Jainil Mehta, the man in the skirt, lit up New York once again. But this time, he was not alone...🕺🌟🕺
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00:00Do-la-di-do-la-di-do-la-di-do-la
00:30The One Motivation for me to wear skirts is the audience that I'm reaching.
00:46My goal is to spread dance in the funnest way possible.
01:10I used to steal my mom's clothes from her wardrobe
01:15and wear these skirts and like you know I just loved twirling in them.
01:25I've had a really rough patch during my school days where I was
01:30teased a lot especially because I was dancing my effeminate character.
01:35My grandfather has made me watch this really famous movie called Hamsaat Saatein
01:50and my favorite song was Maiya Yashoda where the three main actors wear these you know flurry
01:57skirts and that really intrigued me.
02:05I did ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop for 12 years at Shyam Agadhar International in Mumbai.
02:17Since I'm here in the U.S. it really helps me open up a lot more honestly but if I have to
02:38be in India right now at this stage I wouldn't mind starting men in skirts there too and being
02:46on the streets of Mumbai.
03:04The time when I started dancing in skirts on like in public on the streets
03:10posting on social media was in 2021.
03:23Being comfortable in your skin, in your body type, loving who you are is really important.
03:30As an artist, as a person I totally believe in dreaming. I dream to dance and dream to
03:38dance every single day.