I saw the show "Boogie Woogie" and loved it. I have never seen people dance like that before. It was not so much the dance techniques. It just looked like the people were dancing for themselves and really enjoying. Is this part of Indian culture (I don't know much about India)? Or is this kind of dancing uncommon in India?
2007-02-23 15:49:05 · 8 answers · asked by averagebear 6 in Travel ➔ India ➔ Other - India
Dancing is a big part of India/Indian Culture ... but the dancing is not so much the same as American dancing ... it is very different but still very nice and classical and fun!
There are many different types tradtional dancing:
Bharatanatyam
Kathak
Kathakali
Kuchipudi
Manipuri
Mohiniaattam
Odissi
Sattriya
Bharatanatyam - is a very classical indian dance you dont just dance you are telling a story and you have to show emotion form your eyes and it is a very pretty dance and it is very hard to learn and take time and pratcie to learn so the people that dance Bharatanatyam really enjoy it
You can find more of info on these dances from this website and you can see some on youtube
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_classical_dance
During Navratri people do Garba which is a calp dance and Raas which is a dance useing sticks and you can see it on youtube here are websites for more info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garba_%28dance%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandiya
In American colleges with a big Indian community they hve Garba / Rass Team where they take the conpect of Garba and Raas and make a dance out of it ... I found this really cool one on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjb37ImSdt4
You can tell that they really enjoy dance this
From Indian movies this is the BEST indian dance EVER you must watch it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIL-w_jD8o
If you can many quesiton e-mail me chipmonkey22000@yahoo.com
i LOVE to dance
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2007-02-24 07:50:15 · answer #1 · answered by *Sweetie* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please tell me what exactly you mean by Indian Culture first? If you think Dancing and Singling alone exhibits a nations' culture then you have thousands of them in India. But I have never heard "boogie woogie" dance. This may be one of the dance innovation of Cinema people, which is nothing to do with traditional dances of this country.
2007-02-23 16:40:50 · answer #2 · answered by Brahmanyan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,it is highly popular!It doesn't matter whether it is classical or traditional filmy dances.The show you saw-"Boogie Woogie"-has been around for more than a decade where any person can try their dancing skills and whoever wins goes home with five hundred thousand indian rupees(10000 dollars).the thing is that over here this type of freelance dancing is quite popular-I don't know if you have heard about Bollywood but anyway,it has really got into our blood;whether it's our college fest/official party,everybody dances like this-maybe not that good,but at least they try-nobody is going to laugh at you.So,try it out in your nearby disco if you are in India!
2007-02-23 16:59:50 · answer #3 · answered by gmajumdar_86 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah! dancing is a very big part of the culture! its not so much how you dance its just how you let loose and have fun! so if you're ever at an indian party dont be shy to start dancing, and it doesnt matter if you can dance like them, nobodys gonna judge you, they'll just be happy that you're trying
2007-02-23 15:53:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 21:42:26 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dacing is a big part.. correct
Boogie Woogie is.. incorrect
2007-02-23 17:51:25 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Vrijilesh Rai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, but I thimk it should be everywhere in the world.
I am from india & we enjoy art & music in most useful way
2007-02-23 17:48:26 · answer #7 · answered by sk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be part of everyone's culture !
2007-02-23 15:52:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋