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@ucla dance | Regent Scholar @uclarss
@uclawacd 28’
popping, waving & freestylin
I like to sing & dance

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Back to work with my little sisters! 😎🤘🏽 getting down to the homie @sinslap track! He makes pure fire🔥🔥🔥 man i love my west coast #culture i also want to introduce to yall my little sister @uma.batish shes been pulling up and doing the work! Love to see it!
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#dance #dancers #choreography #choreo

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we be dancing everywhere lol

#falafelfootwork

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Wow wow wow! I am so filled with gratitude for this experience. To be surrounded by such beautiful, smart, creative, strong woman and to have been lead by someone who I find difficultly fully encapsulating her essence in words. Nicolette this piece is beautiful and such a healing experience to be a part of. So many memories and people that I now hold close to my heart. So excited for more with you guys!
#echochamber #handonmyheadsmileing

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spring semester dance💘

Endlessly grateful to be able to dance and to do it along side so many amazing and talented babes💓

Photos by @birnsyphoto

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🌴 Rotating Intermediate Hip Hop with Uma starts THIS Thursday! 🌴

@uma.batish has studied the funk styles of popping and locking, alongside waving and freestyling under her mentor, the OG @dancewithceech 🙌 In 2025, she joined @syndicatedance to train and compete, as well as @twdcc_dance teaching hip hop. She’s currently pursuing her education at UCLA, and is very excited to bring hip-hop dance and love to the Motion Pacific rotating class.

Uma will be teaching 7-8pm Thursdays at @londonnelsoncenter on 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, & 7/23 ✨

👉 Attending all 4 classes is recommended but not required!

Sign up on Mindbody and pre-registration is HIGHLY encouraged!

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no caption needed bc we’re hot

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Thank you sm @uma.batish for the amazing class!

⭐️ videos are in the google drive! - link in bio ⭐️

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Ooohhh, our next week’s choreographer will be none other than @uma.batish !!!

Get to know Uma:
Uma Batish is a passionate hip-hop dancer who is primarily self-trained, with additional training at Bay Area studios including The Tannery World Dance & Culture Center, Pacific Arts Complex, Motion Pacific Dance, On One Studios, Young Reach Studios, and City Dance Studios. She has trained in popping and locking under her mentor, Ceech Hsu, a respected Bay Area hip-hop instructor who was trained directly by the pioneers and influential figures of the style such as Popin’ Pete, Skeeter Rabbit, Gary Kendell, and The Electric Boogaloos. Uma teaches hip-hop for ages 13–19 at The Tannery World Dance & Culture Center, where she serves as a Teaching Artist and is a member of the 2025–2026 Youth Faculty. She is currently training on Syndicate season 10. Alongside dance, Uma is also a singer-songwriter who collaborates with her sister, Neha Batish, an emerging producer majoring in Music Industry at UCLA. Growing up in Santa Cruz, California, in a musical family, they developed a deep love for the arts through their father, Ashwin Batish, a renowned sitarist, tabla player, composer, and music lecturer at UCSC.

Note before Workshop:
I am so grateful for the opportunity to dance with you all and to share this space together. My intention is to create an environment rooted in love and positivity. My style usually merges hip-hop with jazz funk influences and foundational funk styles. There is no pressure to be perfect in this class — I encourage you to move like yourself and to simply have fun. Thank you for sharing your love of dance with me. 💛

Class difficulty: Intermediate/Advanced**

Reminder:
- WORKSHOP IS FREE.99
- EVERYONE IS WELCOME (sjsu students + non-students)
- Don’t forget to bring a water bottle and positive attitude :)

⭐️See everyone Wednesday, March 4th!⭐️

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only the beginning 🌗

Side note: So grateful for all the amazing people I know and continue to meet, it means more than I can put into words! Looking forward to the new year to continue connecting, and creating 🎵❤️

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Last Santa Cruz sunset for a lil while 💕

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