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Shraddha Shah Raj (born 13th April 1985, Surat) is an Indian dancer and choreographer. She is mainly known for participating in shows like Dance India Dance (Supermoms), DID Dance Ka Tashan all of which aired on Zee TV. She is well known for her aerial acts & versatile dance forms.

Personal information

Shraddha was born into an ethnic family and daughter of Kirit Shah and Nandini Shah and has an younger brother Vishwas Shah. She married to Arun Senthil Raj in 2010 and has a baby boy Maahir.

Education and Career

She completed her primary education in Jeevan Bharti Prakruti Vidhyala & secondary education in Bhulka Bhavan, Surat.She started learning dance at the age of 3 & did arangetram in Bharatanatyam at the age of 8 and her proudest moment is having done her arangetram at the age of 8 where Vyjayanthimala did it at the age of 7 and half and because of the 6 months difference she couldn’t make it in the Guiness Book of Records.She did Bharatanatyam Nritya Visharad (B.A) & Bharatanatyam Nritya Shiksha Visharad (B.Ed)in Surat. She also completed Diploma in Commercial Arts (DCA) as a second rank holder & Fashion Designing. She established Tapperz Dance Skool on 2003 & has been teaching various dance forms since 2003 in Surat. She participated in DID Supermoms with Raghav juyal as mentor and positioned 2nd Runner up in the show. She also participated and performed in DID Dance Ka Tashan in Zee TV. She also performed in ITA (Indian Television Academy) Award,2013 function in Star Plus.

Achievements in Choreography


 * Won 1st prize in Gujarat state level Bharatanatyam classical dance in 34th Gujarat Rajya Yuva Mahotsav-Surat.
 * Choreographed folk dances for 1000 students in Asian Gymnastics- 2006, Surat.
 * Outstanding performances by her SVNIT students at National level & one of her student Maitri Naik won first prize at National level.
 * Won second prize in Style Showdown Inter College Competition as a Fashion Choreographer organized by Westside & M TV.
 * Shraddha’s physically handicapped students won prizes in Group Dance Competitions organized by colours channel, Gujarat special India’s Got Talent season 3,Special performance prize from Remo Desouza-Just Dance Gujarat & Channel Surat etc.
 * Actively participated in Vibrant Gujarat Festival 2004.
 * Represented Indian dances in India-Indonesia Cultural Collaboration organized by Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SGCCI)in 2011.

Personal Achievements


 * Best Actress- West Culture Zone & Rashtriya Kalakendra
 * Completed seminar- National school of Drama-New Delhi organized in Surat.
 * National level champion in Acrobatics
 * Gujarat state level champion in gymnastics
 * Gujarat state level Back Stroke swimming champion
 * Intermediate in drawing
 * Completed 4 exams in music, vocal & casio
 * Worked as a Jury for many renowned institutes in various competitions

Awards

Shraddha won "UNO-2008 International Award for Best Excellence in Dance and Choreography" in 2008.She was awarded as Best Dancer and Best Choreographer by Star Report – Mumbai and Rashtriya Kalakendra awarded her as Best Dancer. Also Art Gunjan awarded her as an Outstanding Lady in Dance Field. Sehra Prant Times awarded her as Nritya Gaurav

References

https://www.facebook.com/shraddhashahraj‎Cached http://www.metromasti.com/tv/news/Dance-India-Dance-Super-Moms-Full-Written-update-WU-7th-Sep-2013/32043 http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/zee-tvs-did-super-moms-know-your-finalists http://www.danceindiadance.in/tag/shraddha-shah/‎