Culture Shock Toronto 2019,

About the event

A WEEKEND EXPERIENCE WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER ARTISTS OF ALL CALIBER TO TEACH DANCE WORKSHOPS IN A VARIETY OF STYLES. OUR AIM IS TO EXPOSE THE SOUTH ASIAN DANCE CULTURE TO A LEVEL THAT HAS NOT BEEN REACHED BEFORE AND MAKE INDIAN FUSION DANCE MORE ACCESSIBLE WORLDWIDE. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE EXPOSED TO DANCERS AND CREATIVES ON A MASSIVE SCALE HELPING THEM MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE THEY MAY NOT HAVE MET OTHERWISE. THE IMMEDIATE OUTPUT OF CULTURE SHOCK IS A GREATER NETWORK, EXPOSURE TO NEW DANCE STYLES, GROWTH AS A CREATIVE, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE COLLABORATIONS. WE BELIEVE THROUGH COLLABORATION, ALL IS POSSIBLE.

LET’S DANCE, GROW, NETWORK, AND COLLABORATE ALL IN ONE DAY VIA CULTURE SHOCK.

Why should you sponsor?

CULTURE SHOCK WILL HELP THE SPONSOR GAIN VISIBILITY THROUGH A BIG, DIVERSE, AND CREATIVE AUDIENCE. CULTURE SHOCK WILL HAVE 300+ ATTENDEES AND WILL BE A 3-DAY EVENT. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE HOLDING AN AFTER PARTY WHICH WILL HAVE 200-500 ATTENDEES. THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THIS GROUP RANGES, WHICH IS A HUGE BENEFIT FOR THE SPONSOR. OUR AUDIENCES' AGE RANGES FROM 10-35. THE DANCE WORKSHOPS WITHIN THE EVENT RANGE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT STYLES WHICH WILL ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE OF MANY DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS. LASTLY, THE AUDIENCE IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE WTIHIN THE CREATIVE WORKFORCE AND ARE GENERALLY A TYPE A PERSONALITY TYPE; PROACTIVE AND OUTGOING. THIS AUDIENCE IS MORE LIKELY TO BE RECEPTIVE TO ADVERTISING TO CERTAIN COMPANIES AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE THOSE SPECIFIC SERVICES.

Divyanka Gupta

MY NAME IS DIVYANKA GUPTA AND I AM THE FOUNDER OF HANKAAR DANCE COMPANY. HANKAAR PRESENTS CULTURE SHOCK 3-4 TIMES A YEAR IN DIFFERENT CITIES. I AM A PHARMACY STUDENT AND ALSO AM A PROFESSIONAL DANCER, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND CINEMATOGRAPHER. I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF CREATIVITY AND THE POWER THAT THE ARTS CAN HVE IN OUR WORLD. I STARTED HANKAAR TO MAKE SOUTH ASIAN ARTS MORE ACCESSIBLE WORLDWIDE AND MAKE A LITTLE MARK INT HE WORLD OF THE ARTS.

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