DANCE

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  Dance is a passion.. a profession.. a habit and moreover "a source of peace." But unfortunately the face of Indian dancing has changed into an exercise. Dance was worshiped in India at times. But now the dance itself feels monotonous. There was also a time when dancers were disrespected in India but then too dance had an another meaning in India. Undoubtedly the fusion looks good always youngsters have their own meaning of dance these days.. But behind this brightness the Indian classical seems to be lost somewhere. People are rushing towards all other forms but the Indian classical is nowhere in the demands.

  Noticing some reality shows on Indian television these days, apparently I have realized that contestants who goes down on their ranking, choose a very famous formula of regaining the top position which is simplest of all, they dance less and showcase the strength through 'stunts.' This has become the most successful "mantra" these days.

  And so the parents are sending their children to various dance schools just to learn such challenging dance forms. They are forced by the Dance criteria adopted by India these days.

  Apart from the above situations some people are still focused towards Indian classical dance. Most of the senior citizens don't even prefer to watch these shows nowadays as they are least interested in such western style of dancing. Although this is also a form of dance and it feels good to watch India moving with the time and competing with the world through dance but It really does not mean that the Indian classical will be ignored in such manner.

  Merging all of the above, I would just like to raise a question to everybody that no matter dance is a dance but is it really cool to ignore our own Indian form and highlight other form that too adopted ones? Correct me if I am wrong but I just want to equalize all forms of dance. The motive is to encourage DANCE.. no matter what form it is..and from where it has come.