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<p>Lourd Vijay is a<strong> </strong>Guinness World Record holder and has worked with Super stars like <strong><em>Jackie Chan</em></strong>, <em>Nandita Das, Phurab Kohli, Mallika Sherawat, Sharmila Mandre, Raghu Mukherjee</em>, Lekha Washington, Akshara Hasan, Varalakshmi Sharathkumar and directors like <em>Stanley Tong, Raja Menon, Jacob, Arvind Adiga, Indrajit Lankesh, Sandeep Mohan. He has</em> worked on dance reality shows like - <strong><em>Dance india Dance</em></strong><em> </em>and <strong><em>Lux perfect bride, Guinness World Record - Abh India Thodega</em></strong><em>, </em>and is the principle promoter of Latin culture, music and dance in the Asian region. </p>
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<p>Lourd has traveled to over 30 countries to train, perform and teach he brings in a high level of professionalism and has set many benchmarks in the entertainment industry. He has trained <strong><em>over a 1.5 lakh students</em></strong> and has worked with many corporates, schools, musicals, feature films and ad films and his company, LVDS has a presence in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai.</p>
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<p>Lourd has had extensive training in Salsa (LA and Cuban Style), Bachata, Cha-cha, Zouk, , Freestyle Jive, Acro-Duo, Lifts and tricks.</p>
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<p><strong><u>Positions</u></strong></p>
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<p>Founder - Artistic Director: Lourd Vijay’s Dance Studio</p>
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<p>Managing trustee – CEO: Indian Society for the Performers and teachers of Dance (ISPTD)</p>
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<p>Managing trustee – CEO: Spreading Hope Foundation</p>
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<p><strong><u>Achievements</u></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Guinness World Record holder</strong> for the maximum number of Swing Dance flips in a minute.</p>
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<p><strong>Life Time Achievement Award </strong>at India Fiesta Latin for contributions made to the Latin Dance World.</p>
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<p><strong>Ambassador</strong> of the Hong Kong Salsa Festival</p>
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<p><strong>Judge </strong>of the Asian Open Salsa Championship 2008, 2009 & 2010</p>
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<p><strong>Head Judge </strong>of the Asia-Pacific Salsa Open Championships 2011</p>
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<p><strong>Judge </strong>to the Colombia Salsa Championship.</p>
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<p><strong>Official Latin dance & lifts and tricks trainer </strong>for reality shows Dance India Dance.</p>
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<p><strong>Tedx speaker </strong></p>
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<p><strong>Stood 10<sup>th</sup> </strong>at the “most Popular Entrepreneur of the year 2009” amongst 180 nominees from across the country.</p>
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<p><strong>Ambassador of India to South Africa </strong>as part of Rotary International’s Group Study Exchange Program.</p>
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<p><strong>Revolutionized Indian-western dance</strong> over and over again in India - most notably, by introducing Salsa in 1997</p>
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<p><strong>Chosen as the top 20 most promising Nonprofits for 2017 </strong>amongst 600 applicants from across the US, Africa and India for his work with the Spreading Hope foundation</p>
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<p><strong><u> Accolades won by the team & Students of LVDS</u></strong></p>
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<p>The LVDS Junior team recently won<strong> 2 golds, 1 silver & 1 Bronze medal at the Dance World Cup 2016 </strong>in The Channel Islands, Jersey.</p>
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<p>The LVDS Junior team recently won<strong> a Bronze medal at the Dance World Cup 2015 </strong>in Bucharest, Romania</p>
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<p>The LVDS Junior team made the country proud by <strong>winning 4 Silver medals at the Dance World Cup 2014</strong> in Algarve, Portugal</p>
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<p>The LVDS Junior team also won<strong> the</strong> <strong>Silver medal and the Bronze medal at the Dance World Cup 2013</strong> in Brighton, England</p>
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<p><strong>STARS</strong> of Reality television show “India’s Got Talent” & “Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega”. </p>
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<p>The team of LVDS won the qualifiers to represent India the World Latin Dance Cup in Miami this December.</p>
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<p>Winners of the Australian Salsa Classic & the European Open Salsa masters</p>
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<p><strong><u>International </u></strong></p>
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<p>Performances and workshops at NY, Egypt, Israel, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Colombo, Taiwan, Kathmandu, Muscat and Dubai (LVDS Team).</p>
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<p>Certificate of Appreciation by the Young Presidents Organization and the Hong Kong salsa festival (2006/2008).</p>
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<p>Participated, performed and taught at the Vancouver Salsa Congress, UK Salsa Congress, Dubai Salsa Congress, Singapore Salsa festival, Paris Afro Mambo festival, Yambu Salsa Festival, Hong Kong salsa Festival, the Australian salsa Classic and a lot more.</p>
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<p><strong><u>Movies: </u></strong>Bus Yun Hi | Mango soufflé | The Jackie Chan starrer ‘the Myth’ | Jugarri | Savari 2</p>
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<p><strong><u>Ad films: </u></strong>Hitachi Logicool ACs | Videocon |Apollo DKV Life Insurance | Fa Deodorants | Mysore Sandal Soap</p>
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<p><strong><u>Festivals and Dance competitions organized by Lourd Vijay</u></strong></p>
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<p>The India International Salsa Congress | Spirit of Dance – Summer festival for kids | The Chennai Salsa Festival | The Delhi Salsa Festival | The Goa Salsa Festival | Born to Dance: Dance festival for Kids | Dawn 2 Dusk: Month long Dance festival on different world dances | Dance-a-thon: Winter dance carnival | ESPN World Salsa Championships Qualifier | All India Salsa Championship | Sals-a-thon: Bangalore’s hottest Amateur Salsa Competition | Dance World Cup - India Qualifiers</p>
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