Dance Dance Dance...

Dance...an expression of the mind, the heart and the soul. An art-form which can liberate you of all your negative energies and radiate all the positives....walk you through the forbidden realms of the inner-self...a pristine form of magic and the highest form of creativity.A reflection of the exquisite beauty within.

"Let me dance to life;

My spirit and soul divine
Rushes of my blood
The flow of my thoughts
Streaming through my mind
Let me dance to life"

It is a form of communication that brings out the innermost feelings and at the same time pervades all aspects of life and bring colour and joy.



Western dance is a part of this global language and its roots run wide and deep. There are many western dance styles like Ballet, Salsa, Rumba, Samba, Belley Dancing, Cha cha cha, Jazz, Hip hop, Jive etc



Ballet serves as a backbone for many other styles of dance, as many other dance genres are based on ballet. Ballet is based on techniques that have been developed over centuries. Ballet uses music and dance to tell stories. Ballet dancers have the ability to transport an audience to another world.




Belly dance is a unique form of dance characterized by sharp, rolling movements of the hips and abdomen. The true origins of belly dancing are debated among enthusiasts.

Jazz is a fun dance style that relies heavily on originality and improvisation. Many jazz dancers mix different styles into their dancing, incorporating their own expression. Jazz dancing often uses bold, dramatic body movements, including body isolations and contractions.

Latin dance is a fast-paced, often sensual, partner dance characterized by sexy hip movements. However, hip movements are not intentional in any of the Latin dances. The hip motion is a natural consequence of changing weight from one foot to the other.

"Let me dance you to life
Hold me and I'll be yours
The touch of your hands
The intricacy of my movements
The orchestrate playing to the tunes of the Waltz
Fingers entangled in yours...
Swaying away...
Let me dance you to life"

In India, dance ranges from the classical form of dancing like Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipuddi, Oddissi to various others like free-stlye bollywood dances.

And in India, dance is considered to be divine in origin. The cosmic dance of Lord Shiva(Nataraj), Tandava is believed to encompass creation, preservation and destruction. The dance is a pictorial allegory of the five principle manifestations of eternal energy — creation, destruction, preservation, salvation, and illusion. The dance of Shiva also represents his five activities: 'Shrishti' (creation, evolution); 'Sthiti' (preservation, support); 'Samhara' (destruction, evolution); 'Tirobhava' (illusion); and 'Anugraha' (release, emancipation, grace).The term "Nataraj" means "King of Dancers" (Sanskrit nata = dance; raja = king).

The dances of Kali, the dark and fierce Goddess of destruction, are very significant.She danced herself into a frenzy until she realized she almost danced Shiva to death.

Krishna is one of the most popular dancing divinites of the Hindus.Rasalila is the traditional dance custom of Krishna with the Radha and the Gopis.The term, `rasa` means emotion or performance and `lila` is a concept from Hinduism, which roughly translates to `play or lila of the dance or rasa`. Thus, Rasa Dance is known as the Dance of Divine Love.

Indian dance is very sensous but the experience of ananda(bliss) it evokes is spiritual. Rasa(mood or flavour) as the cause of ananda(bliss) is considered fundamental essence of beauty and harmony in Indian aesthetics. Vbhava(cause of emotion), anubhava(effect of emotion) and sanchari bhava(subordinate emotions) consitute the state of rasa. These in their respective order change the sthayi bhava (primary emotion) into rasa or bliss. All dance forms are thus structured around the nine rasas or emotions, hasya(happiness), krodha(anger), bhibasta(disgust), bhaya(fear), shoka (sorrow), viram(courage), karuna (compassion), adbhuta(wonder) and shanta (serenity). All dance forms follow the same hand gesture or hasta mudras for each of these rasas.

"Let me dance you to life
Look deep into my eyes
Breaths weaving the sound of music
Take me high onto the sky
Walk me to the stair-way of the moon
Where the angels sing for thee
And the Gods shower the petals of bliss
When we surrender ourselves
In the sublime beauty of the night
Let me dance you to life"

I am crazily in love with dance....but unfornately, I have never been able to learn any of the dance forms. I wish, sometime, I get the opportunity to learn a few of the dance forms and attain this highest form of pleasure :)