Me Dancer: a word with Manish Chauhan

Manish Chauhan from Call Me Dancer

Manish Chauhan in rehearsal

Manish Chauhan travelling with his family

Yehuda Ma'or and Manish Chauhan

Manish Chauhan in class in Mumbai

Manish Chauhan with his grandmother

Manish Chauhan and Elizabeth Gollar in Yehuda Ma'or's partnering class

By Carla Escoda, 19 February 2024

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.