To express is to move. To listen is to interpret that movement. Junoon Performing Arts aims to both absorb and reflect the times around us through the art of dance. Art has no language, and so we strive to blend a range of styles to present stories to the world. Transitioning from indo-contemporary to jazz to bollywood to physical theater we reach for conceptually-themed operatic performances that are as fluid as they are distinct. Join the movement.
Tell your story. Feed the fire! Junoon.
Meet the Company Members
Chandan Hingorani
Co - Founder & Artistic Director
Born and brought up in Mumbai, the heart of Bollywood, Chandan Hingorani has always had a great affinity towards Bollywood music and dance. Chandan started dancing at a very early age and has not stopped since. In spite of no formal training, he has been able to learn and perform on various dance forms including Bollywood, indo contemporary, jazz and hip hop. Chandan has been a part of various dance companies including BollywoodAxion and Punchali’s Moksha Arts in NYC, and now has progressed to start his own dance company. As a co-founder of Junoon Performing Arts, Chandan strives to work towards his passion and continue to learn and excel in different forms of dance.
Chandan has participated and won Naya Andaz NJ dance competition in 2011 and 2012. He has also performed at various prestigious events like the FIA India day Parade, Asia Society Museum – Diwali Gala, Madam Tussards NY – Unveiling of Amitabh Bachhan and Shahrukh Khan Statues, Bollywood FlashMob for IFC, Premios lo Luestro 2010 with Aventura group and The Colbert Show among others.
Co - Founder & Artistic Director
Born and brought up in Mumbai, the heart of Bollywood, Chandan Hingorani has always had a great affinity towards Bollywood music and dance. Chandan started dancing at a very early age and has not stopped since. In spite of no formal training, he has been able to learn and perform on various dance forms including Bollywood, indo contemporary, jazz and hip hop. Chandan has been a part of various dance companies including BollywoodAxion and Punchali’s Moksha Arts in NYC, and now has progressed to start his own dance company. As a co-founder of Junoon Performing Arts, Chandan strives to work towards his passion and continue to learn and excel in different forms of dance.
Chandan has participated and won Naya Andaz NJ dance competition in 2011 and 2012. He has also performed at various prestigious events like the FIA India day Parade, Asia Society Museum – Diwali Gala, Madam Tussards NY – Unveiling of Amitabh Bachhan and Shahrukh Khan Statues, Bollywood FlashMob for IFC, Premios lo Luestro 2010 with Aventura group and The Colbert Show among others.
Rehan Qureshi
Co - Founder & Artistic Director
Rehan is a self taught dancer whose obsession with dance was evident at a very early age. Rehan has danced on Bollywood beats throughout his childhood and lately he has discovered an immense intensity in all dancing styles through inspiration from shows like Dance India Dance. Rehan continues to learn new dance styles like Contemporary, Sufi, Semi-Classical and folk and loves to combine elements of different styles and fuse them together.
In recent years Rehan has performed with various dance companies including Bollywood Axion and Punchali’s Moksha Arts. In 2012 Rehan started his Dance Company, Junoon Performing Arts. As Co-founder of Junoon Peforming Arts, Rehan continues to Feed the Fire of his passion for Dance.
Rehan has participated in Naya Andaz competition in 2011 and 2012. He has also performed at various events in NY for FIA India Day Parade.
DANCE IDOL: MADHURI DIXIT
Co - Founder & Artistic Director
Rehan is a self taught dancer whose obsession with dance was evident at a very early age. Rehan has danced on Bollywood beats throughout his childhood and lately he has discovered an immense intensity in all dancing styles through inspiration from shows like Dance India Dance. Rehan continues to learn new dance styles like Contemporary, Sufi, Semi-Classical and folk and loves to combine elements of different styles and fuse them together.
In recent years Rehan has performed with various dance companies including Bollywood Axion and Punchali’s Moksha Arts. In 2012 Rehan started his Dance Company, Junoon Performing Arts. As Co-founder of Junoon Peforming Arts, Rehan continues to Feed the Fire of his passion for Dance.
Rehan has participated in Naya Andaz competition in 2011 and 2012. He has also performed at various events in NY for FIA India Day Parade.
DANCE IDOL: MADHURI DIXIT
Ruby Verma
Artistic Director
Ruby Verma started dancing in high school. With no official training, she is a "self taught" dancer who has experimented with bollywood, bhangra, hip-hop and contemporary forms of dance. She is the co-founder of Boston University's first co-ed campus Indian fusion dance group (BU Jalwa) in 2004, which is still alive today and competes nationally several times a year. Upon graduating BU, Ruby further pursued dance in NYC with Bollywood Axion, Moksha Arts and AATMA Performing Arts; while expanding her skill set with yoga, ballet, fabric and strength classes at BDC, Steps, Om Factory and Body & Pole. Currently, Ruby dances with Junoon Performing Arts and continues to explore additional ways to grow as a dancer. She loves the energy, passion and focus being part of a dance family brings to her life. "Dance is a way to find yourself and lose yourself...all at the same time"
Artistic Director
Ruby Verma started dancing in high school. With no official training, she is a "self taught" dancer who has experimented with bollywood, bhangra, hip-hop and contemporary forms of dance. She is the co-founder of Boston University's first co-ed campus Indian fusion dance group (BU Jalwa) in 2004, which is still alive today and competes nationally several times a year. Upon graduating BU, Ruby further pursued dance in NYC with Bollywood Axion, Moksha Arts and AATMA Performing Arts; while expanding her skill set with yoga, ballet, fabric and strength classes at BDC, Steps, Om Factory and Body & Pole. Currently, Ruby dances with Junoon Performing Arts and continues to explore additional ways to grow as a dancer. She loves the energy, passion and focus being part of a dance family brings to her life. "Dance is a way to find yourself and lose yourself...all at the same time"
Sonia Mukerji
Artistic Director
Sonia Mukherji has trained in Odissi, an Indian classical dance form, for 18 years, under the late Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Srimati Sujata Mohapatra, Sukanya Tagore Mukherjee, and Poushali Mukherjee. In addition to Odissi she has performed Bollywood, Indo-contemporary, and Indian folk. She is a dancer with the Sa Dance Company and Junoon Performing Arts. Noteworthy performances include MAD museum, Alvin Ailey, the Kennedy Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was selected from 3000 applicants in North America and Canada to be a contestant in Dance India Dance USA Season 1 aired on Zee TV.
Artistic Director
Sonia Mukherji has trained in Odissi, an Indian classical dance form, for 18 years, under the late Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Srimati Sujata Mohapatra, Sukanya Tagore Mukherjee, and Poushali Mukherjee. In addition to Odissi she has performed Bollywood, Indo-contemporary, and Indian folk. She is a dancer with the Sa Dance Company and Junoon Performing Arts. Noteworthy performances include MAD museum, Alvin Ailey, the Kennedy Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was selected from 3000 applicants in North America and Canada to be a contestant in Dance India Dance USA Season 1 aired on Zee TV.