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Kathak and Belly Fusion by 11 year old Shama Gandhi in New Jersey.

I love the grace Indian classical dance Kathak and Egyptian classical Belly have. They are extremely graceful and elegant dance styles.This choreography is inspired from Indian Classical Kathak with elements of Belly Dance subtly thrown in. My effort is to fuse the styles in such a way that they become one.  Performer: Shama Gandhi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_bqDojS3Gs

Deepika Padukone's Raabta is a good song for self dance exploration.

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Dancing is an expression of self. Its about how a certain song makes you feel. I always imagine what a particular song brings out in me, the feelings, the emotions and then accordingly I create my dance. If a song makes me feel beautiful and makes me fall in love with myself, I celebrate that feeling and if it brings out a darker side of me then I allow that to come out. We have heard this one before. Recently Bollywood has been in the phase of, churning out old numbers. Most of the recent hits have been remakes of old hits. This clearly proves that certain songs will always remain in our hearts. Hence forth the newer version, still creates an impact. Raabta is one such song. For me this song is celebration of love, soul connection, beauty, loving yourself, accepting yourself the way you are. Just sit in a relaxed environment, dim the lights, play this song and think how beautiful you are, internally and externally. Try expressing this through movement, look at your hands with...