This year, the Ignite Dance Festival aims to challenge the boundaries of contemporary dance and re-define its relationship with the audience

I recently met one of India’s leading dance choreographers, who made memorable dance ballets in the 1970s and the 80s.

Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.”

As we embark to celebrate yet another four days of worshipping the Goddess of Shakti in the form of Durga Puja, artistes from the tribal village Bagmundi in West Bengal are here in the capital to showcase their famous dance form called “Chhau”.

The 11th edition of the Ananya Dance Festival, which was held from October 6-10 in Purana Qila, New Delhi, is an occasion dance lovers await with much hope and delight. It enlightens up the being and ushers in positive light in one’s mind and soul.

They say dancers make for great lovers. But not everyone is a Patrick Swayze! Not all the artistes are interesting.

Greetings from Delhi, where it’s been pouring like crazy. I am in the capital this week and have been meeting many dancers at the India International Centre.

Words often don’t convey the best of emotions and expressions. And that’s what happens when you happen to watch dancers from the quaint old dance school Nrityagram at the outskirts of Bengaluru.

To set the mood for the Independence Day celebrations, a artists are paying a tribute to the country’s democracy with “Sare Jahan Se Accha”, a classical dance extravengaza. “As I was growing I realised there was no artistic tribute to the Independence Day.

A dancer is always sweating excessively due to rigorous training and hectic rehearsal schedules. It is normal for dancers to drink more water than normal due to heavy sweating; as water helps to control the dehydration level. But did you know that excessive water in your system can dilute your body fluids so much that they can leave you physically drained as a the sodium levels become life-threateningly low.