Berhampur: Rajasmita Kar, Dance India Dance season-3 winner, plans to teach kids how to get their steps right by opening a dance academy here.

"I would like to start a dance academy to teach children dance forms like hip hop, contemporary and salsa. I would shortly announce the venue of the dance academy," said Kar while attending a five-day summer workshop at Delhi Senior Secondary School here on Sunday.

Kar, who lives in Rourkela, comes to Berhampur to visit her relatives at least once a year. "Berhampur has so many hidden talents and the place has nourished many good dancers such as Harihar Das and Krishna Mohan Reddy.

The Prince Dance Group has excelled at the national level. That's why I'm interested to teach dancing skills to the children here," Kar said.

The 27-year-old dancing talent with an army family background thanked her mother Ranjita and father Ramesh Kumar Kar for her dancing skills.

"I feel proud as an Odia and people of the state are supporting me. Dance was in my blood and I am dancing since I was studying in Class III. I live in Odisha but did not get the opportunity to learn Odissi. I wish to learn it," she said.

Replying to a question about her strategy to teach modern dance to kids, Rajasmita said she would stress on warming up practice prior to training kids to avoid ligament injury.

Coordinator of the dance workshop Mitali Madhusmita said: "We have so many talented kids. Our aim is to invite reputed artists to teach dancing skills to our kids." More than 50 participants are get trained by Kar in the workshop. The mother of a seven-year-old participant Rakesh said she brought her son to the workshop to get him trained from Kar.